2004 district convention theme is...

brianhenke

..."Walking With God." Why not call it "Walking With God After We Just Gave Him Glory"?

micheal

Or why not call it "Walking with God after our child commited suicide because we shunned her"

Did you ever see "Drop-Dead Gorgeous"? It's a mockumentary about this beauty pagent in Wisconsin (if I remember correctly) and the coordinator always chooses these wonderful themes: one year it's "Proud to Be An American", the next it's "100% American", then "All American" - you get the picture. Reminds me of the convention themes!

got my forty homey?

Walking with God or Lets go hiking in Afghanistan with Helen Keller!

Noumenon

more like 'Walking with Gog'

or

"Walking with Ball and Chain"

Gopher

"Get Your Butt Out in the Ministry More, or God won't walk with you"

blondie

Walking With ~~God~~ the WTS, the Society, the FDS, the GB

(notice the lack of Jehovah or Jesus in the titles, note that in 1978 "district/international assemblies became conventions)

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abbagail

""Walking with Ball and Chain"

LOL@Noumenon! Ain't that the honest to gawd truth! That heavy faux paus leather service-book-bag hanging off my right shoulder for hours at a time felt like a dang ball and chain... gave me bursitis or some such royally divine pain long before my old age... lol. Of course I was the obsessed perfectionistic JW- do-gooder who wanted to have three months' worth of mags/brochures/booklets/books with me in the bag so I could be ever 'ready to give to those who asked of me, the reason (and a book/mag/brochure/booklet) for the hope in me..." ;-)

Love that list, blondie! I see all 10 of the ones I attended, yet didn't realize I had forgotten them all until I saw them again in the list. "Deeevine" certainly permeates the themes again and again...

GRITS

Wallflower

Did you say "Walking the Dog"?

Thirdson

Blondie,

You can see Watchtower history in the assembly/convention themes:

1976 "Sacred Service" District Assembly
1977 "Joyful Workers" District Assembly
1978 "Victorious Faith" International Convention
1979 "Living Hope" District Convention
1980 "Divine Love" District Convention

In the years following the 1975 debacle. The emphasis shifted to doing good works, having faith a love. This is when as one CO explained when the Society went "wishy-washy" when he explained "cleaning the gutters of someone's house was regarded as sacred service." During that period the society softened its stance on DF'd ones

1981 "Kingdom Loyalty" District Convention
1982 "Kingdom Truth" District Convention
1983 "Kingdom Unity" District Convention

Then the changes occurred and being loyal to the Watchtower was the big thing, they had the truth and everyone should be united. A lot of the good things the Watchtower introduced were reversed and we could no longer help change the tire on a DF'd perons' car in the KH parking lot.

1986 "Divine Peace" District Convention
It was the International Year of Peace so we better get ready for Armageddon which is coming real soon now.

1997 "Faith in God's Word" District Convention
After 1995 and the end of "the Generation" everyone better have in God's Word. Apparently, the Creator's Promise as quoted in the Awake did not prove to be faithful.

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