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Alert to our Australian Friends – Join the Australian Bible Students Convention Now in Progress

The Australian Bible Student’s Convention will be broadcast using adobe connect.

http://biblestudents.acrobat.com/australia

Please log in with your name, no password required.

Program starts Thursday afternoon Australian Eastern Daylight time.  For the US this will be Wednesday afternoon/ evening.  (See North American times at bottom of this post)

Program is available at  http://www.bbi.org.au/node/283   For the time at your location http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

P R O G R A M

Thursday 26th

3.30        Opening Service

3.45        Opening address
Let us go into the house of the Lord     -  Ray Charlton

4:15        Address – Love and Growth  Joe Czapla

4.45        Close

7.30      Hymns and Verses to share

8.00        Supper and Fellowship

Friday 27th January

9.30        Praise and Prayer

10.00        Address – World Religions- Who Has The Truth? – Darryl Roe

11.00        Address – Justification – David Walczak

11.30        Address – Principles in Understanding Revelation – Colin Giles

3.30        Symposium Part 1: Romans 2:7
Glory:  Ray Charlton
Honour:  Adam Kopczyk
4.15 close

7.30        Vespers

Saturday 28th January

9.30        Praise & Prayer
10.00        Address – Tyndale – Russell Collins

10.30        Morning Tea

11.00        Address – The Time of the End – Grieg Tosh
11.30        Address – Traveling -  Linton Roe

3.30        Symposium Part 2: Romans 2:7
Immortality:  Barry Liebeck
Eternal Life:  Graeme Smith
4.15        Close

7.30        Hymns We Love and Why

Sunday 29th January

9.45        Praise and Prayer
10.00        Address – The Manifold Wisdom of God – Graeme Smith

10.30        Morning Tea

11.15        Closing Address – Words of Comfort – Adam Kopczyk

11.45        Closing Service
Message to the Brethren

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List on the far left are the program times for the convention in Australia.
List on the far right is North American time divided as Eastern/Central/Mountain/Pacific

In North America the convention will be
Weds January 25th
Thurs January 26th
Fri January 27th
Sat January 28th

Convention Day 1
Thurs 3:30PM          Weds 11:30PM/10:30PM/9:30PM/8:30PM
Thurs 3:45PM          Weds 11:45PM/10:45PM/9:45PM/8:45PM
Thurs 4:15PM          Thurs 12:15AM / Weds 11:15PM/10:15PM/9:15PM
Thurs 4:45PM          Thurs 12:45AM / Weds 11:45PM/10:45PM/9:45PM
Thurs 7:30PM          Thurs 3:30AM/2:30AM/1:30AM/12:30AM
Thurs 8:00PM          Thurs 4:00AM/3:00AM/2:00AM/1:00AM

Convention Day 2
Fri 9:30AM           Thurs 5:30PM/4:30PM/3:30PM/2:30PM
Fri 10:00AM          Thurs 6:00PM/5:00PM/4:00PM/3:00PM
Fri 11:00AM          Thurs 7:00PM/6:00PM/5:00PM/4:00PM
Fri 11:30AM          Thurs 7:30PM/6:30PM/5:30PM/4:30PM
Fri 3:30PM           Thurs 11:30PM/10:30PM/9:30PM/8:30PM
Fri 4:15PM           Fri 12:15AM / Thurs 11:15PM/10:15PM/9:15PM
Fri 7:30PM           Fri 3:30AM/2:30AM/1:30AM/12:30AM

Convention Day 3
Sat 9:30AM           Fri 5:30PM/4:30PM/3:30PM/2:30PM
Sat 10:00AM          Fri 6:00PM/5:00PM/4:00PM/3:00PM
Sat 10:30AM          Fri 6:30PM/5:30PM/4:30PM/3:30PM
Sat 11:00AM          Fri 7:00PM/6:00PM/5:00PM/4:00PM
Sat 11:30AM          Fri 7:30PM/6:30PM/5:30PM/4:30PM
Sat 3:30PM           Fri 11:30PM/10:30PM/9:30PM/8:30PM
Sat 4:15PM           Sat 12:15AM / Fri 11:15PM/10:15PM/9:15PM

Convention Day 4
Sun 9:45AM           Sat 5:45PM/4:45PM/3:45PM/2:45PM
Sun 10:00AM          Sat 6:00PM/5:00PM/4:00PM/3:00PM
Sun 10:30AM          Sat 6:30PM/5:30PM/4:30PM/3:30PM
Sun 11:15AM          Sat 7:15PM/6:15PM/5:15PM/4:15PM
Sun 11:45AM          Sat 7:45PM/6:45PM/5:45PM/4:45PM

Facebook – Meet Bible Students, Former JWs and maybe even Freedom Seeking JWs

Meet and get to know other Former JWs, Bible Students and maybe even Conscience Class JWs who are seeking an outlet for freedom of expression

Facebook – Friends of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Facebook – Kingdom Christians – administered by Joe Emerson

 

Feb 4 Conference Call – Who Will Survive Armageddon? Only Those in the Jehovah’s Witness Organization (Ark)?

Join us for a Saturday evening conference call.  What does the Bible Actually say?  Will everyone who is not a Jehovah’s Witness die when Armageddon comes?

Watchtower Sept 1, 1989 page 19 says, “Only Jehovah’s Witnesses, those of the anointed remnant and the “great crowd,” as a united organization under the protection of the Supreme Organizer, have any Scriptural hope of surviving the impending end of this doomed system dominated by Satan the Devil.”

Watchtower 2006 May 15 p.22 “Are You Prepared for Survival?” Paragraph 8 says, “Just as Noah and his God-fearing family were preserved in the ark, survival of individuals today depends on their faith and their loyal association with the earthly part of Jehovah’s universal organization.”

Only Noah and his family survived the flood and every other human being on the planet was destroyed in the flood.   So the JW Organization teaches that only those in the security of the Ark, the Jehovah’s Witness Organization, will be saved from the devastation of Armageddon and every other human being on the planet will be eternally destroyed.

Former JW and Bethelite, and now a Bible Student Elder, David Stein will lead a round table discussion on this topic.  Guest hosts joining him will be Ric Cunningham and Jeff Mezera.  You can call into this conference call Saturday evening.  After the main discussion, you will be invited to participate with questions and comments.

 

Conference Call Phone #:  213-226-0400                   After connecting dial 991337

Date:  February 4

Time:  7:00 pm Eastern, 6:00 pm Central and 4:00 pm West Coast

 

How to participate:

4 * – Self-Mute Line (toggle)

5 * – Raise Hand for Q&A

 

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Date: Sunday, December 25, 2011

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