Jehovah’s Witness Convention Returning to Albany, New York
MVP Arena to Host the First Large Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses Since 2019
Jehovah’s Witness News Release Edited for brevity.
Albany, New York – After a three-year pandemic pause, one of the world’s largest convention organizations has again chosen Albany to host its global three-day event, the 2023 “Exercise Patience”! Convention. In 2020, the pandemic interrupted that tradition in Albany when the Witnesses canceled their in-person events worldwide and held their convention programs as virtual events in more than 500 languages.
The two congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses that meet at the recently built Kingdom Hall in Peru, NY, with their more than 140 congregants, are happy to be back at the Albany MVP Arena. For the last several weeks, they have been eagerly anticipating the convention and extending a personal invitation to their neighbors to accompany them for this special three-day event that is both free and open to the public.
From Friday through Sunday, six convention sessions will explore the quality of patience, highlighting its modern-day relevance through Scriptural examples. A live baptism will be performed following the Saturday morning session and a prerecorded drama will be featured in two parts during the Saturday and Sunday afternoon sessions.
“Patience is a rare quality, yet needed now more than ever,” said Dobbs. “With so many challenges facing people on all fronts, patience can prove to be lifesaving. To have a three-day program that explores this vital quality and shows us how to better implement it in our lives is very timely.”
The convention is open to the public and no collection is taken. For more information on the program or other convention locations and dates, please go to jw.org and navigate to the “About Us” tab.
Posted: July 7th, 2023 under Northern NY News, Peru News, Religious News, Upstate New York.