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By Craig T. Kojima, Star-Bulletin
About 7,000 Jehovah's Witnesses are congregating
here for their annual convention.

Jehovah’s Witnesses
holding annual convention
at Blaisdell

Star-Bulletin staff

About 7,000 people are gathering at the Blaisdell Center arena this weekend for the annual convention of Oahu Jehovah's Witnesses.

Theodore Jaracz of New York, one member of the 12-person international governing body of the church, will give a keynote speech daily.

The program, which began yesterday, was to continue today with a baptism and ordination ceremony at 11:50 a.m.

A costumed dramatization of Biblical stories with messages for modern people will begin at 11:10 a.m. tomorrow. It is open to the public.

Eight other district conventions will be held throughout the summer on the neighbor islands and for non-English-speaking church members.