Nearly 33,000 Jehovah’s Witnesses will attend a series of conventions at The Arena at Gwinnett Center in Duluth beginning this weekend.

Witnesses from Metro Atlanta, North Georgia and parts of North and South Carolina will meet at the arena July 1-3, July 22-24, Aug. 19-21 and Aug. 26-28. The public is invited to attend the free conventions. Morning sessions begin at 9:20 a.m. each day. Afternoon sessions begin at 1:50 p.m. Friday, 1:35 p.m. Saturday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

The Christian Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses is holding 381 conventions in 98 cities this summer.

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