WHERE TO HOLD CIRCUIT ASSEMBLIES?

The work in Réunion got off to such a good start that it was a challenge to find places that were big enough for assemblies. In 1964, the brothers planned their first local circuit assembly. After months of searching, however, they could find only one place​—an upstairs restaurant in Saint-Denis. The building was old, expensive to rent, and made out of timber. The owners said that it would hold the weight of over 200 people, the expected attendance.

Left with no choice, the brothers booked the restaurant, and a favorably disposed man contributed a loudspeaker system. When the day arrived and the brothers began to fill the building, the floor creaked and groaned, but it held. The attendance on Sunday was 230, and 21 were baptized.

230 attend the first local circuit assembly.

1998 First assembly is held in the new La Possession Assembly Hall.

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Assemblies and Conventions

The first local circuit assembly was held in an upstairs restaurant, 1964

The Cave of the First Frenchmen, a district convention site

Temporary meeting place, Saint-Denis, 1965