A peak audience of 7,043 people listened to speakers at last week's three-day district convention of Jehovah's Witnesses at Ogden's Dee Events Center.
Thirty-two people were baptized as new members into the faith through an ordination ceremony.
"We were definitely pleased with this year's turnout," Mike Brant, one of the convention's organizers, said.
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