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Coping with Ward Changes

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Two weeks ago, we got the news that our stake was finally going to re-allign the ward boundaries. This is big news, and a long time coming. Last year about the same time, 3 stakes in our area were combined into two. This area of Salt Lake has struggled in recent years to maintain members. So, many of the wards, including ours, have struggled a lot. Our ward currently has just a handful of members. We have maybe 100 attending sacrament meeting. Enough youth to count on one hand, and just a few more primary children. It is hard. So, … Continue reading →

Ancestral Gold, Murder, and Ghost Stories

Every week, there are interesting genealogy workshops, classes, conferences, webinars, and events to attend. Some of them might be going in near where you live! Here are a few that will be happening soon. Ancestry.com LIVE has two webinars scheduled for this week. One is called “Genealogy Brainstorming: I’m Stuck. Now What?”. It will take place on October 9, 2012, from 1:00 in the afternoon until 2:00 in the afternoon, EDT. The other one is called “How To Up Your Genealogy Game”. It will happen on October 11, 2012, starting at 1:00 in the afternoon, and ending at 2:00 in … Continue reading →

Is Stake Conference a Free Pass?

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I was in ward council the other day and the Bishop was going on and on about how we all need to attend stake conference. He read an email from the Stake President encouraging all members to attend the meetings during stake conference weekend. I thought to myself, “Do members really think this is an excuse to skip church?” I have to admit, that I have been tempted in the past. I have two small children who can barely sit still through one hour of sacrament meeting. One certain two-year-old boy will go un-named, but he knows who he is. … Continue reading →

Picture Perfect

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The other day in church, a woman came up to me and told me that she loved sitting behind my little family. “Really?”, I thought. What I wanted to say was, “It doesn’t distract you to have my kids crying, thrashing around, wrestling with each other, making their toys talk to each other as loud as possible, and having to get up with them 5 times in the middle of the meeting?” She was trying to give me a compliment, so I took it. She said that we looked like such a “normal mormon family” and that my husband and … Continue reading →

Primary Time: April 2008 Sharing Time

The Primary theme for this month is “I will follow the prophet.” The scripture for the month is Amos 3:7. It reads: “Surely the Lord will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants, the prophets.” The song for this month is “We Thank Thee Oh God for a Prophet.” You can use this song during your singing time in family home evening. This is a nice song to teach your children, since they may have the opportunity to sing it in Sacrament meeting. The theme is divided into four basic principles. The first principle is that the … Continue reading →

Gospel Questions: Do Mormons Think They Have the Only True Church?

I do like to ask and answer the hard questions, don’t I? Well, this one is definitely a hotbed of debate. One of the concerns that people of other religions have about the LDS Church is that we seem to think we’re the only true church. Let me shed just a little more light on this. When Jesus Christ was on the earth, He set up His church the way He wanted it to be run. He had apostles, prophets, ordinances, the sacrament, priesthood authority, and He showed His disciples how to use all of them. When He died, and … Continue reading →

Attending Church

Do you hate Sundays because you come home from church feeling overwhelmed by everything you should be doing, but just aren’t? Or are just worn out from chasing your children around the chapel? There are Sundays when you may be wondering why it is so important to go to church. It is important that you make the Sabbath a day of rest and church a chance to have yourself strengthened spiritually and not drained. Here are a few things you can do to help make the Sabbath and church attendance more meaningful. 1) Take the time to prepare yourself for … Continue reading →

LDS Weeks in Review September 30-October 13

This week Tristi introduced a great new series that will answer common questions that those of other faiths may have about the church. She answers her first question in Gospel Questions: Are Mormons Christians? Tristi continues her insight into the scriptures with 1 Nephi 5:16-21, 1 Nephi 6 and thoughts about the war chapters, 1 Nephi 7:1-5, 1 Nephi 7:6-15, 1 Nephi 7:16-21, 1 Nephi 7:22, 8:1-11, 1 Nephi 8:12-18, 1 Nephi 8:19-25, 1 Nephi 8:26-34, and 1 Nephi 8:35-38. Miriam reviews several General Conference talks in “The Things of Which I Know,” “The Restoration of the Gospel,” “This Day,” … Continue reading →

Focus on the Sacrament

One of the most important things that we do at church each Sunday is partake of the Sacrament. Often this special ordinance is simply thought of as routine, instead of being treated as sacredly as it should be. It is vital that we each take the time to prepare ourselves to renew our covenants each Sunday. It is also important to apply the covenants that we make to our daily lives. Here is a list of five things you can do to make taking the Sacrament more meaningful. 1) Ideally your preparation should be taking place all week. Take time … Continue reading →

Your Preparation for the Sacrament

One important thing that you can do each week is to partake of the Sacrament. This allows you to renew your baptismal covenants. It is a time for self-reflection and chance for you to make sure you are staying on the correct path. It is important that you make it a priority to regularly partake of the Sacrament. You should not allow other things to get in the way of doing so. You may want to take time either Saturday night or Sunday morning to prepare yourself to take the Sacrament. One way that you could do this is to … Continue reading →