I learned in church today

[myboynoah]

People are messing up the numbers of Sacrament meeting attendance by coming after the count is made. Oh, and numbers aren't important.

When I was clerk I always counted during the rest hymn.

[Clark Addison]

I just learned that CA, PAC, and PH are in the same ward (anyone else?) Maybe I should be doing some CUF missionary work at church.

Well, two out of three, at least.

[pellegrino]

When I was clerk I always counted during the rest hymn.

Isn't that standard practice?

[myboynoah]

Isn't that standard practice?

Is it? I don't know, I just used it as the most effective way to get the highest count. I also went throughout the building looking for kids and others to get our count as high as possible. wap is correct, numbers are important.

At F&T mtg, with no rest hymn, I would wait until about 15 minutes left and get up to do the count. I bet lots of folks thought, "Oh, bro myboynoah is finally going to bury his testimony." Hopefully they weren't dissapointed.

[clackamascoug]

People are messing up the numbers of Sacrament meeting attendance by coming after the count is made. Oh, and numbers aren't important.

Any good Sacrament attendance counter has already accounted for the people who will come in late.

[Pheidippides]

Any good Sacrament attendance counter has already accounted for the people who will come in late.

I just added a statistical constant based on historical averages and time of sacrament meeting.

Today was a real doozy in church. Among other things, I learned that the most important things to make a strong family (nobody defined what this means, by the way) are as follows:

• Making sure my sons always wear white shirts. This way they won't be uncomfortable in them when they go on a mission (which of course is the biggest factor)
• Saying "when you go on a mission" is the most important thing I can do, because if I say "if you go on a mission" they probably won't go
• Youth not going to wednesday Mutual activities is a sign of a bad family and must be remedied
• Men trying to justify patriarchy is very funny

My wife single-handedly kept me in the meeting today by raising her hand and saying this was all a load of crap if we didn't love our children and why don't we talk about that instead.

[Solon]

Spent my sabbath day contemplating Patriarchs, a Cathedral, two Temples, and where Angels might Land in Zion National Park.

My less religious wife preferred watching some desert bighorn try to navigate a Checkerboard.

That's pretty much the best church ever.

[Pheidippides]

Spent my sabbath day contemplating Patriarchs, a Cathedral, two Temples, and where Angels might Land in Zion National Park.

My less religious wife preferred watching some desert bighorn try to navigate a Checkerboard.

That's pretty much the best church ever.

Now you're just making me mad.

[Topper]

I skipped out on church today, a more frequent occurrence, but I spoke with almost every member of my family, who is in country and coherent.

I contemplated the universe, made my body a little fitter, and read plenty of posts on various message boards, reviewed a little scripture, and planned out the week.

Sometimes sitting in a ward with families is not that comforting, knowing my future family is thousands of miles away. Formal religious observance seems to be very communal, and when one is disconnected from the community, it almost feels alienating to partake.

[Moliere]

I learned that in the preexistence I was foreordained to be a scout leader.

[Omaha 680]

I learned that in the preexistence I was foreordained to be a scout leader.

You must have really screwed up somehow.

[DU Ute]

I learned that in the preexistence I was foreordained to be a scout leader.

Too bad you weren't righteous enough to be foreordained to be the head of the BSA. You'd be rolling in that FoS money.

[Moliere]

You must have really screwed up somehow.

I was probably a fence leaner.

[falafel]

Fence leaner? So you cant even muster enough interest to climb on top of the fence?

[Jeff Lebowski]

As you may recall, I have been quite cynical of the whole "trek" fad. Our ward did it a couple of weeks ago and today we had a 5th Sunday meeting consisting of youth and leaders sharing thoughts and insights gained from the experience. It was a great meeting. I hereby eat crow.