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  • #2821
    Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post
    Huh, go figure. I always thought it was cool that we had the sacrament with tortillas one Sunday on a hike. I didn't realize it had been approved by the presidency of the 70
    No kidding. I remember we would have sacrament meeting outside each and every week while I was picking pineapples in Hawaii. I loved it and I'm quite sure permission was never asked or given.
    "Either evolution or intelligent design can account for the athlete, but neither can account for the sports fan." - Robert Brault

    "Once I seen the trades go down and the other guys signed elsewhere," he said, "I knew it was my time now." - Derrick Favors

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    • #2822
      Originally posted by Blueintheface View Post
      No kidding. I remember we would have sacrament meeting outside each and every week while I was picking pineapples in Hawaii. I loved it and I'm quite sure permission was never asked or given.
      I didn't click on the links, but it seems to me that the operative phrase in the quoted text is "outside the boundaries of the ward or stake". Not "outside in the open air".

      Or am I missing something?

      Sacrament meetings are not to be held—and
      the sacrament is not to be administered—outside
      the boundaries of the ward or stake where the
      priesthood leaders preside. Any exceptions must
      be approved by a member of the Presidency of
      the Seventy.
      "More crazy people to Provo go than to any other town in the state."
      -- Iron County Record. 23 August, 1912. (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...23/ed-1/seq-4/)

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      • #2823
        Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post
        Huh, go figure. I always thought it was cool that we had the sacrament with tortillas one Sunday on a hike. I didn't realize it had been approved by the presidency of the 70
        New handbook, new policy. We used to have a family sacrament meeting every summer at our reunion. It has changed to a family fireside.

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        • #2824
          Originally posted by Solon View Post
          I didn't click on the links, but it seems to me that the operative phrase in the quoted text is "outside the boundaries of the ward or stake". Not "outside in the open air".

          Or am I missing something?
          You are correct. The new policy is if you are going to administer the sacrament outside of an official sacrement meeting, you need to get approval from the Bishop who presides over the geographic area in which you plan to administer it, not just your home Bishop or another one you know. AFAIK there is no policy on indoors/outdoors.

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          • #2825
            Originally posted by Solon View Post
            I didn't click on the links, but it seems to me that the operative phrase in the quoted text is "outside the boundaries of the ward or stake". Not "outside in the open air".

            Or am I missing something?
            I was assuming we were miles away from the stake boundaries but in all honesty I'm not sure now that I think about it. It was 1988 and I'm not sure what the stake situation was on the island of Maui. We would usually hike up to a different spot each week after a considerable drive though.
            "Either evolution or intelligent design can account for the athlete, but neither can account for the sports fan." - Robert Brault

            "Once I seen the trades go down and the other guys signed elsewhere," he said, "I knew it was my time now." - Derrick Favors

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            • #2826
              In the 1300s the knight templars came to north america and set apart the new Jerusalem.



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              "Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum

              "And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam Carolla

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              • #2827
                Originally posted by Mormon Red Death View Post
                In the 1300s the knight templars came to north america and set apart the new Jerusalem.



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                Wow. You're in your mid-30's and are just now learning about that? This really is a sad indictment of CES and correlation.

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                • #2828
                  Originally posted by Mormon Red Death View Post
                  In the 1300s the knight templars came to north america and set apart the new Jerusalem.



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                  That is awesome! Please follow-up for a source. Of the history and their priesthood.
                  "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                  The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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                  • #2829
                    The current testimony I am listening to is based on the plot of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, complete with explanation of details by the speaker. I am not kidding.
                    Awesomeness now has a name. Let me introduce myself.

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                    • #2830
                      Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                      That is awesome! Please follow-up for a source. Of the history and their priesthood.
                      Idk... some dude worked that into his testimony. I have never heard that piece of mormon lore before.

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                      "Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum

                      "And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam Carolla

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                      • #2831
                        Lady in testimony meeting went on for 10 minutes about how even though her husband doesn't go to church or believe, he follows the WOW and because of that he is a better Christian than his church going friend (non lds) who drinks, smokes cigars, and drink copious amounts of disgusting coffee.
                        "I can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking my head up a bull's a$$, but I'd rather take a butcher's word for it". - Tommy Callahan III

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                        • #2832
                          Nothing in our ward on politics other than a neutral encouragement to "vote your conscience".
                          Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.

                          "Cog dis is a bitch." -James Patterson

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                          • #2833
                            Originally posted by nikuman View Post
                            The current testimony I am listening to is based on the plot of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, complete with explanation of details by the speaker. I am not kidding.
                            Years ago we had a speaker go on for what must've been 25-30 minutes telling the "true" story of Pinocchio. I don't remember the details - but in all honesty all he did was tell the story. No mention of if/why the story was important, what it means to anyone, if it was of significance...nothing.

                            Dude ended his talk by saying "I had to check this book out from the library (holding book up) in order to give this talk today, and I think it is a really good book that you should read too. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

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                            • #2834
                              An older couple sister just returned from her mission in rural Tennesse or Kentucky. She took 12 minutes of F&T to expound upon the evils of TV, video & computer games, and entertainment in general. Said she only watched TV with her "rabbit ears" and then only the news. She then continued to go off on the "silly crap" of today's entertainment and directed her comments specifically to the youth. She said they should spend their free time reading scrpitures and pestering inviting their friends to Christ. I challenged my teacher-aged son to share his testimony about how one of his school friends found out he was LDS while playing Call of Duty online and how that lead to his giving him a HBoM later that week. He declined.
                              “Not the victory but the action. Not the goal but the game. In the deed the glory.”
                              "All things are measured against Nebraska." falafel

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                              • #2835
                                Originally posted by Paperback Writer View Post
                                Said she only watched TV with her "rabbit ears" and then only the news.
                                I call BS. Don't you need a digital picture translator as well?

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