I learned in church today

[Moliere]

My 13-year-old wasn't feeling well, so he stayed home. After church he felt well enough to eat Easter dinner and two helpings of the awesome chocolate cake mrs. myboynoah made. It was an Easter Miracle!

I've personally found chocolate cake to be better than Tylenol or DayQuil.

[myboynoah]

Atta boy! Nice work for a 13 year old.

You could have heard a pin drop as he entered the dining room to partake of the feast. A moment we will savor for years.

[Brian]

i was sitting in singing time with my sunbeam class. Wyatt to my left, and Jada to my right. Well, the Wyatt lad seems to get served a steady diet of lentils at home as he's usually pretty windy every Sunday. And he doesn't mind sharing during class time, singing time, or sharing time. He's an equal opportunity fragrance. Well, yesterday it was pretty clear he had a second helping of lentils for breakfast, and maybe even a handful or two on the way over in the car. About half way through singing time, right after a lively round of "head shoulders knees and toes", little Jada poked me in the arm, looked up at me and said, "You kinda stink. You need to take a shower."

Thanks Wyatt.

[Moliere]

I learned that Elder Packers talk was a big hit among my ward members. Elder Hales got some praise as well.

[pellegrino]

i was sitting in singing time with my sunbeam class. Wyatt to my left, and Jada to my right. Well, the Wyatt lad seems to get served a steady diet of lentils at home as he's usually pretty windy every Sunday. And he doesn't mind sharing during class time, singing time, or sharing time. He's an equal opportunity fragrance. Well, yesterday it was pretty clear he had a second helping of lentils for breakfast, and maybe even a handful or two on the way over in the car. About half way through singing time, right after a lively round of "head shoulders knees and toes", little Jada poked me in the arm, looked up at me and said, "You kinda stink. You need to take a shower."

Thanks Wyatt.

sounds like a great thread title!

[Surfah]

I got to sub primary teaching 5 year olds yesterday. The lesson was on the word of wisdom. One of the kids in the class is being raised by his grandparents who are active. When we talked about smoking this kid raised his hand and says that his grandpa smokes but he doesn't want anyone to know or see him. Then we started talking about tea and this kid raises his hand again to tell us his grandpa loves tea, but only if it's really cold. I miss primary.

[Surfah]

I learned that Elder Packers talk was a big hit among my ward members. Elder Hales got some praise as well.

All anyone could talk about was Elder Uchtodorf's and Elder Holland's talks in my ward.

[The_Tick]

All anyone could talk about was Elder Uchtodorf's and Elder Holland's talks in my ward.

Same.

Best Sunday at Church in quite some time.

My spirituality is at an all time high, and this past conference has bolstered that.

[Indy Coug]

Our church was cool. A 14 year old got up and bore his testimony and then said how proud he was of the brand new 12 year old autistic deacon who passed the sacrament for the first time. Our ward has a couple of mentally challenged youth and the other young men do a great job rallying around them and including them as much as they can.

[Moliere]

All anyone could talk about was Elder Uchtodorf's and Elder Holland's talks in my ward.

I do live in Texas. We tend to like hard lining conservatives.

[Brian]

I learned that Elder Packers talk was a big hit among my ward members. Elder Hales got some praise as well.

I had to speak yesterday, and I thought about taking a shot at the "tolerance trap" B.S., but I couldn't really make it fit into what I was covering. Luckily, in Primary, nobody said a word about GC.

[Pheidippides]

I learned that Elder Packers talk was a big hit among my ward members. Elder Hales got some praise as well.

Mine too. In fact, everything that had my wife and I declaring this as the worst conference ever (privately) was lauded as the best thing since the last best thing six months ago.

[thesaint258]

Our church was cool. A 14 year old got up and bore his testimony and then said how proud he was of the brand new 12 year old autistic deacon who passed the sacrament for the first time. Our ward has a couple of mentally challenged youth and the other young men do a great job rallying around them and including them as much as they can.

I wonder what it would have been like to grow up in a ward with youth like that. My ward was the exact opposite (which has colored my opinion about the Church as an organization), but it's always encouraging to hear about wards that are much more open, kind, and accepting than mine was.

[Indy Coug]

I wonder what it would have been like to grow up in a ward with youth like that. My ward was the exact opposite (which has colored my opinion about the Church as an organization), but it's always encouraging to hear about wards that are much more open, kind, and accepting than mine was.

My ward has its warts, it just doesn't show in this particular instance.

[Clark Addison]

Three stories about interactions with my wife during Sacrament Meeting.

1. One of the women bearing testimony said something like this:

My father growing up loved us, but I always wanted a dad who really honored his priesthood. I was talking to my sister about General Conference, and about our father, and I said, "I wish I had a Packer-dad!"

My wife is not, as it happens, a huge fan of Elder Packer. So, as soon as she heard her say "Packer-dad", she, possibly forgetting that we weren't watching on TV this week, and other people could hear her, let out a fairly loud "Blech!". Then, realizing that there were about 20 people within 10 feet of us, whispered to me "Do you think anyone heard that?"

I do think that "I wish I had a Packer-dad" would be a fine campaign slogan if Elder Packer ever decides to run for prophet, what with the rhyming and the emphasis on families and all (you can hear the announcer saying it in your head, can't you, with a dramatic little pause between "Had" and "a".

2. About 10 minutes into the testimonies, my wife noticed that I was taking note of everyone who spoke, and the times they started and ended. She asked what I was doing, and I replied that I was participating in a research study. She asked what the purpose was, and I said that I was not told the purpose, so as not to bias my data. She gave me a look of extreme skepticism, and indicated that she felt I was not being truthful, so it was with great happiness that I showed her the research request and proved my honesty.

3. My wife spent most of the time in Sacrament meeting working on her primary lesson. Looking over at it, I noticed that it included a section on Parley P Pratt. Knowing that her last-minute preparation may leave her in need of some material, I told her that I knew a poem about PPP that she may be interested in sharing with her class, and showed her this:

http://www.cougarstadium.com/showthr...ll=1#post12132

She decided to not share it, but I am hoping that she has a lesson on John C Bennett soon.