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  • #7426
    Originally posted by LVAllen View Post
    There are rules, and if you set one toe over the line, YOU MARK IT ZERO or else you enter a World of Pain?
    It was a league game!
    "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
    "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
    "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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    • #7427
      Two new stakes are being created in north Houston. One is the Conroe stake, which I think will be created next week or possibly the week after that. Another will be created at the end of next month. My ward will likely be impacted by the creation of the second stake. I'm hoping my stake president ends up being in the new stake


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      "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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      • #7428
        Originally posted by Moliere View Post
        Two new stakes are being created in north Houston. One is the Conroe stake, which I think will be created next week or possibly the week after that. Another will be created at the end of next month. My ward will likely be impacted by the creation of the second stake. I'm hoping my stake president ends up being in the new stake


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        President Moliere has an authoritative ring to it!


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        I told him he was a goddamn Nazi Stormtrooper.

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        • #7429
          Originally posted by Moliere View Post
          Two new stakes are being created in north Houston. One is the Conroe stake, which I think will be created next week or possibly the week after that. Another will be created at the end of next month. My ward will likely be impacted by the creation of the second stake. I'm hoping my stake president ends up being in the new stake


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          There are six wards that cover the ward boundaries of my first ward in Spring in 2008.
          Jesus wants me for a sunbeam.

          "Cog dis is a bitch." -James Patterson

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          • #7430
            Originally posted by Green Monstah View Post
            There are six wards that cover the ward boundaries of my first ward in Spring in 2008.
            The growth has really been incredible, but it's mostly driven by transplants from California and the Jello Belt. There's very little growth from converts, or at least sustainable growth. There's tons of jobs in Texas and people are moving in droves, or at least they have been over the past decade. I've only been part of 2 ward splits, but we have people in our ward that have lived in the same house for 20 years and have been in 6 different wards and 3 different stakes. Our stake has the smallest geographical ward in Texas. It's incredibly small (I think 1.1 square miles) for a ward outside of Utah.
            "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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            • #7431
              Originally posted by Moliere View Post
              The growth has really been incredible, but it's mostly driven by transplants from California and the Jello Belt. There's very little growth from converts, or at least sustainable growth. There's tons of jobs in Texas and people are moving in droves, or at least they have been over the past decade. I've only been part of 2 ward splits, but we have people in our ward that have lived in the same house for 20 years and have been in 6 different wards and 3 different stakes. Our stake has the smallest geographical ward in Texas. It's incredibly small (I think 1.1 square miles) for a ward outside of Utah.
              LOL.
              "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
              "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
              "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
              GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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              • #7432
                Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                It was a league game!
                Solid point, LV Allen.
                If The Atonement is Bowling, then The Dude is Jesus (but not the pedophile Jesus Quintana)
                "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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                • #7433
                  Texas Mormon mocking other Mormons is weird.
                  A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. - Mohammad Ali

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                  • #7434
                    I learned in church today

                    Originally posted by Moliere View Post
                    The growth has really been incredible, but it's mostly driven by transplants from California and the Jello Belt. There's very little growth from converts, or at least sustainable growth. There's tons of jobs in Texas and people are moving in droves, or at least they have been over the past decade. I've only been part of 2 ward splits, but we have people in our ward that have lived in the same house for 20 years and have been in 6 different wards and 3 different stakes. Our stake has the smallest geographical ward in Texas. It's incredibly small (I think 1.1 square miles) for a ward outside of Utah.
                    You guys are about to shrink. Now that my BIL is retired Navy and now flying for FedEx, it sounds like my sister and her family are headed back to Utah. Well, where ever Herriman is.


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                    I told him he was a goddamn Nazi Stormtrooper.

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                    • #7435
                      Consecration was discussed in Sunday School and someone said when his dad was in stake presidency that the living allowance GA,S Don.t use they have to give back to the church. I am sure they have some savings, but if you have $100 in your checking at tend of month give it back to church. How do they count pocket cash though, give twenty back to church.

                      Another one I heard before was that profits from books all go to mission fund. Don,t know if either of these stories are true . They only have time to write books July, Monday's. And maybe once every 5 or 6 weekends as time at office and work at home takes a great deal of there time.

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                      • #7436
                        Originally posted by BigFatMeanie View Post
                        We had a two-hour anti-porn meeting for the second and third hours today. All adults that weren't teaching primary and any youth 12 or over. The content was largely based off the FightTheNewDrug content with some LDS-specific stuff thrown in.

                        I didn't really have a problem with the topic or the content but the presenter was horrible. He's one of those guys that travels all over giving anti-porn seminars in ward/stakes across the country. He spoke so fast that I could hardly understand him - like he was trying to squeeze 4 hours of content into 2 and thought, "If I just talk really really fast I can cut the time in half!". Everyone once in a while he would slow down for emphasis.

                        He said he had given the presentation many times and I believe him - it felt like he had given it about 10,000 times with how fast he blazed. He needs to find a new sideline/hobby because he sucks at presenting the topic.
                        We had another all-hands meeting today during the 3rd hour on porn - as a follow up to the previous one we had on Easter. They even brought in all the primary teachers. I think they set the primary kids up with a video on the primary room or something like that.

                        This time the presentation was done by the Bishopric and was better than last time, but I'm quickly growing tired of the topic.

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                        • #7437
                          Originally posted by BigFatMeanie View Post
                          We had another all-hands meeting today during the 3rd hour on porn - as a follow up to the previous one we had on Easter. They even brought in all the primary teachers. I think they set the primary kids up with a video on the primary room or something like that.

                          This time the presentation was done by the Bishopric and was better than last time, but I'm quickly growing tired of the topic.
                          I think you mean a no-hands meeting.

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                          • #7438
                            A guy read the Top Ten Ways Spouses Cheat list during his Sacrament Talk today. Oh yeah, he's the High Priest Group Leader.

                            I just love hearing, "Watching pornography by yourself" from the pulpit with my kids in the room.
                            "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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                            • #7439
                              Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                              A guy read the Top Ten Ways Spouses Cheat list during his Sacrament Talk today. Oh yeah, he's the High Priest Group Leader.

                              I just love hearing, "Watching pornography by yourself" from the pulpit with my kids in the room.
                              I've always said that this is something best done with your spouse.

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                              • #7440
                                Originally posted by The_Tick View Post
                                I've always said that this is something best done with your spouse.
                                Just glad to know that as long as you aren't alone, it isn't cheating!

                                So - when my wife isn't interested, does the dog count as far as not really being alone?

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