I learned in church today

[old_gregg]

former GYMP

as opposed to mpfunk, current gimp

[Uncle Ted]

Does that mean our kids have until their 14 to get their eagle or their out?

I'm confused at what this means.

“This may actually put a little pressure on families and on these young men to be more engaged and to work to get their Eagle award before they’re 14,” Dahlquist said.

Translation: if they don't get their eagle before they are 14 then they have to pay for their own damn registration and find some other unit to join up with.

[Moliere]

I'm visiting a ward in Switzerland today and the EQP got up in priesthood and asked for volunteers to help a member move. It's amazing how similar the church is all over the world.


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[Moliere]

We had stake conference this weekend and our stake was split, which everyone knew about. On Saturday we had priesthood leadership meeting and we spent a good 20 minutes of that meeting discussing ways to let women feel more involved and more heard. I guess I just find it ironic (ruling?) to have 200 men in leadership positions sitting in a chapel trying to discuss ways to help women feel more involved.

Overall the weekend was great. I skipped the adult session and took the kids to the park to play. MJ went to the session and apparently nothing noteworthy came from it.


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[falafel]

We had stake conference this weekend and our stake was split, which everyone knew about. On Saturday we had priesthood leadership meeting and we spent a good 20 minutes of that meeting discussing ways to let women feel more involved and more heard. I guess I just find it ironic (ruling?) to have 200 men in leadership positions sitting in a chapel trying to discuss ways to help women feel more involved.

Overall the weekend was great. I skipped the adult session and took the kids to the park to play. MJ went to the session and apparently nothing noteworthy came from it.


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Well? What happened with your SP?

[Crockett]

I'm visiting a ward in Switzerland today and the EQP got up in priesthood and asked for volunteers to help a member move. It's amazing how similar the church is all over the world.


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lol

It wasn't the one in Luzern, was it? I attended EQ there last year.

[old_gregg]

why do you losers go to church while on vacation? that is stupid

[Jeff Lebowski]

why do you losers go to church while on vacation? that is stupid

That was harsh, bro.

Attended church (on a Saturday!) in Katmandu last month. Met some fascinating people and met a couple of service missionaries (retired couple) from UT who invited us over for dinner. Spent 3-4 hours there (they seemed starved for company - esp. someone from home) and had a great visit. They had some incredible stories to tell.

[creekster]

why do you losers go to church while on vacation? that is stupid

Too many gummis for you.

Some of my best church experiences ever have been attending small out of they branches while on vacation. Sacrament meeting out doors at Yellowstone. Or in a mortuary on the south island of New Zealand. Or being invited to a post sacrament boating trip from a small branch in Australia. Etc. We dont go all the time on vacation, but the more unlikely the locale, the better the experience tends to be.

[snowcat]

Too many gummis for you.

Some of my best church experiences ever have been attending small out of they branches while on vacation. Sacrament meeting out doors at Yellowstone. Or in a mortuary on the south island of New Zealand. Or being invited to a post sacrament boating trip from a small branch in Australia. Etc. We dont go all the time on vacation, but the more unlikely the locale, the better the experience tends to be.

I love going to church on vacation, especially if out of the country.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Too many gummis for you.

Some of my best church experiences ever have been attending small out of they branches while on vacation. Sacrament meeting out doors at Yellowstone. Or in a mortuary on the south island of New Zealand. Or being invited to a post sacrament boating trip from a small branch in Australia. Etc. We dont go all the time on vacation, but the more unlikely the locale, the better the experience tends to be.

Ditto. I'm more than happy to take a bye from church, but I enjoy attending sacrament meeting in strange locales for various reasons. We did so a couple of weeks ago on the Isle of Man where, shockingly, they don't get lots of tourists. The locals and the U.S. missionaries are often thrilled to have visitors so we're treated like rock stars and it's fun to chat it up before and after the meeting. And the meeting itself is usually very interesting, if only to note the many differences and similarities with the stateside experience. I'll usually bail on the rest of the block, though...

[creekster]

Ditto. I'm more than happy to take a bye from church, but I enjoy attending sacrament meeting in strange locales for various reasons. We did so a couple of weeks ago on the Isle of Man where, shockingly, they don't get lots of tourists. The locals and the U.S. missionaries are often thrilled to have visitors so we're treated like rock stars and it's fun to chat it up before and after the meeting. And the meeting itself is usually very interesting, if only to note the many differences and similarities with the stateside experience. I'll usually bail on the rest of the block, though...

Exactly. At one little branch we attended they were so excited to see us that they cancelled the rest of the block and ordered a take out spread from a restaurant that one of the members owns and had an impromptu feed for the branch in our honor. We had a great time.

[Pelado]

Exactly. At one little branch we attended they were so excited to see us that they cancelled the rest of the block and ordered a take out spread from a restaurant that one of the members owns and had an impromptu feed for the branch in our honor. We had a great time.

We should adopt that custom whenever there are visitors in our meetings.

[Moliere]

why do you losers go to church while on vacation? that is stupid

I usually don't but this time I had a good reason to attend.


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[Jeff Lebowski]

Ditto. I'm more than happy to take a bye from church, but I enjoy attending sacrament meeting in strange locales for various reasons. We did so a couple of weeks ago on the Isle of Man where, shockingly, they don't get lots of tourists. The locals and the U.S. missionaries are often thrilled to have visitors so we're treated like rock stars and it's fun to chat it up before and after the meeting. And the meeting itself is usually very interesting, if only to note the many differences and similarities with the stateside experience. I'll usually bail on the rest of the block, though...

Exactly. At one little branch we attended they were so excited to see us that they cancelled the rest of the block and ordered a take out spread from a restaurant that one of the members owns and had an impromptu feed for the branch in our honor. We had a great time.

Yep.

While in Nepal we met a young man at church who had been dropped off on the streets of Kathmandu when he was ten years old. He foraged as best he could and a few years later he met someone from the LDS church and got some stability in his life. He served a mission in India and is now working on completing his HS diploma at some kind of tech high school (with the help of the service missionaries). Extremely sharp, good-looking kid. You would never believe he came from the street. He hopes to attend BYU someday. He is doing so well that his mother keeps having babies and going into Kathmandu and abandoning them in his care.

Also attended church in Venice and Florence last year. They get so many visitors that they do translations every week for sac meeting. Had a great experience.