"Hold my root beer" - the Russell M. Nelson thread

[Omaha 680]

I just took the sacrament to a couple this Sunday, where the man is on hospice. They just had a cracker to use, so when I was saying (reading aloud from D&C 20) the prayer I got to the bread part and wasn’t sure if I should say bread or cracker. I just went with bread since it was in the scriptures. But when I went to bless the water the scripture used the word wine, so I changed it. I then felt immediately dumb for not saying cracker in the first prayer.

One of my mission areas was an Indian colony in the middle of nowhere, argentina. We met in a mud chapel and the members typically brought the bread. One sunday the bread didnt arrive. No one near the chapel had any and we were miles from anywhere we could hope to find some. So we picked some grapefruit off the tree outside and used that. I drew the bread prayer and when I got to "bread" I had the same hesitancy. I actually looked at my companion who just gave me the "I dunno" shrug. I went with "pomelo" because it just felt weird calling a grapefruit bread. I hope the prayer counted.

[creekster]

Last sunday my husband gave the sacto prayer, and just paused and faltered, then picked back up strong. No actual mistake but they made him do it again because he paused.

That’s ludicrous.

[falafel]

I visited a ward a couple of weeks where the priest stumbled on a few words, after which the Bishop gave him that nod to do it again. What a dick.

My son recently had to do it 5 times. It was also his first time blessing the sacrament.

[Bo Diddley]

One of my mission areas was an Indian colony in the middle of nowhere, argentina. We met in a mud chapel and the members typically brought the bread. One sunday the bread didnt arrive. No one near the chapel had any and we were miles from anywhere we could hope to find some. So we picked some grapefruit off the tree outside and used that. I drew the bread prayer and when I got to "bread" I had the same hesitancy. I actually looked at my companion who just gave me the "I dunno" shrug. I went with "pomelo" because it just felt weird calling a grapefruit bread. I hope the prayer counted.

I would have been more concerned whether the fruit counted.

[myboynoah]

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[falafel]

The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces today that the leadership sessions for General Authorities, Area Seventies, and General Officers presently scheduled to be held on April 2–3, 2020, in conjunction with April general conference, have been postponed for six months, until October 1–2 of this year. Therefore, General Authorities serving outside of the United States and all Area Seventies are excused from attending the general conference in Salt Lake City.

Furthermore, in view of statements issued by governments and health organizations, members of the Church living outside the United States are discouraged from traveling to the United States to attend the general conference sessions.

“Out of an abundance of caution and with deep concern for global health considerations, as well as sympathy for all who have been or may be affected by the COVID-19 virus, we are postponing leadership meetings associated with the upcoming general conference,” the First Presidency said in a prepared statement. “We wish to be good global citizens and do what we can to limit the spread of this disease. We also want to relieve concerns of our leaders, members, and their families related to the uncertainties of travel at this time.”

Translation: Don't get us sick!

[Dwight Schr-ute]

Translation: Don't get us sick!

Anyone that shows up at the Conference Center is immediately placed on “membership benefit restrictions.” Or whatever the hell the new terminology is.


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[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I always ask for the uplifted hand. I don't want to discriminate against those of the lefty persuasion.

I sustain with my uplefted hand!

[Dwight Schr-ute]

"Hold my root beer" - the Russell M. Nelson thread

General Conference will not be taped in front of a live studio audience. President Nelson did say that this would be a General Conference unlike one we’ve ever seen before.


https://www.ksl.com/article/46728732


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[Katy Lied]

So if the risk is high enough to forbid members gathering at stake centers in order to watch general conference, does this mean that Stake Conference via URL is feasible?

[Dwight Schr-ute]

So if the risk is high enough to forbid members gathering at stake centers in order to watch general conference, does this mean that Stake Conference via URL is feasible?

I thought that was an interesting detail. Especially as we continue to hold regular Sunday services. Like the scripture “And they did gather together cough.”


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[Clark Addison]

So if the risk is high enough to forbid members gathering at stake centers in order to watch general conference, does this mean that Stake Conference via URL is feasible?

No, because Stake Conferences have been cancelled.

Suckers! We had ours a few weeks ago! And extra week of church for some of you!

[PaloAltoCougar]

No, because Stake Conferences have been cancelled.

Suckers! We had ours a few weeks ago! And extra week of church for some of you!

Stake conferences are cancelled starting Monday. Ours is this weekend. Since I'm required to attend all three meetings, I think we need to be more aggressive in our prevention efforts.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Stake conferences are cancelled starting Monday. Ours is this weekend. Since I'm required to attend all three meetings, I think we need to be more aggressive in our prevention efforts.

Same here. I am not taking any chances.

[Donuthole]

Does this apply to Youth Conference? :fingerscrossed: