Justinator1

I assume she is referring to a name and a blessing, the guidelines for which are:

HA! Something like that.

As far as I know there is nothing official, so I imagine it is up to the local leaders. I assisted in the blessing of a five year old while a missionary.

That's right, go Utah, we won't hold it against you the Utah State drew first blood...or that BYU walked all over Tulane today...

A talk that may help the OP and any others with similar dilemmas can be found in the January 1983 Ensign by Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve (or, if you don't happen to have that particular issue sitting around, you can find it here) entitled "The Candle of the Lord". It was originally given to a group of Mission Presidents, and he starts by saying that he will address them as though they are missionaries themselves, but don't let that off-put you as there are some principles he teaches that I believe apply to many aspects of our lives in the gospel. Let me pull a few quotes out that I hope will help with the quandary of what next. Whew, give those a read over and tell me what you think. This has been a favorite talk of mine since I received it on entering the mission field.

Hello and welcome!

I didn't see a section for Sunday School so I thought I'd start it here, feel free to move it if I'm in the wrong. I have recently been called as Sunday School President in my ward, I'm working on getting counselors and have yet to be set-apart. Any advice from former Sunday School Presidents or arm chair Sunday School Presidents would be welcome and appreciated. (I started to abbreviate it SSP, but I decided that called a church auxiliary the SS was probably not the best idea )

I do not envy that man...or should I say I do envy him so I won't get called to a similar position just to teach me to keep my mouth shut?

From the talk I posted above Pres. Hinckley quotes Ex. 20:7 of course, but he also uses 1 Tim 4:12 thusly (is that a word): .

Ok, after some pondering I have had but one thought. We are taught that one of the quickest and easiest ways to become more perfect is to serve others, he who loses himself in service will find himself (sorry for the paraphrase, I'm feeling lazy). So could it be that it is only through truly serving those who came before, helping them reach perfection through the needed ordinances, by giving of ourselves that we may attain a level of perfection? It's an imperfect (no pun intended) and not wholly formed thought, but that's all I've got right now.

That's a good question, I'm gonna need to do some research on this one.

From Gordon B. Hinckley, “Take Not the Name of God in Vain,” Ensign, Nov 1987, 44 I would recommend the whole thing, it's short but worth the read. I just tried to post what I thought was relevant the the OP's original question.

I loved the Benji movies growing up. Same with the original Homeward Bound movie. Great G rated shows. I'm a sucker for some of the old Spaghetti Westerns, Support Your Local Sheriff, Support Your Local Gunfighter just to name two. :)

*shrugs indifferently*

(Pres. Henry B. Eyring, “Called of God,” address delivered at the Missionary Training Center, Aug. 26, 1997).

Go here for you answer to this question. Here for this one. In every way, as I imagine it does with any truly religious person. I wish I could answer this one with an unequivocal yes, but I can't. Instead I'll just leave at a very firm...that depends Definitely a firm maybe on this one. I don't know how much the average joe prays so I don't know how well I can compare myself to said joe. The average Harry though? Now that's another story. Probably not much when compared with most other religious individuals. Why was my specific mission so important? Well that depends on the perspective. It was important for my parents because it reinforced that they had brought me up correctly. It was important for me because I was taught many things by the spirit that I don't know if I would have settled down enough to learn otherwise at that age. It was important for those I taught as a missionary because I helped them find the gospel of Christ. Etc... Lots of things I think. The biggest thing I got out of my mission was a greater understanding of the phrase "have an eternal perspective". In other words, don't worry so much about the here and now, instead be always looking toward the hear and after and you will make the right choices and have greater patience with life. That, when combined with maturity in the gospel, the scriptures, social interactions and an increased self-confidence helped me surmount some of the obstacles I've faced since then. Yessir (or ma'am, whichever), Utah Ogden '03-'05. You want me to choose just one story? Heh, I don't know that I could sum up 24 months of my life, some of the most eventful 24 months of my life, in just one story. I would be happy to share a specific story if you have a specific topic you would like to hear about. This should help you there. Stop being so selfish, be kind to one another, and remember that they are all you've got. The temple is not a place for those who have not sinned (if it were there would only maybe be one, and it would be empty). It is instead a place that adults, who are mature in the gospel, go to make additional covenants or promises with God that are sacred and important. Children do, as has been pointed out, participate in family sealings (which you can read about in the link just above here) and baptisms for the dead when that are twelve or older (which you can read about here and here). This one is difficult for me because I am chock full of contradictions for a lot of people (see my introduction post) and I've learned not to pay any attention to the misperceptions of others, instead I strive to just be myself. This was answered perfectly by another poster above. Continuing Revelation. I just ask that you give us the same openmindedness that you might give any other religion out there. Don't jump to conclusions based on what somebodies preacher's friend once heard. Do the research, read from the appropriate sources and don't be afraid to question question question, but be willing to listen to the answers. I usually just chuckle and take a sip of my kool-aide

*a-hem* mememememememe Is this thing on? Hello hello and welcome! Or should you be the ones welcoming me? Whichever. I have often summed up myself thus to those I just met: "I'm a homeschooled, LDS, Texas country boy who went to college at Ricks and BYU. Man, I must be the most sheltered person to ever live!" But seriously, I did grow up in the Texas country and served a mission in South Africa Johannesburg and Utah Ogden (that's a story too long for this post). I was born in the covenant and was converted to the church just before leaving for Ricks college when I was seventeen. While there I met my eternal sweetheart and married her in the temple almost four years ago. I recently graduated from good ol' BYU (Go Cougs!) and am currently working at being a bum while my wife supports me. This is not my first time foruming with LDSers, but it has been a few years, I have been known as JLee on other forums and chat rooms. Any questions are welcome, if you don't like the answers I give then don't ask the question I look forward to getting to know y'all and contributing some humor and the occasional serious post whilst I sojourn here.