Daybreak79

A younger mom at church was frustrated on Sunday because her toddler was "participating" in church services by yelling "Amen!" frequently during the sermon.  This is the south, so "amens" during a Baptist sermon are frequent and loud, but this kid had everyone cracking up.  It got me thinking about what it was like when my kids were little.  I thought we could all share stories of our kid's funny (but naughty) church behavior.
 
When my youngest was little (under 3) she had the habit of waiting until I was engrossed in the sermon and would crawl under the pews until she was several rows back.  Then people (loving, patient people) would just pass her back up to me.  I was glad when my parents started to com to church.  We needed the reinforcements to get through a church service with minimal disruptions.
 
When we were little, if we were disruptive, my dad would take us out and spank us. During one particularly long sermon, my little brother begged my dad to take him out and spank him.
 
OK, your turn.  What amusing things have your little ones done?

Yes and no.
 
If someone truly masters the basics (prayer, scripture reading, service, the Atonement, etc), then the complex stuff comes naturally.  

1)  Typically they have an announcement made to the whole stake Sunday night, hand out new boundary maps, put up a power point of them, and answer any questions.  
 
2)  If an existing ward 'losses' some of their bishopric to another ward, they'll call a new ones and make that announcement.  New wards will get a new bishopric, even if the the brand new bishop happens to be the same guy who was bishop of the old ward.
 
3)  People whine and cry about how hard this is going to me (myself included).
 
4)  And then you go to church on Sunday to your brand new ward... and life continues on in a strangely normal fashion.
 
5)  Any non-bishopirc (RS, SS, Primary, etc) that needs called will be called in the following weeks at the ward level.  

I'm with the being direct approach.  Things change in our lives.  

I would also like to point out that...  If you think you are not affected by the Ward Council (wither functional or dysfunctional) then you truly don't understand what they do (or are suppose to do).  You have just as much interest in having a well trained council as those on the council do (or should) in learning their function.

Oh yes, pretty much any of the auxiliaries need people to help out in various ways. As a Primary Pres I am always short of a teacher or two every Sunday and often end up taking classes myself while a counsellor does Sharing Time. If I had a willing helper to fill in regularly, I would shower them with eternal gratitude, praise and occasional chocolate :)

If you're going to be preaching the gospel of repentance, gotta go practice what you're about to preach. 
 
Things will work out.  Go talk to your bishop.  :)

To respond to the actual point of the OP: It does not appear that there was a concerted effort to record any of the teachings of the apostles, or even of Jesus. This may be wrong, but the Bible itself doesn't really give much evidence of any such effort. Rather, it appears that various letters and accounts were collected almost as an afterthought, or at least well after the original events in an attempt to preserve the history that had probably primarily been oral to that point.

I am going to throw this out there .......sometimes we as Latter Day Saints don't know how to address such topics because we don't study the scriptures like we should. We attend church on Sunday and attend classes and go home and don't touch the scriptures again until the following Sunday. This is my opinion and I may make some upset but that's what and why I think some subjects are taboo or not talked about. Lack of knowledge

I think it would be more appropriate to have the chairpeople talk to the bishop, explain the situation, and ask for more people to be called to the committee. If he chooses to release some of the others, that's his call.

I feel... strangely sad

Cool.

I think it will be more of a... I wonder how long until the lawsuits start showing up.

There are times when it is good to have an LDS therapist.   But it si far more important to have a fully competent therapist who is themself emotionally healthy.  
 
If you are dealing with anxiety or depression, look for a professional who does cognitive behavior therapy, which is the only research proven intervention for those with teen depression, and one of two for PTSD, and also used effectively for adult depression and anxiety and other issues.   Many therapists claim they do it, few actually do it with fidelity.   You'll have homework, it won't take more than a few months, and you won't talk very often about past events.
 
I think the lds family services experience is about the same as any therapeutic experience.  Some counselors are good and a good fit for the problem and client.   The same counselors might be a bad fit for another client or problem.   It can take a couple of sessions to know whether you can establish a therapeutic bond, and if not you'll need to try another counselor. 
 
I didn't think my LDS Family Services counselor was appropriately trained and I didn't like what I saw as his incorrect expressions of gospel doctrine and righteous expectations.  But I did witness some really great work with an unmarried mother through the agency once.

This movie features four missionaries out to do the lord's work in Holland. The noob, Elder Calhoun, is the nerdy new companion to the senior Elder in the apartment. He has a problem with his work and seems to get more and more distant every day that he sits in the apartment. Through love and hard work, Elder Calhoun reminds Elder Rogers why he came out there.
I strongly recommend this movie to everyone! especially return missionaries. It has an enormous amount of humor and a great message.
~hayls

From what I have observed..
 
Speak in various wards.
Handle Stake Business (Releasing, sustaining, setting apart)
Have an "assignment" over a certain aspect of the Stake.
Sit in the High Council overseeing the Stake.
Be apart of Disciplinary councils held on the stake level.
Perform other duties as asked by the Stake.
 
My inexperienced guess would be to image a Ward Council but working at the Stake Level

Negative when they couldn't see it, negative when they can see it. so what else is new in the world of the anti's? 

If you were dying what would be the last thing you would try to tell those you cared about?
 
Looking back at the April Conference addresses, Elder Packer's address was headed, "The end of all activity in the Church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity." Elder Perry's address was headed, "Family is the center of life and is the key to eternal happiness."
 
Just a short time later they would pass away and the Supreme Court would rule in favor of same sex marriage. How profound and insightful their words seem now. Truly we have prophets in these latter-days.

Do you have a link or reference for this?

That knowledge is found only through frequent temple attendance. :)

I agree with where you in general; but I gotta confess that, now that Just_A_Kid#6 is on the way, I'm not looking forward to discussing Section 21.4.15 with my bishop.
 
Do six kids under the age of 9 qualify as a "medical conditions [that] seriously jeopardize life or health"?  I'm thinking yes . . .

Because boys aren't girls. They are different kinds of beings.
 
One thing I learned being a custodian at BYU was that the women's restrooms are **far** more posh than the men's. (Also, that women's restrooms are more disgusting, even despite the men's urinals. But that's another matter.) Why should the women have restrooms that in some cases are twice the size of the men's, complete with upholstered seating and magazines for leisure reading?
 
Answer: Because the women need that, and the men don't.
 
Throughout the year, the Relief Society stages events for the women, sometimes cool (crafts and such), sometimes educational (e.g. economics), sometimes purely social. The men's priesthood quorums and groups might possibly have one get-together per year -- and in the case of the high priests, that's likely to be the annual quorum meeting, to which the wives are invited, as well. Why the very obvious disparity?
 
Answer: Because the women need it, and the men don't (at least not to the same extent).
 
We are trying to raise good, decent, strong men, AND THAT IS TO EVERYONE'S ADVANTAGE, MALE AND FEMALE. If our young men need monthly camping trips and a budget of $4000 per year to help them become who and what they should become -- well, in that case, every last member of the Church should be rushing to make sure they get that money. The young women should be first in line to raise those funds; after all, these are their future husbands.
 
Jealousy and competition have no part whatsoever in the Church, and most especially when we (foolishly) compare the resources taken by the young men vs. the young women. If the situation were reversed, and it were determined that the needs of the young women were such that the young women's budget were twice the young men's (as it is for the adult women, for the rest of their lives), we wouldn't hear a peep -- and rightly so. We love and value our daughters, and no price is too great to pay for their well-being. I would hope that no Latter-day Saint would ever consider our sons to be of less value than our daughters.

Perhaps I'm just old school when it comes to some things.  Perhaps I'm not up with the thoughts of people in this modern world of ours.  Now I'm not saying I'm perfect.  I am sooooo far from it.  I have my own issues but this is the thing...
 
In a discussion group on facebook with an LDS community the discussion of whether someone should go to watch a hypnotist for entertainment came up.  One of the responses given was from the Church Handbook of Instruction:
 
21.3.5 Hypnosis
 
The use of hypnosis under competent, professional medical supervision for the treatment of diseases or mental disorders is a medical question to be determined by competent medical authorities. Members should not participate in hypnosis for purposes of demonstration or entertainment.
 
Many of the responses are stating...it's okay...it's harmless, pray about it and if God tells you it's okay then do it...and many more.
 
So my question isn't about hypnosis.  I'm just using this as an example.   But at what time do we decide that our own personal revelation overrides the counsel given in something like the CHI?   To me, if it's in the handbook there is a pretty good reason that it's there.
 
Again..maybe I'm just too old school to get this.
 
 

Time will tell. Though, generally speaking, I don't think God will let that happen. But it's always possible -- even if on a limited basis (certain states/US only, etc??)
 
 
Depends on what you mean by "support".
 
People don't get excommunicated for beliefs. Go out and start a "Get Gays Married in the Temple" website and start recruiting people...diffferent story.

Surely the Church leadership has been planning for this contingency (or, we may say, eventuality) for years or even decades. Rolling out the plan and working out the kinks will be an ongoing project, of course, but I daresay it will take weeks, not years, to produce an alternate YM program if the Church chooses to take that route.

This new policy allows openly active gays (e.g. same-sex marriage) to participate not only as local leaders, BUT ALSO AS LEADERS ON THE DISTRICT AND NATIONAL LEVEL.  It is just a matter of time that policies will be crafted and approved by these new leaders which are contrary to the teachings and interests of the church.
 
Regarding litigation, this is another reason to leave.  The BSA is a non-profit, subject to litigation, but when the church creates an internal organization, it will be covered by the same religious exemptions as the church.
 
BSA, it was nice knowing you but it's time to go.  Surely you knew when you adopted this policy that the LDS church would leave -- "you can choose your own local leaders" is simply a fig leaf for the radical change that is overtaking your organization.