my two cents

Welcome to the forum! Have you heard of the website 'kids in mind'? If not, you may want to check it out. There's also vidangel that people recommend since it filters stuff. I've heard of some families that don't allow tv on Sundays and others that are ok with byu channel and/or church movies and musicals (the music man, fiddler on the roof, oklahoma, etc). 

Are you open to suggestions/recommendations for version 7.5? Iv'e got a list  

Great idea, Roo!
When I was in elementary school, there was a bike ride to the swimming pool planned for my grade level. The catch was that you had to finish all your assignments in order to go and there was a chart on the wall to keep track of where people were at. Well, I was behind with my reading homework because I just couldn't figure out the answers to the questions no matter how many times I reread the material (was overthinking it). The deadline was getting close so I went to the library during lunch to try to catch up. My friends noticed and they came to help me out so I wouldn't miss the field trip ... and the teacher never said anything about the different handwriting.  
Tagging: @seashmore and @a mustard seed

Two times this was addressed: New Era > To the Point > Sep 08, Mar 11

Perhaps pray for relief, "and if not, strength"?

I rarely see anyone from church in public but would probably still stick with the titles.
There was an article about addressing each other properly and why it matters. I'll see if I can find it in a bit unless someone beats me to it.  
@NeuroTypical - fyi - After our last bishop was released, he made it very clear that still being called Bishop _______ bothered him and was not appropriate once that mantle was given to someone else.

I'd like to tag @RooTheMormon because although she started this thread, she hasnt shared an act of service!!

I havent been tagged but I'll still comment.
Act of service??
Well once upon a time when I was younger there was a girl in my ward that always made sure everyone came to YW, or at least was asked to come. She would come to every YWs house and invite them to come with her to church. I really appreciated feeling like I was wanted there!

Another one, huh? Shouldn't be too hard. I have been the recipient of a lot of service in my lifetime.
When I was a newbie on the forums at lds.net many years ago and even more combative than I am now, very early on I took umbrage at something  posted by a guy who called himself LoudmouthMormon and let him know about it. He did not respond in kind; rather, he responded graciously and with completely unnecessary self-effacement. I was struck by his kindness (though I now realize he was just being neurotypical) and started trying from that moment to be less abrasive and slower to take offense. The scary part is that I have succeeded in large part, so what you see now is actually a new, improved Vort. So let that keep you up at nights for a while...

Oh, wow, thanks for the tag, @my two cents! I didn't notice this thread before!
Acts of service that I've noticed? A lot for me lately. Now that I'm in Rexburg, I'm trying to get my life together and I'm basically starting at the level of a 16 year old as far as capabilities. I have the drive and the desire to go out and do things, to get started and get growing but I'm still so dependent on everyone else. I consider it an act of service that everyone is so patient with me. My aunt and uncle have been crucial at this time, even as they try to get settled in this new city themselves, trying to keep up with their girls needing to go to activities and such, and trying to get familiar with people in their ward and their new calling. And yet, my aunt Wendy has driven me everywhere I needed to go to get job applications here in town and once I got my permit, she's been with me to help me practice and learn driving, even though I know it is stressful and hard for her to do so(I'm not terrible but not very good at it yet).
My cousins who live here have shown me acts of service by taking me to the singles ward and FHE and different activities on campus to help me get involved and to meet new people. My aunt and uncle have also commissioned me to paint a mural for their daughter's room to help me keep busy while I wait to get my track assignment and get a paying job.
I tag @Vort and @MormonGator!

Great idea, Roo!
When I was in elementary school, there was a bike ride to the swimming pool planned for my grade level. The catch was that you had to finish all your assignments in order to go and there was a chart on the wall to keep track of where people were at. Well, I was behind with my reading homework because I just couldn't figure out the answers to the questions no matter how many times I reread the material (was overthinking it). The deadline was getting close so I went to the library during lunch to try to catch up. My friends noticed and they came to help me out so I wouldn't miss the field trip ... and the teacher never said anything about the different handwriting.  
Tagging: @seashmore and @a mustard seed

A few contemporaries of Joseph said the following:
 

@Latter-Day Marriage Thanks for the advice. 
I haven't gotten Molly Mormon yet, but I have gotten plenty of Goody Goodys and Goody two shoes! I know it is really a good thing

It is natural to want people to like you and be nice to you, but he fact of life is that you have to choose what kind of people will be that in your life and what kind won't.  You want the respect and friendship of good, righteous people and having that goes hand in hand with not having the respect and friendship of those who glory in wrongdoing. You have to pick a side. 
One of the best things you can do is learn to stop caring what people on the other side think of you.  I relate very much to feeling like I was the only one of my peers that really had a testimony and actually wanted to live the gospel.  It can feel very lonely, but it is better to be alone than to be with the wrong crowd, and just because they were baptized a few years ago doesn't make them the right crowd.  Remember in Lehi's vision of the tree of life, the building full of people laughing and mocking those holding to the iron rod.  Those who ignored those mockers made it, those who were worried about being judged and mocked by them didn't make it.
Don't go along to get along and compromise your values, but don't be snobbish, arrogant or self righteous about it either.  Be ready to be called a 'molly mormon' or something like that and not let it get you down (in reality, it is a compliment).  Stay on good terms with them as much as possible so the door stays open for them to join you as they mature. 
In time things will change.  They will mature, or go away, others will come into your life, and somewhere along the way you'll find somebody more like you who will become a close friend.

My mum performed an enormous act of service to the entire world, present and future, when she gave birth to me  
As for acts of service that I've undertaken lately, there are a few:
     * I didn't tell anyone what @MormonGator said about @pam in a private message he sent me the other day (Considering the content of the message this was a favour to both Gator and Pam)
      * Despite my overwhelming desire to do so, I nobly resisted the temptation to berate @Sunday21 for being too right wing
     * Declined to rebuke @Vort for all the fallacies, inconsistencies and logical errors in his posts last week
     * Single-handedly defeated all of last week's attempts by Daleks to take over the universe, including three attempts alone last Monday
     * Contributed to world peace by ending forever all conflict, fighting and divisions about whether Anvil of Megadeath is the best band by declaring that the winner is actually the Berlin Philharmonic when performing Beethoven
     * Enabling others to be blessed by giving them opportunities to provide acts of service....... to me
As for acts of service that I've received lately, my wife spent all of June recovering from an operation, during which time she received several concerned visitors, and we received several yummy meals. Surprisingly, when I returned the cleaned food containers to the providers, and demanded refills, they declined! 
 
     @Kimberley93 @The Folk Prophet
 

I took to heart the teachings I'd listened to for years about being self-sufficient, but looking back I erred in that I added personal pride to the recipe of my life. The result was that I became extremely tight-lipped about anything that amounted to a need on my part, and I determined to "do it all by myself" without bothering anyone else.  After all, I reasoned, I had been responsible in church callings where it was my duty to serve and to organize, and not to be served. 
This was my mode of operation until many years ago when in March when the ground had thawed and most of the snow melted, I received a water bill exceeding $2000 which it turned out had resulted from the water line which had broken about six feet from the foundation of my house; and for a month water had entered my plumbing system without noticeable decrease in pressure but also wasting hundreds of gallons. The location of the breach made it my responsibility to repair.  And so I went to work digging not knowing before-hand precisely where the breach was or how I would repair it (and not seeking guidance from many neighbors  who certainly had experience and know-how both in their professional lives and also in their every-day lives by virtue of the years they had been in our neighborhood. My work began and resumed every afternoon after coming home from my job.
On the third day I had a hole about two feet in diameter and five feet deep with me at the bottom continuing to throw dirt up and out. I was getting pretty tired, a little frantic, and letting dirt slide back in.  A neighbor from the next block saw me and stopped by--it wasn't the first time he had asked me if I could use some help. This time, my recognition of my own fatigue and frankly my ignorance prevailed and I told my friend that I guessed I could use (and really needed) help.  In less than thirty minutes enough men with tools and experience had me out of the hole still wanting to feel like I was calling the shots but knowing I wasn't, but becoming smarter enough to get out of the way and let my friends help me. The next morning the job was done. 
The lesson I learned was one of gratitude, humility, and that it is important to accept help with a desire to pay it forward In addition to becoming self-sufficient. 
 
P.S. I would like to tag @Godless @mordorbund @changed @Jane_Doe @Maureen @Rob Osborn
 

I've seen a few pregnant moms end up with CPS taking their newborns. So, I'm convinced their are special rewards for those families that step up and care for the babies of those who end up imprisoned--and especially those who continue to care for them until their mommy's recovery (often from drugs) is complete. THEN, a double-blessing for those who, despite attachments, return those children to the mother (assuming she's established in her recovery, of course).
@AnthonyB2 @LiterateParakeet

Okay Imma tag a bunch of random ppl who may or may not be active!:
@my two cents I know shes active im surprised she hasnt been tagged yet!
@honeybear @RebelMormon @small thyme @findingmyway
@k102174098 @QDJones @I_Am_Seeker @The Mormon Nerd

Service is service to us mormons! Its no different from anyone else's!
 Thanks for sharing!

Given my profession, which you can probably slightly guess by my handle, I've seen some incredible acts of what I consider service.  However, I'm not a member of LDS, so I don't know if "service" might mean something different to you.   The community I live in is one big act of service.  Not a day goes by, literally, that I don't drive by a farm or homestead and see a neighbor helping a neighbor.  Sometimes I get to be on the giving end, sometimes the receiving.  I love that we have a community like you read about from days gone by. Last weekend my neighbor cared for my animals while we were out of town.  The week before that I spent the weekend helping his family pitch hay.  The week before that was a BBQ at the farm down the road.  
I'm blessed with the life I have.
I don't know anyone to tag, unfortunately.  Feel free to offer some up for me.

Back in at the beginning of February, my daughter came down with bacterial meningitis. I remember the sitter calling me in the middle of the day, saying Footpath was throwing up big time. She had been sickly prior to this, but this was a big deal. I told my principal what was happening, my TA agreed to teach the rest of the day, and ran home. I wound up being out the rest of the week, plus part of the next week.
Now I pride myself on parent communication and homework upkeep and all that, but that very day a parent went up to my assistant principal and complained how I wasn't there to answer a homework question for her and how annoyed she was. My AP explained what was happening. He passed the story onto me, which was kind of upsetting.
Anywho... that mom and a few other parents really stepped up. They came in and helped my TA and the other sub. A couple of them brought us dinners. They left me treats. It was such a blessing during a time of trial.
 

Dear @RooTheMormon
What a great idea for a thread!
I knew a mormon family when I was about 14. My family was having some real problems and my parents were not very interested in their daughters. We were a nuisance. The mormon family semi-took me in. They took me on trips. They took me to church. I will be forever grateful to them! I can never thank them enough!
I tag @Palerider @Mike @askandanswer

Working as a junior programming writer, I badly wanted (and needed) a mentor. An older writer, also LDS, took me under his wing one day. Over the next six weeks, until he left the company, he had lunch with me and tutored me on the general theme of How to Survive in a Corporate Environment and Get Another Job When Your Current Job Goes Away. He encouraged me always to keep my resume up to date. He told me that, when looking for employment, my job was to be an expert on myself. When asked about a previous position, I shouldn't say, "Well...um...oh, yeah, I think we were trying to do thus-and-such." Rather, I should be prompt and sure in saying, "I worked with Joe Blow, dividing the writing load in support of documenting the Great Software Leap Forward of 2008 at Microsystems Humongous." I absorbed some fraction of what he told me, to my great benefit. I wish I could say I've provided the same to someone else; I hope I have done something of the sort, and hope to do more of it in coming years.
Oh, let's see. Who do I want to hear from who hasn't already been tagged? @mordorbund @Backroads @LeSellers (yeah, he hasn't been here in a while, but I'd like to hear his input) @ProbablyOthersI'mForgetting

My thoughts on this sort of thing have always hovered around these verses:
I have received many acts of service, but I prefer to beg my Heavenly Father to bless the doers for their kindness rather than to praise them in public.  I know, there's a difference between someone looking for praise and a recipient giving it freely.  And I know that good can come from hearing stories of others giving service.  Nonetheless, my thoughts always return here...

Can I just say that this is an excellent idea for a thread.   Thank you so much for starting it.