jstn1040 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 Hello everyone! I just thought I would pop in and say hi from Rhode Island! Not too sure how to write this introduction but here goes. My experience with the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints has been very limited, however I hope to expand my knowledge on this religion and meet some new people along the way. I was invited to go to to Palmyra, NY this year with my friends who are Mormon and I got to see the Hill Cumorah Pageant which was amazing! I also got to go to Joseph Smith's house and the Sacred Grove. Ever since i've been home I can't stop talking about the church and how friendly and welcoming everyone was while I was there. I'm reading the Book of Mormon online and am finding it very interesting. I keep getting invited to go to church with my friend...I keep telling her one day i'll go... So at any rate sorry about the long-winded introduction but I thought i'd say hi :) Quote
pam Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 That was a wonderful introduction. Welcome to the site. Hope you enjoy it. Quote
Palerider Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 hello from Missouri and welcome here.....:) Quote
LDSgirl Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 Hello everyone! I just thought I would pop in and say hi from Rhode Island! Not too sure how to write this introduction but here goes. My experience with the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints has been very limited, however I hope to expand my knowledge on this religion and meet some new people along the way. I was invited to go to to Palmyra, NY this year with my friends who are Mormon and I got to see the Hill Cumorah Pageant which was amazing! I also got to go to Joseph Smith's house and the Sacred Grove. Ever since i've been home I can't stop talking about the church and how friendly and welcoming everyone was while I was there. I'm reading the Book of Mormon online and am finding it very interesting. I keep getting invited to go to church with my friend...I keep telling her one day i'll go... So at any rate sorry about the long-winded introduction but I thought i'd say hi :)Hi! It's not to meet you! I'm Jenni.:) Someday I hope to see the sites that you visited!:) Quote
tubaloth Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 Welcome! Have you asked your friend for a book of mormon? We kind of get them by the pay load in the church, pretty much every mormon has a celler full of them just waiting to give them out. (Okay I'm being sarcastic) but believe me, it wouldn't be hard for your LDS friend to get hold of a copy of the book of mormon! Unless you like reading it online! But at least copy of the book of mormon has pictures in it! Keep reading it! Keep following this feeling you are having! I do suggest you at least get ready to go to church some time (did she tell you its 3 hours?) you can figure out if you want to go that long for your first time. Quote
Truegrits Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 :) HELLO, jstn1040. Welcome to the site. Glad to have you, and hope you enjoy, as well as learn, from time spent here. Quote
john doe Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 Welcome. If we can answer any questions, feel free to ask. Quote
Islander Posted July 24, 2008 Report Posted July 24, 2008 Hello everyone! I just thought I would pop in and say hi from Rhode Island! Not too sure how to write this introduction but here goes. My experience with the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-Day Saints has been very limited, however I hope to expand my knowledge on this religion and meet some new people along the way. I was invited to go to to Palmyra, NY this year with my friends who are Mormon and I got to see the Hill Cumorah Pageant which was amazing! I also got to go to Joseph Smith's house and the Sacred Grove. Ever since i've been home I can't stop talking about the church and how friendly and welcoming everyone was while I was there. I'm reading the Book of Mormon online and am finding it very interesting. I keep getting invited to go to church with my friend...I keep telling her one day i'll go... So at any rate sorry about the long-winded introduction but I thought i'd say hi :)Hello friend:Welcome to the forum. Look forward to seeing your posts and feel free to question and inquire. By the way, going to church with your friends will give you a chance to see that we are all normal (whatever than means) people after all. In places like NY likely to have lots of converts or people like you and me that did not have a religion before or were searching for something more. Promise, they will not hold you down and dunk you into the baptismal fount....:)You should go the with your friends to the chapel on Sunday and ask for a copy of the Book of Mormon. There is something special about flipping thru the pages of a book that the computer screen fails to provide, to me at least. Again, welcome. Quote
jstn1040 Posted July 25, 2008 Author Report Posted July 25, 2008 Welcome! Have you asked your friend for a book of mormon? We kind of get them by the pay load in the church, pretty much every mormon has a celler full of them just waiting to give them out. (Okay I'm being sarcastic) but believe me, it wouldn't be hard for your LDS friend to get hold of a copy of the book of mormon! Unless you like reading it online! But at least copy of the book of mormon has pictures in it!Keep reading it! Keep following this feeling you are having! I do suggest you at least get ready to go to church some time (did she tell you its 3 hours?) you can figure out if you want to go that long for your first time.Thanks for the warm welcomes everyone! Yeah she did tell me it's 3 hrs...which is new to me because i'm used to a typical catholic mass which is 45minutes to an hour haha. I told her again how one sunday i'd go..I have a question I went on mormon.org and did a search for a nearby meeting house it looks like my assigned one isn't the one that she goes to...even though its in my county which is weird. She also told me that you break down into groups after sacrament based on age and whatnot...i'm 23yrs old and a single male so what group would I go to? Anyways thanks for the info :) Quote
Islander Posted July 25, 2008 Report Posted July 25, 2008 Welcome jstn1040: Yeah, after sacrament we have Sunday School and a third hour dedicated to study in groups as well. You will go with the brethren and gather with the priesthood. A note: in ancient Israel, most people did not live in Jerusalem. But if you happened to live with three days-travel time then you would come and offer sacrifices several times per year. A visit to Beit HaMikdash or the Holy House took several hours. For ones, there may be several hundred people trying to offer sacrifice that day as well. Afterwards, you would go to the courtyard and pray for a half an hour or so by yourself and then meet your wife, if you were married (who was on a different courtyard) at the gate. On the Sabbath you would go to the synagogue at sundown for 2-3 hours, go home and eat lightly and go back several times during the night depending on the time of the year, how many children you had, their ages and the like. So, the Christians in the Roman empire had a "light version" of the Sabbath. I think there is evidence that the apostles did not want to burden the rest of the disciples and the saints with long meetings and rules and preferred to concentrate on the faith building tasks of reading the scriptures, preaching to them and caring for the poor and the weak. Yes, it is a bit longer than your typical RC mass. Quote
utcowboy Posted July 25, 2008 Report Posted July 25, 2008 Welcome, I hope you enjoy yourself here Quote
Maya Posted July 26, 2008 Report Posted July 26, 2008 Well come jstn and happy studying! IMHO a visit in the Church might be worth it! Quote
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