Sealings for the dead

[EQ_Guy]

What can someone share with me about doing Sealings in the Temple for the dead? I plan on doing some later in the month. It'll be my first time.

[sensibility]

The most important advice I can give you is this: do not kneel for an hour straight. If you do (let's say your ward is scheduled to do sealings, and you are, hypothetically, one of two people to show up), make sure you take some time to sit down after you've finished kneeling. You don't want to faint in the temple, or have to sit down abruptly in the middle of the temple hallway to keep from fainting. It's a little embarrassing . . . haha . . . yeah. But seriously.

Aside from that, I do love doing sealings -- probably one of my favourite ordinances. They're beautiful. I especially like doing family names, but of course that's always true.

I hope you enjoy it! :)

[annamaureen]

The most important advice I can give you is this: do not kneel for an hour straight. If you do (let's say your ward is scheduled to do sealings, and you are, hypothetically, one of two people to show up), make sure you take some time to sit down after you've finished kneeling. You don't want to faint in the temple, or have to sit down abruptly in the middle of the temple hallway to keep from fainting. It's a little embarrassing . . . haha . . . yeah. But seriously.

I figured this out the hard way!

[Just_A_Guy]

Sometimes the sealers are willing to take little breaks and discuss the ordinances. If you find yourself with a sealer who is willing to do this, take full advantage of the opportunity.

[EQ_Guy]

The most important advice I can give you is this: do not kneel for an hour straight. If you do (let's say your ward is scheduled to do sealings, and you are, hypothetically, one of two people to show up), make sure you take some time to sit down after you've finished kneeling. You don't want to faint in the temple, or have to sit down abruptly in the middle of the temple hallway to keep from fainting. It's a little embarrassing . . . haha . . . yeah. But seriously.

Aside from that, I do love doing sealings -- probably one of my favourite ordinances. They're beautiful. I especially like doing family names, but of course that's always true.

I hope you enjoy it! :)

I did them recently and they're my favorite thing. They're ONE of your favorites... probably? Are you not sure? :)

[EQ_Guy]

Sometimes the sealers are willing to take little breaks and discuss the ordinances. If you find yourself with a sealer who is willing to do this, take full advantage of the opportunity.

Someone told me that sometimes sealers don't talk much, but ours did. They talked about what years the people were married, etc. and what they life might have been like. I like when they'd say those German names. Some were so long and touch to pronounce.

[Tarnished]

At our temple I have come across a few sealers who will switch out people every so often, and if there are not enough people to switch out, they will bring in temple workers to do sealings so that people are not kneeling there for too long.

Actually the largest amount of sealings that I have done was when I was a temple worker. They would ask for a few sisters to do sealings and away we would go.

[sensibility]

I did them recently and they're my favorite thing. They're ONE of your favorites... probably? Are you not sure? :)

Well, I think initiatories are my very favourite to perform -- I love listening to the promises in the sealings, but the kneeling does tend to make me a bit woozy. Both of those ordinances are absolutely amazing, though. The temple's great.

I've definitely had some pretty chatty sealers. The man who actually performed my marriage, though, wasn't -- I think he talked for literally about two minutes before jumping into the ceremony. Which suited me just fine (and probably suited my seven younger siblings who were waiting alone in the annex even better -- especially the six-year-old, since it was his birthday and he was being very brave and unselfish to share the day with me, but he was definitely ready to move on to his party. ), but caught my parents a little off-guard, I think!