You are an old Mormon if you.....

[pam]

I need some help: Need some fill ins for this:

You are an old Mormon if you.....

I've come up with things like

1. You remember meetings on Sunday being in the morning and the afternoon.

2. You went to green and gold balls.

3. You watched Johnny Lingo on filmstrip.

4. You were able to name all of the temples.

[skippy740]

5. Have a Book of Mormon with the Angel Moroni on the cover

6. "Who-oo unto Jesus" instead of "Who unto the Savior" in How firm a foundation

7. Knew Pam when she was growing up.

[pam]

Oh yeh...I have #5 on my list. :)

[Guest]

Had volumes of "Especially for Mormons" that you wrote your talks from.

[skippy740]

"I'm a Mormon... yes I am"

[Guest]

[pam]

Okay you guys...seriously I'm doing this for a project so I need this to stay focused.

[skippy740]

Those are two songs that show that you're "an old Mormon"... so it's on-topic, I promise! :)

[pam]

Neither one had anything to do with what I'm asking.

[bytebear]

I remember taking the sacrament in Sunday School.

I remember chapels with stages and Stake Centers with baseball diamonds and bleachers in the cultural hall.

Roadshows

Spencer W. Kimball's gravely voice.

Saturday's Warrior.

The old blue Hymnal.

[Guest Doctrine]

The Book of Mormon before they put "another testimony of Jesus christ" on it.

[Anddenex]

If your family home evenings used "felt boards" for lessons.

[Anddenex]

If you actually helped raise money and then helped build the chapel.

[classylady]

If you remember going to two sessions of stake conference on Sunday.

If you remember going to Primary on a weekday.

If you remember adding to your bandelo.

If you remember there was a Saturday morning Welfare Session of General Conference.

If you remember elaborate mission farewells and homecomings.

[classylady]

Also:

If you remember Sacrament meeting lasting for two hours.

[Palerider]

went to MIA as opposed to YM and YW.....and had to recite the 13th article of faith at opening exercises.....went to Sunday School opening exercises and had a practise Hymn before someone gave a 2 1/2 minute talk...

Donated pennies on your birthday for the Childrens Primary hospital

...on a side note...surprised Pam didn't mention writing on gold plates back in her day......LOL!!!!!

[skippy740]

If you were a consultant for the movie 17 Miracles because you were an eye-witness... you might be an old Mormon.

If you helped to build the temple... you might be an old Mormon.

If you used to be able to count all the temples on one hand... you might be an old Mormon.

If you did an Endowment session in the temple that took the entire day... you might be an old Mormon.

If you remember when all the General Authorities had facial hair... you might be an old Mormon.

[bytebear]

Well, if we're talking really old, then your grandma was the 17th wife.

But how about you had the ward directory on paper, hand typed on a typewriter with lots of penned in updates.

You did a progressive dinner as a teen and learned proper table manners.

Edited October 26, 2013 by bytebear

[Jennarator]

You had Seventies in your stake. My dad was one when every stake had them.

There were actual cribs in the nursery.

You remember when male missionaries went for twenty four months, then eighteen months, then back to twenty four.

[Just_A_Guy]

How about those audio/visual presentations in class where you listened to a tape and every time it "beeped" someone had to advance the film reel to the next slide?

[pam]

How about those audio/visual presentations in class where you listened to a tape and every time it "beeped" someone had to advance the film reel to the next slide?

Those are called filmstrips.

[Vort]

Gave 2½-minute talks in Junior Sunday School.

Passed sacrament to Junior Sunday School.

Brought the younger siblings to Sunday School in the morning, left them at home when going to afternoon sacrament meeting.

You and your spouse paid your ward budget assessment.

[bytebear]

You had Seventies in your stake. My dad was one when every stake had them.

There were actual cribs in the nursery.

You remember when male missionaries went for twenty four months, then eighteen months, then back to twenty four.

In my Dad's day, they went or 2 1/2 years or more.

[Jenamarie]

Some of these might be *really* old...

If you remember when garments went to wrist and ankle.

If you remember having to sew your own garments and Temple clothing.

If you remember when ALL Endowment sessions were "live" and included moving from room to room.

And one my dad shared with me... if you remember having to wear Temple-issued garments when you went to the Temple that laced up the front.

[bytebear]

I don't remember wrist to ankle, but I do remember one piece garments.

You remember the LTM not the MTC (The Language Training Mission was in Salt Lake before the MTC was built).

Also, before you left on your mission, you all would meet in the Priesthood Assembly room of the Salt Lake temple, where you could discuss and ask anything, including temple related topics.

You remember when temples had Priesthood Assembly Rooms (last one to have one was Los Angeles).