Utah Mormon problems

[Backroads]

For about two years now, I have clandestinely put aside my husband's tattered garments whilst doing the laundry. For the past some months he has complained about his lack of garments. We have not yet been able to swing to the distribution center 10 minutes from our home, the one easily on my way to work. Husband then vowed one day to use his lunch break to go to the Deseret Book round the corner from his office. Today we were in this area and made a pact as a family to enter this Deseret Book with the express purpose of purchasing garments.

We did, only to immediately discover this bookstore was not attaxhed to a distrution center despite seemingly every bookstore in Utah being that way. Google said this decent-sized city went to the next city for distribution center needs. We were horrified at this and mourned the travel hardships of the local saints. We then ordered Husband's garments online because the on in our city is apparently still inconvenient despite the fact we take our kids to the childrens museum next to it every other week.

Being a Utah Mormon is hard.

Or we are just that lazy.

[Jane_Doe]

LOL!!!!!!!

[zil]

I have some recollection about someone in the stake complaining about having to go to the church to get something or other!!!  It would take me 5 minutes to walk to the church, less to drive.  Oh, the burden...  (Where I grew up, church was a 30-minute drive.)

[Just_A_Guy]

We share our stake center with three other wards.  It's a 20-minute walk away from our house.  They're building another chapel in our stake that's only a 10-minute walk from our house, but our ward won't be assigned to that building once it's built; because the new building won't have enough classrooms to accommodate all the kids in our ward.

Also, our stake president lives in our ward boundaries.  Awesome guy--love him to death--but he is so self-sacrificing that he consistently volunteers his own ward to take the crappiest meeting time in the shared building.  Hence, our ward is on its third consecutive year of 1:30 church.

[Jane_Doe]

11 minutes ago, Just_A_Guy said:

 Hence, our ward is on its third consecutive year of 1:30 church.

Yuck.  Hopefully that can change after the new building is built.

[Sunday21]

6 hours ago, Jane_Doe said:

Yuck.  Hopefully that can change after the new building is built.

That sounds wonderful! Where do I sign up? 

[zil]

4 minutes ago, Sunday21 said:

Where do I sign up? 

Just move to high-density Zion.

[askandanswer]

6 hours ago, Just_A_Guy said:

Also, our stake president lives in our ward boundaries.  Awesome guy--love him to death--but he is so self-sacrificing that he consistently volunteers his own ward to take the crappiest meeting time in the shared building.  Hence, our ward is on its third consecutive year of 1:30 church.

I've always thought the middle meeting time was the worst because that is when the chapel is the most noisy and crowded. Now that we are down to two wards in the chapel, we swap meting times every year. For some reason, there is lingering resentment that when the other ward has the morning meeting time they start at 9;30 whereas our morning meeting time is 9:00. They start half an hour later than us because some of there members have to travel about 100 kilometers or more.

Edited September 25, 2016 by askandanswer

[Sunday21]

9 hours ago, zil said:

Just move to high-density Zion.

Yes. Everyone flees low density Mormonism as soon as they can. This is one reason why we are low density. I am going to be one of few to stay and keep the lights on! Unless called to serve, I am determined to stick around and help. I can't describe the experience of being one of the few to keep a little temple operating. Boy do you feel needed!

[theSQUIDSTER]

13 hours ago, zil said:

Just move to high-density Zion.

HDZs..... I hear those are really bad for you...

 

 

Oooops!  Wrong thread...

[Jane_Doe]

7 hours ago, Sunday21 said:

Yes. Everyone flees low density Mormonism as soon as they can. This is one reason why we are low density. I am going to be one of few to stay and keep the lights on! Unless called to serve, I am determined to stick around and help. I can't describe the experience of being one of the few to keep a little temple operating. Boy do you feel needed!

I actually like low density Mormonism: you come to Church and Christ because it is the desire of your heart.  Not because it was convenient.

[Sunday21]

24 minutes ago, Jane_Doe said:

I actually like low density Mormonism: you come to Church and Christ because it is the desire of your heart.  Not because it was convenient.

Please move to my ward! I just got my 3rd calling today!

[Sunday21]

3 minutes ago, Sunday21 said:

Please move to my ward! I just got my 3rd calling today!

And I am not just saying that because you have awesome lesson ideas...but you do!

[Jane_Doe]

20 minutes ago, Sunday21 said:

Please move to my ward! I just got my 3rd calling today!

I would love to be in your ward.  I can't get a calling in mine-- I've even volunteered for one.  Twice.

[Sunday21]

13 minutes ago, Jane_Doe said:

I would love to be in your ward.  I can't get a calling in mine-- I've even volunteered for one.  Twice.

Perhaps we can have you cloned? We need you badly!

[NightSG]

19 hours ago, Sunday21 said:

Please move to my ward! I just got my 3rd calling today!

We just need someone who will actually stick around long enough to be sustained as choir director.  The last two attempts were absent when it was announced and haven't been seen since.

[anatess2]

I need to move to y'all's ward.  We have 2 wards combined for cub scouts and I still only have 3 Bear Scouts.

[tesuji]

I now live a block from the meetinghouse.

Yeah, we're late every week

[MrShorty]

tesuji's response reminded me of the problem of finding the right building.

"We're looking for the Smith's baby blessing." "Do you know what ward or building?" "The 242nd ward." "This is the 142nd ward. The 242nd ward meets a block down on the NW corner of the intersection. Be sure to get the right building, because the SE corner of that intersection is the 342nd ward."

[zil]

27 minutes ago, MrShorty said:

tesuji's response reminded me of the problem of finding the right building.

"We're looking for the Smith's baby blessing." "Do you know what ward or building?" "The 242nd ward." "This is the 142nd ward. The 242nd ward meets a block down on the NW corner of the intersection. Be sure to get the right building, because the SE corner of that intersection is the 342nd ward."

Now that is a Utah Mormon problem!

[NightSG]

I thought we were having a Utah Mormon problem for a bit, but fumigating got rid of them.

[NeuroTypical]

Am I the only one here who has bought all his underwear online for the last 10 years?

[cdowis]

My wife and I were in a couple's ward at BYU.  I don't know how many wards were sharing the building but our sacrament meeting started at 5:00 pm.  

Fast meeting was really tough.

[mordorbund]

28 minutes ago, NeuroTypical said:

Am I the only one here who has bought all his underwear online for the last 10 years?

Nope, I have also been buying all your underwear online for the last 10 years.

 

[NeuroTypical]