UtahTexan Posted March 7, 2015 Posted March 7, 2015 I would consider attending the local Ward...but for the life of me, I cannot find where or when they meet. it seems like a secret.
Ham Clam Posted March 7, 2015 Posted March 7, 2015 I would consider attending the local Ward...but for the life of me, I cannot find where or when they meet. it seems like a secret.Tell me if this link helps. You should be able to click "Find a Meetinghouse" then enter your location.
UtahTexan Posted March 7, 2015 Posted March 7, 2015 Sigh...says I have to sign in. I have to have a LDS Account..... Man.....from missing missionaries to the inability to find where to go......it truly should not be this difficult to try to be LDS
Garden Girl Posted March 7, 2015 Posted March 7, 2015 Sigh...says I have to sign in. I have to have a LDS Account..... Man.....from missing missionaries to the inability to find where to go......it truly should not be this difficult to try to be LDS Come to my ward... we would love you to death...Like bluebell said... just start again... GG
UtahTexan Posted March 7, 2015 Posted March 7, 2015 start again? I would like to maybe go to Sac Meeting tomorrow. Do not know where or when
Calm Posted March 7, 2015 Posted March 7, 2015 I think this one does not require an account: http://www.mormon.org/meetinghouse
UtahTexan Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 thank you! I think I found it.....now..if I can come to grips with going back....lol...if so, I will attend Sac Meeting tomorrow 1
Kenngo1969 Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) ... You tell them for us, CB, you have a number of online sisters looking out for you who are not the least bit happy and who are keeping a very close eye on things. ... That's true enough, as far as it goes, but what about his on-line bruddas! Edited March 8, 2015 by Kenngo1969
UtahTexan Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 thank all of you for your support...I would love to meet all of you just think...I left the LDS Church on 1989/1990. And...here I am....on the cusp....
Ham Clam Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 Oops, should have gone to mormon.org! Sorry about that, CountryBoy!
Ham Clam Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 I wish you the best on your journey.I was born in the 90's so I grew up with any changes that have happened since you left then, but the Church has definitely become savvy with social media (the LDS.org accounts, Mormon Newsroom, being able to watch CES broadcasts online, "Facebook Missionaries", ect.).
Calm Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) thank all of you for your support...I would love to meet all of you just think...I left the LDS Church on 1989/1990. And...here I am....on the cusp....Has it been that long since you've been to a Sacrament Meeting? If so, please be patient with the likely slightly slow pace of the hymns and the restlessness of the children (and that of adults who like myself get restless as well because we can't sit for too long without going mildly insane). Or perhaps it will feel like home to you. I hope so. I'd suggest that you take us all along on your phone (assuming you get internet on it) with you, but then that would be too distracting even if rather fun. Edited March 8, 2015 by calmoriah
emeliza Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 Make sure to introduce yourself to people. Our ward just had the boundaries redone and I cannot tell who is new and who is visiting. So sometimes that means I just sit there like a lump rather than introducing myself to people I don't know. I always hope I don't miss a visitor who feels like they weren't welcomed. I hope you have a wonderful experience.
Tacenda Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 Has it been that long since you've been to a Sacrament Meeting? If so, please be patient with the likely slightly slow pace of the hymns and the restlessness of the children (and that of adults who like myself get restless as well because we can't sit for too long without going mildly insane). Or perhaps it will feel like home to you. I hope so. I'd suggest that you take us all along on your phone (assuming you get internet on it) with you, but then that would be too distracting even if rather fun.You heathen you.
Tacenda Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 Make sure to introduce yourself to people. Our ward just had the boundaries redone and I cannot tell who is new and who is visiting. So sometimes that means I just sit there like a lump rather than introducing myself to people I don't know. I always hope I don't miss a visitor who feels like they weren't welcomed.I hope you have a wonderful experience.Since marrying, we've moved 4 times, and I seem to always remember the first person to welcome us in the ward, usually after Sacrament meeting. I use to try and do the same with new people, in my ward now there are so many new move in's, but I'm a slacker now.
Garden Girl Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 CountryBoy... I'll always remember the first time I attended my ward's sacrament meeting... the first time in 30+ years... I had watched April 1995 gen conf and told my husband that I was feeling the need to return to Church. He was very supportive. I skated along and suddenly it was August... but starting over was always in my mind... then my mom died suddenly, and I stayed in So Cal with my TBM dad for almost a month, so I attended a couple times with him. When I returned home to Oregon, the next Sunday I walked into my ward chapel (I was wearing a nice pair of slacks!). It was fast & testimony meeting. I was sitting in the congregation toward the back and noticed people would go up to the podium to speak... which seemed really odd and uncomfortable to me as we always just stood up wherever we were sitting. So finally I simply stood up where I was and started to speak... Whoa! Everyone turned around and looked at me... all eyes were on me! I told them who I was and about being inactive for 34 years... about my mom dying, and how my true regret was that she never had her grown daughter sit in Church with her... something that she longed for... and now here I was and I hoped she was able to know that I was reactivating, and that I would remain faithful... that was going on 20 years ago... and I've never looked back. I had to start all over again... reading, studying, building my faith and testimony, which thankfully came back stronger than ever... One of the first things I noticed was the crying babies and noisy children... When I last attended there was a glassed in Mother's Room where people took their unruly children.The one thing that affected me most was the music... it made me weep because so many of our hymns spoke to my heart... "Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd" still makes me cry... Having been active for most of my younger years up to age 19, I was used to the simplicity of our services... and the speakers who mumbled or were not very interesting (I tried to find something in each talk that I could appreciate or learn from).... Today, some Sundays are more uplifting than others... But i know that is where God wants me to be... and I feel very comfortable.I can only pray you will feel the same...Sorry, didn't mean to make this so long... Good luck... and all good wishes... GG
UtahTexan Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 ok...attended Sac Meeting at the Kessler Park Ward in Dallas. So many memories brought back. I arrived as they were starting. I hung around for a just a few minutes after it ended. Everyone broke off into their little groups. No one said a single word to me. I stood out....I was the only person wearing a 3-piece suit (I wear one each day to work...vest and all...and I figure God deserves as much as my clients). Still, no one said a single word to me. I know I am doing the right thing. But, between the missionaries and lack of welcome, it seems no one except a few of y'all here really care. I am truly discouraged....but not giving up.
Calm Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) I am sorry, that would make me very frustrated…it is making me very frustrated. Three piece suit, very impressive. My husband doesn't even own one…he had a tacky one when we first got married, I did not encourage him to get another one when it went the way of all mortal things. How you can wear a three piece in Dallas…the humidity and heat even if everything is air-conditioned, boy it killed me and that was back over thirty years ago when I was more or less normal….well, more normal than I am now, let's say. We were there for a summer while my husband had an internship with Frito-Lay. We were in Carrollton Ward (looks like we were on the other side of Dallas). I loved the neighbourhoods with the garages at the back and alleyways to get to them, made the yards look very neat and tidy. What you can do with lots of land. It was also the only time I ever watched MTV as I babysat for a family there on occasion (soap operas and game shows--no thanks)…but that was back when it was relatively new, just music videos (or at least it was when I watched it) and safe to watch. By the time I got cable for myself, the videos were secondary and half of them weren't worth the time it took to change the channel. We hung out at a mall (the Galleria?) that was three stories high and had a skating rink, my first huge mall experience. We didn't have any money to spend so would just walk through it as it was too hot to walk outside and even the swimming pool was often too warm to be enjoyable. Edited March 8, 2015 by calmoriah
Garden Girl Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 ok...attended Sac Meeting at the Kessler Park Ward in Dallas. So many memories brought back. I arrived as they were starting. I hung around for a just a few minutes after it ended. Everyone broke off into their little groups. No one said a single word to me. I stood out....I was the only person wearing a 3-piece suit (I wear one each day to work...vest and all...and I figure God deserves as much as my clients). Still, no one said a single word to me. I know I am doing the right thing. But, between the missionaries and lack of welcome, it seems no one except a few of y'all here really care. I am truly discouraged....but not giving up. CountryBoy... I'm so very sorry about the lack of welcome... I remember attending a ward in Joplin, MO... I was visiting my inactive sister, but she did attend with me. We were sitting there and one of the bishopric was walking up the aisle shaking hands with each person. Other than that, no one else said a word to us... that's why I always say hello to people around me that I don't recognize. We get lots of visitors, and a few new members. My home teacher stands in the hallway just outside the chapel doors with a bowl of agates he has picked up on the beach and polished... the visitors love them. He's a big jolly fellow. He greets everyone. Asks where there from, etc., and bids them welcome. I don't understand why some people/wards ignore strangers who attend... Please don't let this discourage you... as I said, my ward would love you to death. That's just the way we are... and why people come back time and time again. I do understand that all wards are not like that. I hope you'll attend again and perhaps meet the bishop... I too know you're doing the right thing... GG (Cuz)
UtahTexan Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 I am sorry, that would make me very frustrated…it is making me very frustrated. Three piece suit, very impressive. My husband doesn't even own one…he had a tacky one when we first got married, I did not encourage him to get another one when it went the way of all mortal things. How you can wear a three piece in Dallas…the humidity and heat even if everything is air-conditioned, boy it killed me and that was back over thirty years ago when I was more or less normal….well, more normal than I am now, let's say. We were there for a summer while my husband had an internship with Frito-Lay. We were in Carrollton Ward (looks like we were on the other side of Dallas). I loved the neighbourhoods with the garages at the back and alleyways to get to them, made the yards look very neat and tidy. What you can do with lots of land. It was also the only time I ever watched MTV as I babysat for a family there on occasion (soap operas and game shows--no thanks)…but that was back when it was relatively new, just music videos (or at least it was when I watched it) and safe to watch. By the time I got cable for myself, the videos were secondary and half of them weren't worth the time it took to change the channel. We hung out at a mall (the Galleria?) that was three stories high and had a skating rink, my first huge mall experience. We didn't have any money to spend so would just walk through it as it was too hot to walk outside and even the swimming pool was often too warm to be enjoyable.it actually is not that hot to me...especially in March. But, as an attorney, I wear a 3-piece suit every day. I think the vest looks sharp. And it covers shirts that inevitably become untucked...lol I was so excited to attend. And they could have cared less that I was there......
UtahTexan Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 CountryBoy... I'm so very sorry about the lack of welcome... I remember attending a ward in Joplin, MO... I was visiting my inactive sister, but she did attend with me. We were sitting there and one of the bishopric was walking up the aisle shaking hands with each person. Other than that, no one else said a word to us... that's why I always say hello to people around me that I don't recognize. We get lots of visitors, and a few new members. My home teacher stands in the hallway just outside the chapel doors with a bowl of agates he has picked up on the beach and polished... the visitors love them. He's a big jolly fellow. He greets everyone. Asks where there from, etc., and bids them welcome. I don't understand why some people/wards ignore strangers who attend... Please don't let this discourage you... as I said, my ward would love you to death. That's just the way we are... and why people come back time and time again. I do understand that all wards are not like that. I hope you'll attend again and perhaps meet the bishop... I too know you're doing the right thing... GG (Cuz)Well, your ward is a tough commute I just wanted to feel welcome..... That Bishop needs to know how sad that is. A guy shows up who left the church in 1989/1990, and now one makes him feel welcome.
Calm Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) At least if you do come back, you know it won't be the social stuff that convinced you. (I hope this doesn't come across as trivilizing your experience, I feel more like crying than laughing about it, but tend to react with snide comments when feeling uncomfortable about something) Edited March 8, 2015 by calmoriah
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