Duncan Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 I'm interested to know if your ward had that meeting today about SSM and how it went. Do tell!
bluebell Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 I didn't know it was supposed to be a whole meeting just focused on that topic. I just thought that they were supposed to read the letter and that's it. I haven't been to church yet so i'll let you know....
CV75 Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 Our Bishop read the letter, told us where to get our own copy. Kudos for a very expeditious 5 minutes! 1
carbon dioxide Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 We are just going to settle it in a battle royal in the cultural hall. 2
Ahab Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 Our Bishop read the letter, told us where to get our own copy. Kudos for a very expeditious 5 minutes!Is a copy available on the internet, that you know of, and can link to, for those of us not attending a ward meeting today?
thesometimesaint Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 Is a copy available on the internet, that you know of, and can link to, for those of us not attending a ward meeting today? SEE http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/top-church-leaders-counsel-members-after-supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-decision 1
Ahab Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 SEE http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/top-church-leaders-counsel-members-after-supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-decisionThank you.
Duncan Posted July 5, 2015 Author Posted July 5, 2015 Our ward read it in priesthood opening exercises and they read it in RS, two seperate mtgs. In ours the Bishop read it and made some comment about How Canada has had this for 10 years and now the Leadership responds when the States gets it and no one said anything so I don't know how it was received in RS
mapman Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 The first councilor read the letter in Elders quorum and the bishop to the Relief Society. The councilor told us that they didn't want to discuss the topic in the class and that if someone had a question about it they could talk to the bishop afterwards. He simply read the letter, then added a thought about how there are many members who are homosexual and we should make sure they feel welcome and supported, and then we moved on with the lesson. 1
Robert F. Smith Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 Some wards will have it read to them next Sunday.
JAHS Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 Bishop read the letter in Priesthood opening exercizes. Said if anyone has questions to see him. That was it. I assume the same happened in RS meeting.
Popular Post Garden Girl Posted July 5, 2015 Popular Post Posted July 5, 2015 (edited) SEE http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/top-church-leaders-counsel-members-after-supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-decision Thank you, TSS... I appreciate your posting this link as I had to miss our joint meeting between RS and Priesthood in 3rd hour to hear the letter read from the pulpit.Today was awesome... we always have many visitors on holidays that swell our numbers, but today was just plain awesome... we had to set up every folding chair we own clear back to the far wall of the cultural hall... PLUS, line them up along the side walls, PLUS invite people to sit in the choir chairs section behind the pulpit. we were literally bursting at the seams. Today was Fast & Testimony meeting, and the Spirit was palatable...What I loved most of all... absolutely most of all... was that we stood to sing the opening song "My Country tis' of Thee" and the closing, "The Star Spangled Banner." I noticed I was not the only one wiping tears as the hall literally rang with the sounds of these wonderful songs that are hymns to us... from the beach on what has been a fantastic holiday weekend, including a home town parade that was so corny it is absolutely wonderful... and a fireworks display with people sitting on the beach watching as they roast hot dogs and marshmallows... (I could watch the fireworks looking out my den window).Tomorrow my sister, whom I have not seen in eleven years, arrives for a week's stay, along with my nephew, his wife, another nephew's wife and son... I have not laid eyes on my family in all these years... but my sis and I are in touch daily, sometimes 2 or 3 times a day we pick up the phone and call each other, so we never felt like we were far apart. And emails often with the others. GG Edited July 5, 2015 by Garden Girl 7
Traela Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 We had it read in RS (convenient because the YW join us for opening exercises on 1st Sundays), and in Priesthood. In RS, the bishop read it, answered a few questions, then left in obvious relief.
BlueDreams Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 We had a joint meeting for third hour to discuss the letter. The bishop read the letter in two pieces and then there was discussion, started by his personal connection to is and his wife's (that she also expounded on). He had a brother who is gay that left the church for a decade for that reason then came back and was re-baptized. She had a brother who'd left and was married to another man. It probably helped that they (and a couple others) were from South Africa, where gay marriage has been legal since 2006. So that started it off and what they stated was fairly positive and it remained that way. I said my own two cents (good people and in an LDS framework, making difficult decisions about their lives, and that the worse situations were those where family treated LGBT poorly). Other comments entailed loving those and making sure that we don't allow different choices or beliefs to be a reason to alienate friends or family, and that we should work to understand those LGBT/SSA and mormon as apart of our call to bare one another's burdens (she quoted from a post from a gay mormon), that this doesn't change the trajectory nor work of the church, that we can be honest about our beliefs while respecting others, Etc. The only partially uncomfortable comment was from a guy who'd gotten a little burned by this in HS (the school, in his discription, had been a little pushy about LGBT issues, to an extent that infringed on religious beliefs)...he also assumed that many were uncomfortable with this topic and were "staring down at their shoes." I didn't get that sense at all, but to each their own. It ended with a discussion about our beliefs/doctrines and reading that for those who questioned to study and earnestly pray. He noted that it didn't need to be a reason to leave, tying his experience with the priesthood ban (big deal in South Africa too). That was about the gist. I felt good about it overall. Note, though, this is a YSA ward....so most of the people were in their 20's. IMO, if my ward was any indication, we have a bright future ahead of us. With luv,BD 3
Robert F. Smith Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 SEE http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/top-church-leaders-counsel-members-after-supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-decisionVery well formulated and fully in line with established Church doctrine. Nothing new here, but it did need to be said, in view of some of the more extreme and irresponsible opinions expressed in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision. 1
Storm Rider Posted July 5, 2015 Posted July 5, 2015 Our ward had a joint meeting during priesthood and relief society where all adults and youth were invited to attend. The bishop read the letter, commented briefly on what was written, shared his own experience addressing the topic with others, shared that within his family circle this was a reality they experienced first hand. Questions were encouraged for those present and they were also encouraged to come to him if they had questions about the Church's position. Several comments were made. As is often seen on this board there are often conversations going on at the same time: those who want to address the doctrine of the Church and those who want to address loving all sinners, including those with SSA. The one has nothing to do with the other; they are separate conversations that too often are discussed at the same time. It was a good meeting and people seemed to appreciate a meeting that addressed the topic. 2
Raingirl Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 Nothing in my ward in Gospel Doctrine or Relief Society. Perhaps next week?
Damien the Leper Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 My brother said his bishop told them where the letter could be found and that they could read it at home.
St. Bookmark Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) The bishop read the letter but told us no questions or debates just listen and if there were any questions to go see him standard. Edited July 6, 2015 by St. Bookmark
Scott Lloyd Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 I'm interested to know if your ward had that meeting today about SSM and how it went. Do tell!I wasn't at my home ward today. I was in Manhattan with the Tabernacle Choir. At our special sacrament meeting in the hotel, Elder Ronald A. Rasband declared that religious freedom is being trampled upon and urged us all to uphold it. He said those whose eyes glaze over when the subject is brought up need to educate themselves by examining the Church website on the subject, etc. This has been my sentiment for quite a while now, and I have expressed it on this board. 4
Danzo Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 We had a special meeting 2nd hour. Young men and women did primary so all adults could attend (youth got the third hour). The bishop read the letter, then showed us the Mormonsandgays website. We watch Elder Christopher's thirteen minute video. He the recommended us to the sight and then had a class discussion how we can love those who sin without loving sin.
Scott Lloyd Posted July 6, 2015 Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) Our ward read it in priesthood opening exercises and they read it in RS, two seperate mtgs. In ours the Bishop read it and made some comment about How Canada has had this for 10 years and now the Leadership responds when the States gets it and no one said anything so I don't know how it was received in RSSeems like a snarky thing for a bishop to do. If this has been the reality in Canada for 10 years, maybe Church leaders in Canada should have been ahead of the curve in dealing with it instead of complaining about the Church being U.S.-driven. As I indicated earlier, the principles have been in place all along, and nothing in this latest communication really adds anything new. Edited July 6, 2015 by Scott Lloyd 1
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