mfbukowski Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 On 7/4/2017 at 6:07 PM, strappinglad said: stemelbow, it sounds like your ward needs one of our moderators here to regulate the rule...NO Politics allowed !!!. It happens rarely in my ward , but I get VERY uncomfortable when political topics are brought up and the one speaking just assumes everyone in the room is on the same page. For testimonies, the leader conducting should show forth an increase in love ie. tough love and cut the speaker off physically or electronically if he goes over more than a couple of minutes. Perhaps give a cue to the organist to start the intro to the closing song. No moderator necessary just a Bishop that will do it.
mfbukowski Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 10 hours ago, Duncan said: my reaction to this is this Instantly addicted. You see the violation and the instant craving for more 1
Popular Post cinepro Posted July 6, 2017 Popular Post Posted July 6, 2017 (edited) On 7/3/2017 at 8:41 AM, stemelbow said: So, his "testimony" cut into SS time. THe guy who taught seemed a little bothered by that. But we all arrived and he put on the board, as instructed by the manual, three items: 1. Milk strippings 2. misspelled name 3. And whatever else it was. Wife and I sat quietly as "apostates" were what amounted to demonized throughout the meeting. the teacher seemed rushed so he didn't leave a lot of room for comment, plus he kind of likes to hear himself talk. At the end, he got after the people in the country for being mean to Trump. Was upset about universal restrooms, SSM and SS rights, and abortion rights. We were already out of time but he was not getting to the end, so wife raised her hand and he stopped to let her speak, to his credit. We had lesson 24 in my class too. When the teacher told the story of Marsh and the milk strippings (which the teacher described as "cheese"), I raised my hand and said "While the manual gives the short version, we should remember that there were more reasons than just the milk strippings for Thomas B. Marsh leaving." The teacher looked genuinely interested, and asked me to elaborate, so I said something along the lines of... "The Thomas B. Marsh incident occurred during the conflicts in Missouri, and he had grave misgivings about some of the actions Church members and leaders were taking. That was a big contributor to his disaffection. In later years, he journeyed to Utah and rejoined the Church, but I like to imagine that Brigham Young told him he could come back, but his punishment was that we were going to be telling the 'cheese' story for the next 150 years. He would be forever known in the Church as they guy who left over milk strippings, and every four years all the Church members would laugh at his pettiness and foolishness." That got a big laugh from the teacher and the class, and I think it made the point rather well. Edited July 6, 2017 by cinepro 5
Garden Girl Posted July 6, 2017 Posted July 6, 2017 11 minutes ago, cinepro said: We had lesson 24 in my class too. When the teacher told the story of Marsh and the milk strippings (which the teacher described as "cheese"), I raised my hand and said "While the manual gives the short version, we should remember that there were more reasons than just the milk strippings for Thomas B. Marsh leaving." My Gosp Doc teacher mentioned the milk strippings but then went on to concentrate on the other reasons and circumstances that led to Marsh's disaffection... We had a good discussion. I think the Gosp Doc teachers have everything to do with how the information is or is not presented... and whether we get a complete picture of events. Our teacher does his homework... to our benefit. GG 3
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