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Interesting sounding church. I’m reminded of the convert who commented in Margaret Young and Darias Gray’s documentary “Nobody Knows” about how he felt like everybody in the LDS congregation must be dead or something on his 1st visit to an LDS church as an investigator. Sounds like the church you visited is not dead. Let me know what the five o’clock service is like — if it’s too racy to blog about than drop me an email! |
I think I would enjoy it, ESO. I was thinking (about conference) that our meetings sound more like funerals than any good news. People talk formally and without joy. You don’t see Mormons speakers get up and smile and speak as to friends and with enthusiasm. We are in a contest to see who can care the most about the gospel by who cries the most. It’s crazy. BTW, threadjacking—I ordered Margaret’s DVD! I can’t wait to get it. I’m going to see if they’ll show it in Relief Society. Maybe I’ll have a party or something. But back to the subject, I wonder what people would think if I got up and smiled instead of bawled and said, “Brothers and Sisters, the gospel is true! Praise the Lord!” I know I want a loud choir to sing “Oh Happy Day” at my funeral. Probably have to have it in the Baptist church. |
DKL–don’t worry–I’ll definitely report on it. annegb–I was planning on showing Nobody Knows as an Enrichment group at my house. I guess I ought to run that by my RS president, but I can’t see why she would object. ps–I count on new converts to be excited about the gospel–it takes a while for us to drag most of them down to our level of staid composition. |
ESO – you’d be surprised at what people might object to – especially if it’s not distributed specifically by the church, no matter how faithful it is. I loaned my copy to the bishop and his wife and she commented (after watching it), “I wish they would have told more about what the Church says about this”. I wanted to say, “I think you missed the point of the video.” Crazy. |
That sounds like a great tradition – I think my family should do that. |
Conference reminds me that Utahans play the hymns at a slower pace than our keyboardists/choristers do in the midwest. When I’m visiting another ward, I can usually tell if the chorister/keyboardist is from Utah. |
Bookslinger–really? I assumed congregational singing in the Conference center must be a nightmare to try to keep everyone together. Devyn–it is fun for me. We’ll see if the kids will stick with me as they get older. |