Comments on: Steve’s big list of things we ought to bring back, unless we never did them, in which case we should start.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:24:15 +0000

My sister just did a road show not 6 months ago…

About 2-3 months ago, I was oiling the equipment on the welfare farm…

My grandmother gets her door knocked on every month (she’s in a neighboring ward) for the fast offering collections…

Not all of those are gone yet.

By: Alyson (New England Living)

Alyson (New England Living) — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:50:34 +0000

We still do a haunted house in our ward, but I’m so not in love with the church-wide trunk or treat phenomenon. So boring!

I almost forgot about roadshows! Weird, so much stuff is gone. And out east, we don’t have a lot of church sports that I still hear about from my family in CA.

By: queuno

queuno — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:03:17 +0000

Do you have to hold the priesthood to pass the mobile microphone?

No, but it does give the teachers quorum something to do that will cause them to be actually seen, forcing them to at least dress nice for Church…

By: cate

cate — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:53:03 +0000

Do you have to hold the priesthood to pass the mobile microphone?

By: Nora

Nora — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:01:02 +0000

Poor Orwell, we still have the microphone. Come share a Fast Sunday with us and I will see if I can get you put on mike duty.

By: TyB

TyB — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:23:59 +0000

I have nothing serious to add. But, it says a lot about me that before reading the whole post I thought “blood atonement” (#39 beat me).

So, in lieu of that suggestion, I will add the Mormon Militia to the list. Who needs pine derbies or scouting when you can form a militia? Peaceniks fear not! It will be run with the stunning efficiency as your ward’s hometeaching.

By: Orwell

Orwell — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:54:05 +0000

When I was a kid I always fantasized about being the Aaronic Priesthood holder that got to pass the mobile microphone around… but it didn’t last long enough for me to get the chance and my childhood dreams came to nothing.

By: WillF

WillF — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:10:37 +0000

I miss the big 4th of July pancake breakfast in my Salt Lake City Stake where a bunch of food was donated by Dan’s Grocery. I think a lot of wards still do this — we did it in our last ward in Indiana and even had a national anthem around the flag raising ceremony complete with an oboist and trombonist.

By: cate

cate — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:47:27 +0000

The ward bazaars! I know with the new budgets these are not allowed, but they are fond memories of my childhood.

By: Laura Lee

Laura Lee — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:50:51 +0000

I miss Tuesday Relief Society which lasted an hour and a half. With all that time, we had REAL lessons, and really learned something. The kids were in school or the nursery. We had time to get to know each other and enjoy some time being women (and not wives or moms.)

I also miss practice singing and learning new hymns. And what happened to the gorgeous musical numbers during Sacrament meeting? Who needs an “intermediate hymn” when our ward is loaded with musical talent?