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Our entire Bishopric was gone today, so the Stake President asked our Elders Quorum President to preside at the Sacrament Meeting – our only meeting today. He was alone on the stand. There was a major snow storm beginning when church was scheduled to start (about 12-16 more inches forecasted in the next 24 hours, on top of the roughly 24 inches already on the ground), and the initial stuff falling was a rainy snow mixture that wasn’t quite sleet. Due to the weather and Christmas travel, we had about half our normal attendance – and the EQP announced we would have a new abbreviated Sacrament Meeting.
We sang the opening hymn (Joy to the World), had the opening prayer, had the Sacrament, listened to the Primary children sing (The Nativity Song), listened to one of the members sing (Oh, Holy Night), sang the closing hymn (Silent Noght), and had the closing prayer.
All of our daughters are here, and I played the organ and piano for everything but the member’s solo. We debated whether or not to go, given the weather, but I am happy we chose to go.
Merry Christmas, everyone. God bless you all.
We also had a nice meeting, although our weather and attendance were better. Our meeting only lasted 45 minutes and was music interspersed with scripture (without commentary). There was one men’s quartet, one solo, and a piano/cello piece (ala Piano Guys), the other hymns were congregational (opening, sacrament, three during, closing). My children, except the missionary, are also here and we had a wonderful time Skyping with the missionary this afternoon.
God bless us, everyone!
I am in the SLC area visiting a married daughter. We went to sacrament meeting. Ward business, the sacrament, a couple choir songs and then two 5 minutes talks by a husband and wife who both have had high ward/stake callings. The ward boundaries just moved and both talked about losing their status within their religious community. Lots of sobbing and tears. Lots of talking about JS and his bravery. No discussion about Christmas. It had been quite a while since I had attended a church meeting. This experience didn’t make me want to hurry back.
I know those meetings are the very small minority, ap, but it hurts my heart every time I hear about them. God bless you – and your family that is far away right now.
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God bless you – and your family that is far away right now.
Weird fact: I went from daughter to roommate to wife. Thinking about it, we realized that I had never spent more than a single night on my own. Either DH was home or kids were home. Just a few times, kids and HD were gone at the same time for a single night. Even conferences, if they were more than a night, I was sharing a hotel room with someone. In almost 32 years of marriage, SH and I have never been apart more than a week.
This next week, I will be back in town. My family will still be traveling. I will be on my own from Monday to Saturday. Yes, I work, and this next week will be especially busy (which is why I am not traveling with my family). But I’m still wrapping my head around a week on my own and almost 2 weeks without DH.
Expect lots of postings!
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