level of involvement

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SilentDawning wrote:

You might find you suddenly get a home teacher, that people offer to drive your kids around to get them to activities and such. I don’t think they will be treated any differently due to their parents. If anything, YOU might be treated a bit differently — not expected to be a Ward go-getter like you used to be. When I was less active, I was surprised how they often didn’t expect me to do certain things because of my assumed label of semi-active! It was a reason to stay less active until my own desires for activity awakened.

I think the degree of “love-bombing” one experiences (or is made to endure) depends in large part on the individuals in your ward and how close you were to them before your disaffection. There was one stretch in college where I missed church for two weeks due to finals and being swamped at work. The bishopbric counselors, who were also students, started approaching me on campus saying they missed me at church and asked if I needed help. The funny thing is I wasn’t disaffected at all at that point, and I let them know I was busy and I’d be back next week. The ward leadership was pretty hands-on and I was pretty close to them before I “went inactive.” Still, I could see why true less-actives might get annoyed with the heavy-handed approach.

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