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I am voting wish. I have heard people of all stripes wishing for it. Even missionaries. They find that people can’t fathom 3 hours of church in one sitting. Other churches have an hour in an half at the most. The reason I believe it’s rumor has more to do with no one guessing ahead of time that HT/VT was going to change so dramatically. Yes VT messages were gone and so was 1st Pres. message but no other scuttle butt.
Now I am the happiest person if I am wrong.
mom3 wrote:
I am voting wish. I have heard people of all stripes wishing for it. Even missionaries. They find that people can’t fathom 3 hours of church in one sitting. Other churches have an hour in an half at the most.
Two hours is not unusual. Other churches sometimes have special services which last longer.
SamBee wrote:
Two hours is not unusual. Other churches sometimes have special services which last longer.
…like Stake Conference? 4 to 5 hours of “Sacrament Meeting”, minus the sacrament? At a building that can be up to 2-4x farther away?
DarkJedi wrote:
And just think, that’s 48 more hours per year you can work on family history, ministering and/or reading the Book of Mormon.
Oh, yeah! That’s just what I was thinking.
😆 Sam I am with you on this Quote:Two hours is not unusual. Other churches sometimes have special services which last longer.
Two hours or an hour and a half with linger longer attached. Very common place.
And that special, seasonal, services last longer. But not week after week. Running into the mundane. I have been an adult for 30 years. Sunday School hasn’t moved from its routine in all the time. Sure one teacher or another adds some pop and spice. Basically it’s time I take to retool for the week ahead.
The Elders I have heard from, say investigators get frustrated with it. Especially if they haven’t been attending any church for ages. I’d feel the same way, especially after the 9-12 gig. Everything else cuts into your Sunday.
I’ve been at longer services elsewhere and shorter ones. We used to have a carol service at school that exceeded two hours, and I attended an overnight service at a Baptist church once. Harvest festival can be longer too. On the flipside, I’ve been to church services that were twenty, thirty, forty minutes. Some churches don’t do sacrament often so hymn + sermon + hymn. It just depends.
I think an hour and a bit plus coffee afterwards – the linger longer – is the norm.
mom3 wrote:
Sam I am with you on thisQuote:Two hours is not unusual. Other churches sometimes have special services which last longer.
Two hours or an hour and a half with linger longer attached. Very common place.
And that special, seasonal, services last longer. But not week after week. Running into the mundane. I have been an adult for 30 years. Sunday School hasn’t moved from its routine in all the time. Sure one teacher or another adds some pop and spice. Basically it’s time I take to retool for the week ahead.
The Elders I have heard from, say investigators get frustrated with it. Especially if they haven’t been attending any church for ages. I’d feel the same way, especially after the 9-12 gig. Everything else cuts into your Sunday.
Sunday School could to with a redesign for sure. The one good thing that comes out of it is scriptural familiarity.
Personally, conferences are the killer for me. I have to be around due to my calling, but I used to take three Sundays off because of them.
Quote:please relieve me of the monotony!!!!
this mostly. 2 hours is less painful of the same old stuff but why have it so painful even 2 hours? Sometimes I feel they are trying to teach me how to endure.
Regular breaks and skipping when I can trade up is always going to be needed whether they do 2 or 3 hrs
My time with family is important.
Heber13 wrote:
Quote:please relieve me of the monotony!!!!
this mostly. 2 hours is less painful of the same old stuff but why have it so painful even 2 hours? Sometimes I feel they are trying to teach me how to endure.
Regular breaks and skipping when I can trade up is always going to be needed whether they do 2 or 3 hrs
My time with family is important.
Twenty minutes can be painful if badly done… ever been to an open mike night?
I’ve never been to open mic night…but open mic F&T meeting…does that count?? On this 2 hour thing… Don’t you think there is a business case to be made here?? Areas like Utah could reduce the need for so many chapels if 5 wards can meet and rotate schedules on a 2 hr block, couldn’t they save money and have fewer assets tied up in buildings?
Heber13 wrote:
I’ve never been to open mic night…but open mic F&T meeting…does that count??
Trust me, a bad open mike night is worse. At least some people get removed from the stand, so we’re not completely open mike. No one would be allowed to bear testimony for twenty minutes, unless hardly anyone was there.
A friend went to one, had a would-be writer going on about golden showers for forty minutes – I can guarantee you’d never get that in church, and our musicians are certainly better than some of those who turn up at open mike who are truly painful.
I think my point stands though… I’ve heard some bad talks. We had one SM which was good apart from the last talk, which a member of the Stake Presidency gave. A meeting reduced to that one talk would be horrific, but the rest was good.
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