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“Church attendance is required because you need the sacrament weekly.”?
Except on Stake, Regional and General Conference Sundays.
Now I did attend a ward where the Bishop had us remain after the GC broadcast and we had the sacrament. That was a humdinger.
Interesting. I think that’s actually against church policy, I’ll look it up.
FWIW, I don’t believe I ever covenanted to take the sacrament nor do I believe it is a commandment to do so. I like the symbolism of the sacrament and I do like that it is done in remembrance of the sacrifice of Christ. Beyond that I can’t say I get much out of it.
NonTraditionalMom wrote:One of my kids throws a huge fit every Sunday morning, and sometimes, most of the time, I think we’d both be better off just staying home.
I’ve got one of those. From experience, never ask them
whythey don’t want to go to church, they’ll end up listing all the reasons you don’t want to go. Learned behavior or a common thread that binds all humanity, you decide. 
I try to find my answer to that question by asking myself why I’m so insistent that my kid attends when they throw their fits.
Heber13 wrote:What’s the purpose for you?
I have no idea. Someone asked me that question recently and my answer was “I want to see where I’m going with all of this.” And I was serious.
At times the answer would have been family but then there are times where I’m out of town or I’m alone at home and family is out of town and I still attended church. It would have been far easier to stay home.
For me it can be a place to serve and be served. I remember getting a phone call one cold, rainy night. Someone from church was stranded somewhere and needed their car jump started. I sure didn’t want to go out that night, I was the living embodiment of the classic lesson that focuses on how Laman and Lemuel actually did everything their father asked but did it with a bad attitude… so watch that attitude. Well Laman drew the lot that night and it turned out that they got everything working some time before I arrived. Wasted trip right?
Afterwards I thought about how being a member of the church provided me with a service opportunity. It wasn’t a perfect opportunity but it was an opportunity. The church can be a place to be blessed and to pay that blessing forward.
I went to church because it was true. I didn’t have any other reason. Apparently in our stake, they are having a big push on keeping the sabbath holy and attending weekly meetings. Bishopric all spoke to the congregation about it yesterday. Although the pews were only half full because most people were traveling or out in the summer weather…which is why it seems to be a problem in our stake.
Again…the comments were all about how everyone would be blessed in the family if the family attends and takes the sacrament.
Quote:The sacrament is an ordinance, one of the few ordinances we do repeatedly for ourselves. Most others you do once or do in proxy for others.
I just found it interesting they are trying to preach really hard to go to church, when most comments were about fighting the urge to want to stay home as a family and do things the family enjoy doing together.I think they have the wrong sales pitch.
It was a “go to church because you should” sermon…and didn’t inspire me to reasons why it is such a good thing for the family.
Still searching.
What are the reasons it benefits us to go?
So far:
Reflexzero wrote:I went to church because it was true. I didn’t have any other reason.
nibbler wrote:I have no idea.
Heber13 wrote:it seems to be something good to do.
SilentDawning wrote:To support your family.
DarkJedi wrote:I don’t really know why I go.
Ann wrote:It helps set the stage for the rest of the day. We come home and talk about lessons, talks, and people. I like church because it’s part of my Sabbath
Quote:Old-Timer: I am inspired and instructed and learn new things fairly regularly,…I also go to help move the culture in my sphere of influence
Quote:Holy Cow: …to teach my son’s Primary class.
Quote:mom3: For me presently, it’s a combination of home and being available to assist people I don’t normally associate with.
Quote:Hawkgrrrl: church is a community, like a family. I can live anywhere I want and be surrounded by friends and my kids can have (mostly) good friends whose parents I know.
Quote:NonTraditionalMom: I have a lot of cute dresses.
Other reasons?
– It’s a commandment.
I’ll be flat out honest here. I go for only 2 reasons: I like to sing, and there is a very pretty girl there who I like to flirt with. Sorry…that is honest.
I hope my reasons change to a little more “in depth” purposes in my future.
Heber13 wrote:What’s the purpose of going to church?
– It’s a commandment.
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Nibbler….wow mate! This video is like giving me turrets or something as it repeats and flashes. Looked at it for like 1 min and want to rip it off my screen!
Who is this!
ARGGGG!!!!
Short answer from the training we received a few weeks ago on keeping the sabbath day holy is to partake of the sacrament. Thoreau wrote:Short answer from the training we received a few weeks ago on keeping the sabbath day holy is to partake of the sacrament.
We’re going to get that training in a couple weeks. Not yet having had the training, I have noticed the stake presidency making a pretty concerted effort to get the word out about sacrament meeting and lessons being Christ-centered.
Quote:I have noticed the stake presidency making a pretty concerted effort to get the word out about sacrament meeting and lessons being Christ-centered.
That is the focus in our stake, as well, and, to my understanding, that is the central focus of the GA training for this year.
Thoreau wrote:Short answer from the training we received a few weeks ago on keeping the sabbath day holy is to partake of the sacrament.
I guess that leaves me out of it in my situation.
I’m chuckling. When I grew up, keeping the sabbath day holy was all about forced idleness. No kidding! Now it is the sacrament,…which I can’t do. Kindof moves around a little.
Rob4Hope wrote:Thoreau wrote:Short answer from the training we received a few weeks ago on keeping the sabbath day holy is to partake of the sacrament.
I guess that leaves me out of it in my situation.
I’m chuckling. When I grew up, keeping the sabbath day holy was all about forced idleness. No kidding! Now it is the sacrament,…which I can’t do. Kind of moves around a little.
Yes, it’s part of the ship slowly turning. I think I have always recognized that the main reason for going to church was to partake of the sacrament – it is called
sacramentmeeting for a reason. In the bigger picture and addressing your comment – when was the last time you heard a GA mention specific rules for keeping the sabbath holy? I think there is a recognition that the McConkie era church was becoming to Pharisaical and the focus of many things has changed from specific rules to correct principles and self determination. Part of me goes because I simply feel guilty if I don’t. I made a commitment to this religion 30 or more years ago, have raised my family in it, and they have a belief system now. My wife thought she was marrying a “righteous priesthood holder”, and so, I feel it’s unfair to rip it out from under them, when it works for some of them. My son needs the character training that happens there. I wish he would take advantage of friendships there so there isn’t a big void for the world to fill in. Occasionally, I meet someone I find interesting. Either because of what they do for a living, or their attitudes. I do have some friends there, but they are mostly friends on a church basis. I admire your geographical ward’s bishop and would like to see him in action — if only people would leave me alone about “giving until it hurts”.
SilentDawning wrote:Part of me goes because I simply feel guilty if I don’t. I made a commitment to this religion 30 or more years ago, have raised my family in it, and they have a belief system now. My wife thought she was marrying a “righteous priesthood holder”, and so, I feel it’s unfair to rip it out from under them, when it works for some of them. My son needs the character training that happens there. I wish he would take advantage of friendships there so there isn’t a big void for the world to fill in.
Occasionally, I meet someone I find interesting. Either because of what they do for a living, or their attitudes. I do have some friends there, but they are mostly friends on a church basis. I admire your geographical ward’s bishop and would like to see him in action — if only people would leave me alone about “giving until it hurts”.
“Give said the little stream,…give oh give,…give oh give……Give said the little stream as it hurried down the hill…”
That is what we teach,…give until it hurts (or at least that was the message I got)
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