Comments on: Sacrament Postlude Music Prohibited?

By: Zelophehad’s Daughters | Nacle Notebook 2011: Funny Comments

Zelophehad’s Daughters | Nacle Notebook 2011: Funny Comments — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:44:06 +0000

[...] Ardis E. Parshall, responding to Kristine’s assertion that she had written the new CHI, commenting on MCQ’s post “Sacrament Postlude Music Prohibited?” at Nine Moons: I knew it! All those additional responsibilities for women and the creation of the Quorum of the Twelve Musicians gave it away! [...]

By: annegb

annegb — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 01:48:21 +0000

I could go for lovely flute music during the sacrament…playing “You’re Not Alone” or “God is Love” seriously…

By: marv thompson

marv thompson — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:40:23 +0000

AS two older sisters sat in church trying to hear the speaker,they were distracted by three moms who had unruly children. The first mom took her children out of the meeting and missed a message that was just for her. The second mom pulled out some materials she had prepared for the kids and they settled down. The third mom became very upset and was reaching the end of her rope.One of the older sisters moved over to the third mom and offered her help.Wards have traditions and practices ,what is important is we practice the tradition of love.

By: MCQ

MCQ — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:36:09 +0000

Huh. I’ve never seen a room like that, but it seems like a good idea. Better than just taking the kids into the foyer, which is what they do at most wards.

By: marv thompson

marv thompson — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:14:42 +0000

the window ,was a bay window .The room was next to the chapel and moms would take all their kids into the cry room and watch the meeting through the window. I think salt lake thought ,that moms should train their kids and not take them to the cry room to avoid such training.I am 68 years old and these rooms were most likely not around when you were young.The room was not the point,the point is wards have personalities ,just as people do. Some times wards can act petulant and childish .

By: MCQ

MCQ — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:05:16 +0000

I’m not sure why a window would be the point of controversy in a cry room. As far as I am aware, windows are supposed to be in all doors at ward houses (other than bishops offices and restrooms). I don’t know why any ward would be covering one up.

In any case, I’m certainly not saying that local tradition should hold sway on sacrament postludes, and as I said, this particular tradition doesn’t seem that important one way or the other. So the question is why the Church would feel it necessary to end the practice, small and insignificant as it is.

Some of the comments above have answered that question pretty well. I think it’s likely that, after discouraging the practice for some time as unnecessary guilding of the lilly, they just decided to mandate it in the CHI.

By: marv thompson

marv thompson — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:51:42 +0000

Many years ago my ward was torn apart when salt lake sent the message out to bishops that cry rooms with windows would be ended.Our obedient bishop had the window covered and the members took sides.Scouting,sports program,and other sacred cows can tear a ward apart.There is a need for conformity in a church that grows as fast as ours.What would it be like if we allowed local policy or practice to guide the church instead of a prophet.

By: MCQ

MCQ — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:40:33 +0000

I agree. It’s a very small thing, and I don’t see how it hurts the sacrament or the meeting. It probably improves it a tiny bit. From the comments, it sounds like organists dislike it, so maybe an oganist had some connections and got the ban instituted.

We’re going to have to get another revelation at some point to get this ban reversed.

By: Chris H.

Chris H. — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:03:26 +0000

I have never noticed it…but much of sacrament is fuzzy in my memory. The thing that I find interesting, if not annoying, is that somebody felt a need to ban it. This is correlation silliness.

By: MCQ

MCQ — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:06:55 +0000

You guys have soooo missed out.