Comments on: Members Checking Us Out.

By: Johnston

Johnston — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:11:25 +0000

I have been in the situation you are speaking of, except from the other end. I have gone to a ward, checked it out and been told by the auxiliary leaders that they were currently full and there were not enough callings to go around as it were. That day I decided it was my duty to move into the ward and make sure those who didn’t have a calling would soon receive one.

Soon after moving in I “lost my job”, and “began struggling with my testimony” (all in the name of providing service opportunities). In no time the whole ward was making us dinner and visiting on a regular basis. I personally provided callings for over 6 people in the ward.

The ward won’t split b/c of me.

By: danithew

danithew — Thu, 25 May 2006 21:23:45 +0000

It can’t hurt to visit a ward before moving into the ward. It would be easy for a person to say “we’re just visiting” and leave it at that.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Wed, 24 May 2006 23:41:48 +0000

cchrissyy,
Don’t feel bad. I totally understand what you’re talking about. Better to shop around and go to church than live in a ward that’s not a good fit and then stop going to church. Good luck in your search!

By: cchrissyy

cchrissyy — Wed, 24 May 2006 20:37:41 +0000

I’m a visiting memebr. Last year we moved, sight-unseen, assuming that wards came in good/better/best and we didn’t have time to do research ahead of time anyway.
well, church has become the most disapointing, isolating, uninspiring part of our lives. We can’t stand it, we need to find something better. and becuase primary was a genuine bad influence on my kids, we haven’t returned to our home ward even once since January, we just travel around now, visiting other wards and figuring out where we can move and happily stay, ASAP.

so sorry :) but maybe that will help you give people the benfit of the doubt. I’m not picky, I’m not citical, but we just cannot allow chruch to be the low point of our week and the most DIScouraging place we go.

By: annegb

annegb — Wed, 24 May 2006 19:05:26 +0000

Yes this is what I’m saying. And I’m not the strangest person in our ward, either. No lie.

By: don

don — Tue, 23 May 2006 20:20:45 +0000

Geoff, you’re right, Spokane is a great place to live and too bad so many other people are finding that out!! I gues it’s better that lots of Mormons are finding it out instead of all those “others”.

You’re sharp, it probably should have been “Kevin”, so I guess I’d better say I changed the spelling to protect the innocent…me, I admit it right here in the blog world…I’m a crappy or is that crappie speller!

By: a random John

a random John — Tue, 23 May 2006 10:00:23 +0000

annegb,

From what you’ve said it must it the strangest. Well, that and the fact that you’re there.

Each ward I’ve been in thought it was the best. Only one of them can be right, and I can assure you that for me it isn’t the current one that we’re in.

By: annegb

annegb — Tue, 23 May 2006 07:16:52 +0000

I’m with you, Don. I tend to laugh when people say stuff like that, then I tell them they’ve landed in the strangest ward in the church.

By: Geoff J

Geoff J — Tue, 23 May 2006 03:29:46 +0000

Spring is moving season and Spokane has a good rep for being cheap and pretty nice so I imagine your ward split is inevitable.

I want to hear how you learned this guy spelled his name in such an unusual way…

By: Bret

Bret — Tue, 23 May 2006 03:17:01 +0000

You can still brag to them when they move into the other ward and realize they’re getting their rears kicked in softball and basketball by your ward all the time, or when their youth all go to hell and yours is saved…