* I am LDS, if anyone reading this wants to know more, check out lds.org. If you are not my same religion, a lot of my pet peeves might not make any sense to you.
-Go to chuch. Every Sunday. Unless you are sick in bed, just go. It's where you are supposed to be.
-Sing when you are supposed to sing. Seriously it only sounds good if we can drown out all those enthusiastic tune-deaf people there.
- Fulfill your calling. You said 'Yes' and someone is depending on you to do your calling. If it were a job you were getting paid to do and you just didn't show up, you would get fired. All the people working together help things happen each Sunday.
-Don't try to socialize at church. Sunday meetings are for learning and discussing religious things. I am ok with the occasional "Oh, your hair looks nice" or "Wow you look great from all that exercise" but don't have serious long conversations in the hallway about personal business. That is what phones are for.
-Don't complain about not having enough time to socialize. If you are not happy with the extra activites being offered, be proactive about it. When I moved into the ward, there was no book club, so I started one.
-Don't come to church once every 6 months and then get offended when nobody knows who you are.
-Don't depend on the church members to support you if you are not willing to help in return. I have no problem giving service, but if it's for the same person over and over again with no reciprocation, it gets old fast.
-Don't ask about how many children people are planning to have! Even the church teaches that family is between a husband and wife.
-The chapel does not have assigned seating, switch it up a little!
-If you have taken time from your life to learn to play the piano, either embrace it or sell your piano! Pianists are always needed (except in my last ward, who had a self-playing piano in the RS room).
-Start your talk with something besides "today I was asked to talk on..." or "when the bishop called me, I almost didn't answer the phone..." and "if you look up repentance in the dictionary, it says..."
2 comments:
AHAHAHAHA So true!! I can't even decide which one is my favorite. Might I also add, Pick up after yourself and your kids. It's not someone else's job to pick up cheerios, tissues, bandaids etc. for you.
HAHAHA! You are too funny Amy! I LOVE this post and feel that it should be published where MANY LDS can read it :)
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