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I believe that, the world we're now living in,
the most important thing that parents can do
is to fortify their children,
and extended family members, even those that are single,
be drawn into their,
homes one way or another to fortify
each other, spiritually, so that
we will remain true and faithful
to the Gospel Jesus Christ.
It's a recommendation
It's not a directive. We have to maintain flexibility,
and the church all over the world has different circumstances,
we, just, are saying, if it's possible, and
if it's the right thing to do, consider
having sacrament meeting the first meeting of the block.
From a mother's perspective, it is so important;
children are fresh, we're better prepared
with the spirit, and children are better prepared
for that meeting.
We feel like word councils working together with everyone sharing, everyone
talking, everyone sharing his or her opinion,
provides the perfect place for
that kinda focused attention to benefit people
who live in a particular ward. What we hope is that
Bishoprics will bring in suggested
plans for sacrament meetings go out into the future, we're talking about
2 or 3 months out into the future and that members of the ward Council
will offer suggestions.
We would hope that
everyone would be able, boys, girls,
little children, older people, realize that when we partake of the bread
and when we partake of the water, it's in remembrance
of the atoning sacrifice of the Son of God.
Just thinking that, and what that is,
and what that means to us who declare him to be the savior and the Redeemer the
world.
We hope that the Sabbath day will be a time in which people can become,
because of the way they behave, more unspotted from the world,
just a little cleaner than they were before, because they've set themselves
aside from the world for a day. It doesn't mean that we can't take time
to laugh together, enjoy each other,
get our journals, write letters to missionaries,
use the numerous sources, resources that are available
on lds.org, to share with our family.
enjoy the time being together. I think there's precious little that really
goes on,
that could go on and could be a delightful
experience, could just be fun.
Family is the most fun place to be,
when we're doing the kinds of things we would hope would be appropriate,
and wise for families to do at home.
The Sabbath Day
was designed by the Lord to be a special day,
a day of rest, a day of contemplation, a day of
renewal, and we're hoping that
over time we can cause the Sabbath day to be a
spiritual feast, a spiritual renewal
for all of our members of the church, of all the people who would come and worship with
us, both members and
those who are certainly welcome to come in worship with us.
The day would become sweeter for them individually, sweeter for them
as families, sweeter for all the members the church, that their faith would be
deepened, their ability to
move ahead in life with confidence and
optimism, and happiness at home and at church and in every situation,
would be amplified by their having turned to the Lord more fully
on the sabbath day.
It's a time for families to come together for those who
maybe our living singly in their homes in their dwelling and
grandparents; we all gather together unified in our faith
in the Savior, Jesus Christ.
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