Sunday, March 26, 2006

General Conference (LDS post)

So, ya, I'm one of those Mormons or Others you hear about on the internet from time to time. Try to cope with this heartless shattering of your image of me...

And the first weekend in April (and October) is General Conference weekend. Let me translate that. That means we have a general (everyone) conference (series of meetings) of the entire (all 12 million of us) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). No, we don't all make a pilgrimage to Salt Lake City, although some people do go to the conference center to actually see it in person. Most of us stay home and watch it on TV (in Utah or if you have satellite) or go to our church buildings to watch it broadcast. They even podcast it, I understand.

There are 5 sessions, of which 1 is just for men that hold the priesthood, and the the other four are for everyone--2 Saturday and 2 Sunday. The priesthood session is Saturday night, and the ladies party it up while the men are gone. Being Mormon, however, this means no alcohol, no vulgarity...just a lot of chocolate and shopping. And lest you think the ladies are missing out, we have our own conferences, for young women in the spring and those over 18 (old women?) in the fall. If you're curious, you can read transcripts of the last conference at www.lds.org.

But what does this have to do with anything? Well, getting ready for conference is a big deal at my house. I want the kids to listen and not drive us nutty, so I found this coloring sheet from Jennysmith.net (not sure if she's related to Joseph, sorry) and a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6!!! page activity book for primary kids. AND we will be refreshing our 72-hour emergency kits, i.e. eating stale granola bars and noodles. Quite a weekend.

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