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Mormon Revernce In Church Meetings

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"We can exemplify reverence as we pray humbly, use the proper language of prayer, and speak the names of Deity appropriately. We can handle the scriptures with respect and teach doctrine from them with conviction." Respect and Reverence, Ensign, May 2009, 12

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How is Reverence in the Church meetings in your Ward/Branch? In my Branch is very irreverent, kids are running up and down without supervision, adults talking constantly while class is going on and the general atmosphere is loud.

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I have to say in Sacrament the reverence is awesome, during priesthood and Sunday school we get relaxed and start joking around about things. Overall we are pretty reverent.

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I think overall we have a pretty good sense of reverence during Sacrament itself and most of the meeting.

It could always be better I think before and after the meeting though. If people come early, the get their seats and socialize and I am guilty of that too, I just try to be more aware of it. Now we go at 9 am so I am lucky if I make it there on time, but we will get better. From 1pm to 9am is a big change.

Also, when Sacrament is over and it is time to go to the next class people hang around which causes irreverence in the next classes when they have to interrupt to come in late. The hallways aren't very reverent I guess because there are children being told not to run all the time.

Our Sunday School and R. S. Classes are reverent though--we like Zelph mentioned, loosen up a bit more there but it is still reverent, possibly because the kids are in primary!

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In my ward [reverence] is pretty ok, we could do better but overall the Spirit is always present.

Mormon Revernce In Church Meetings

Its been a long time since I sat in a sacrament meeting with full attention on what was happening at the podium without being distracted by irreverence from both adults and children. I once attended a singles ward where there weren't any children and it was the quietest meeting I ever attended!