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Originally Posted by RedHeadGal
I'm pretty sure I complained about this last year, and I don't think it got much traction--even when the numbers of people here were much greater. But once again I'm going to say that in my ward yesterday you would never have known it was a holiday.
We had the same old formula of talks (in my ward that's the newest missionary and one of the new young couples--we have a steady diet of these, so that's our speakers week after week). There was a choir number, which was fine but nothing special. No flowers, no pomp or circumstance. No preaching. No celebration. No hallelujah. No rejoicing. Just a few young people reading a string of quotes after surfing the internet for a bit. Sunday school proceeded as scheduled, as did RS with the lesson on JS as scheduled.
I have already decided that I will start attending another church at Christmas time (based on doing this last year and loving it), and next year, I think I'll start attending another church for Easter. I believe there is a "spirit of Easter," and it was not present in my ward yesterday.
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in the Primary manuals there is a special lesson for Easter and Christmas. I do however, agree with your premise. We should do more on Easter than "the norm".