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RedHeadGal · 04-13-2009, 05:17 PM

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.

04-13-2009, 05:17 PM	#1
RedHeadGal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: DC Posts: 995	Easter 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.