# Went to Mormon church service

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 6, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/went-to-mormon-church-service/591659 "2011-08-06T00:01:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/went-to-mormon-church-service/591659/21 "2011-08-06T17:01:36Z")

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> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#):
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> **Erdosain** , I may be conflating the Patriarchal Blessing and the Endowment; are they done at the same time roughly?

Usually at the same time for men, though not always. I did both the summer before I went on a mission. For men who serve missions, most do it this way.

> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#):
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> Youre’ right about the decorating fads that sweep through families in a ward! One wreath pops up on a house, then another, then all of a sudden my house will stick out not having one. My best friend neighbors have a picture of the SLC Temple in their living room and I’ve noticed most families have a picture of either their hometown Temple or the one they were married in. I asked if they’re ‘supposed to’ but they said it wasn’t a requirement, just that they liked how it looked. I doubt they really feel it’s part of the decoration.

I believe all the women in the congregation get together once a week during the week. When I was a kid, these meetings often included craft-making and so forth. This could account for the sudden eruptions of identical decorations. I think they are trying to branch out and do more varied stuff, but I think it probably varies wildly depending on location and the average age of women in the congregation.

> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#):
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> I’ll admit that as rootless as the last half of my life has been the LDS culture is seductive in its inclusion; but if I joined it would be for all the wrong reasons and that would be disrespectful of me.

This is probably the only thing I really miss about being a Mormon. There’s a ready-made community anywhere you go and there are endless opportunities to meet new friends and socially interact with a wide variety of people. If only it didn’t have to come with a really repressive religion attached…

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