I’m looking forward to Catholic college seminary next year in Minnesota. I can give you a million reasons why I’m going, but it basically boils down to this: I am pretty sure, but not 100%, that I am called to be a priest. Not only do I want to prepare for the priesthood through seminary, but I want to use it to discern if this is what I’m supposed to do.
So, besides preparation, seminaries (at Catholic ones, I can’t speak for other religions) serve as places of discernment.
A link to a list of the memory scriptures.
And links to the books of scripture that are read and studied, one each of the four years of high school.
Book of Mormon (Another Testament of Jesus Christ)
Another thought which may or may not be relevant, unlike Utah and schools in the west where sometimes there is an LDS seminary building across the street from the school., young people who attend seminary generally attend in their local meetinghouse. Sometimes they are driving further than the distance to the high school in order to attend. The trip to my classes was 35 minutes to seminary in the morning and then 15 or 20 back to my high school. My son is fortunate that we live so near the meetinghouse that it is more or less “on the way” to the high school.
The class is from 5:45 a.m. to 6:30 a.m on school days. The high school is 15- 20 minutes depending on traffic. The first period bell rings at 7:20 a.m. for all students.
AbbySthrnAccent:
Thank you for the list of Scriptures to be memorized! I’ll start working on it soon. Feel free to quiz me after the appropriate time has passed.
Teelo:
There are probably so many churches because, unlike some other faiths, we LDS don’t just go to the chapel with the more famous/interesting/clairvoyant/whatever pastor; we go to the chapel that serves the geographic area in which we live. There’s a limit to how big the ward (what we call our congregations) can be, so once the ward hits that limit it’s split into two wards. After a while, the area has enough wards to put up another chapel. Sometimes I imgaine it being like a fungus spreading!
Monty this year is Old Testament. The first three are from The Pearl of Great Price rather than the Old Testament. They are easy peasy and you should have had time to learn Moses 1:39 nad moses 7:18 already. You should be able to get Abraham 3:22-23 but Thanksgiving day. 
Get crackin’!
Good post Abb.
Monty, what does ‘LDS’ stand for?
Not to speak for Monty (or any other LDS member), but LDS = ‘Latter-Day Saint’, as in “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints” - the proper title of the ‘Mormon’ church. (Speculation: Mormon was a person, so maybe it seems a little odd to call themselves ‘Mormons’, like Jews calling themselves ‘Moseses’). It’s generally recognized by the church that ‘Mormon’ is often used by those outside the church; LDS is the most common term used by those within the church.
Somewhat in support of that, www.lds.org seems more set up for church members, while www.mormon.org takes you to a different site, more aimed at those outside the church, and includes a glossary explaining unfamiliar terms (though ‘LDS’ doesn’t seem to appear there).
LDS is short for “Latter-day Saint”. The name of the church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Members sometimes refer to ourselves or each other as LDS as well as Mormon.
panamajack is correct in that when I am called “Mormon” it is usually by folks outside the church. When I am called “LDS” it is generally by folks inside the church.
You might find this site useful with regards to the name of the church and refering to it’s members.
Teelo: panamajack & AbbySthrnAccent both gave the answer I would’ve given; however, panamajack’s is more expansive than mine would’ve been.
Monty, hope you had a nice birthday yesterday!
your nonLDS friend,
vanilla(younger than you)