1 A married BYU student ward that goes from 1-4pm (This is the ward we've been going to for the last year)
2 A regular ward that goes from 9-12pm
We like the BYU student ward, but we're not that connected to it. The real problem is the time. 1 to 4 pm! Are you kidding? It used to be 12:30, now 1? That is so late! I feel so unproductive when it's that late, and that just makes me antsy and hard to focus on anything in church. PLUS we go to Salt Lake after church every Sunday, to have dinner with James's grandma. When we get back from that the day is over!
Should we change wards? It's not a problem of bloom where you're planted. We have the option of 2 different flower pots, it's just a matter of choosing. But do we change wards from the one we've been in for almost a year? I don't know what to do.
P.S. we had such a fun day yesterday! Date night with Whitney and Kyle, ice skating and a movie! James and Kyle both have not ice skated since their missions!! It was fun. James got the award for falling the most (probably because he had the craziest moves!!)
movee! family wards are fun =) and make you want to have a baby. hehehee
ReplyDeleteWe've done both. Right now we're in a married student ward and I love it! I've had a lot of people say that it's dumb to stay in it because we need to experience "the real world." Or that having a larger diversity of age lends to more learning opportunities. I don't agree with that, there is a lot of diversity among us in my ward even though we're all currently in similar circumstances. In my ward now I really love how I feel like everyone is just trying so hard to start their marriage out on the right foot (praying, scripture study, morning devos, service etc.) and I guess I personally gain a lot of strength from their examples. I feel like there is great unity in going through similar trials and learning compassion etc. My biggest thing though is that I think there are a lot of things to learn in both types of wards. However, this is the only time in our lives that we'll have the opportunity to be in a married student ward. We have the rest of our lives to learn in a family ward, but only a few years in a married student ward. I'm all about taking the opportunity that we only have one chance to take.
ReplyDeleteBut, in the end, you have to pray about it. When we were in our family ward it wasn't really our preference but we felt like it was the right thing to do. There were two relationships we built that I feel like we did something really important. Specifically we were there so that I could befriend a woman who had been in prison and had been addicted to a ton of drugs and was going through an addiction recovery program. She felt judged and scared of going to church even though she had a very powerful testimony. Given my life experiences I just don't judge that type of stuff; I've attended a lot of addiction recovery programs so I have a lot of respect for people working through any type of addiction. I know (not to be cocky) that she really needed me in that ward at that time so that she would feel comfortable enough to branch out to other people.
I really love the married student ward though :)
Hyrum and I have been going to a family ward and really love it. It's great to have so many different kinds of people to interact with. But we have a lot of young couples who live in our ward, too, so we still have people who are in our same stage of life to be friends with. Do you know if your regular ward will be that way?
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