Show Notes for Episode 26
Intro
Weekly Poll: "My information diet consists mainly of..."
Half of Americans get news from web. 1
- Feedback/Comments From Episode 25.
- Guess the Mormon - Contest introduction and clue #1.
- Clues will be given over the next 4 episodes
- Winner will receive a "Hymns Anew" CD signed by the artist
CONTEST CLUE #1: "This prophet's son served as a missionary at the Joseph Smith family farm."
News
April Fools Snoop Dog Conversion Hoax. 2
LDS officials to meet with gay group. 3
Gay Mormons Seek Meeting With New Leader. 4
Nat'l hotel chain asked to stop showing adult movies. 5
400 children taken during raid on FLDS compound in Texas. 6
Bigfoot believers have answers for their critics. 7
Topic: Church Callings...Blessing or Curse?
- Is the council to limit or reduce the number of meetings filtering down to the local stakes or wards?
"Church leaders should be aware that Church meetings and activities can become too complex and burdensome if a ward or a stake tries to have the membership do everything that is good and possible in our numerous Church programs" -- Dallin H. Oaks, "Good, Better, Best" 8
"Let me speak to bishops and stake presidents, who preside over ward councils and stake councils. Let’s have parental time on agendas as we make up schedules, not just fitting every conceivable meeting and activity into the Church calendar without regard to what that does to families." -- Dallin H. Oaks "Roundtable Discussion, Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting: Building Up a Righteous Posterity" 9
Misc
External Links
References
1 "More Americans turning to Web for news" Reuters Newswire. 1 March 2008. http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2824760420080301
2 Broadus, Calvin a.k.a. Snoop Dogg. "Snoop Dogg a Mormon? April Fools!", About.com via David Emery's Urban Legends Blog. No date. http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/webhoaxes/a/snoop_dogg.htm
3 Dobner, Jennifer. "LDS officials to meet with gay group", Associated Press via Deseret News online. 7 April 2008. http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695268144,00.html
4 Dobner, Jennifer. "Gay Mormons Seek Meeting With New Leader", Associated Press via Fox Newsonline. 9 February 2008. http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Feb09/0,4670,GayMormons,00.html
5 " Marriott asked to not show adult movies". Associated Press via Yahoo! News. 10 April 2008. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20080410/ap_tr_ge/travel_brief_marriott_adult_movies_1
6 Roberts, Michelle. "400-plus children at polygamist compound", Associated Press via Yahoo! News. 7 April 2008. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_re_us/polygamist_retreat_63
7 Corsaid, Gary. "Bigfoot believers have answers for their critics", The Daily Sun via http://www.bigfootencounters.com. No date.]
8 Oaks, Dallin H. "Good, Better, Best". Ensign, Nov 2007, 104–8. http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=12d72bce258f5110VgnVCM100000176f620a____
9 "''Roundtable Discussion, Worldwide Leadership Training Meeting: Building Up a Righteous Posterity''". 9 February 2008. http://lds.org/library/display/0,4945,8027-1-4404-4,00.html