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Plaid n Paisley
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Date: September 26, 2014 05:19PM
"Graduating from Mormon seminary just got harder"
By lisa schencker, The Salt Lake Tribune, Sept. 26, 2014
http://m.sltrib.com/sltrib/mobile3/58421546-219/seminary-requirements-students-class.html.capFrom the article:
"Students will have to meet the new standards to get certificates of completion at the end of each year and, ultimately, diplomas. Those who don’t complete the reading or testing but meet attendance requirements will still receive certificates of recognition each year. The church also tweaked attendance requirements.
"They live in a world so full of healthy obligations as well as an increased level of distraction that our hope is that by the introduction of these additional two elements we could help encourage young people to exercise their agency and choose to reach out and include it more in their lives," said Kelly Haws, associate administrator for seminaries and institutes of religion for the LDS Church."....
"This year, the required reading is the Doctrine and Covenants, part of the LDS canon. Next year, it will be the Old Testament, followed by the New Testament and the faith’s signature scripture, the Book of Mormon."....
"Haws said the lower mission ages did not drive the creation of new seminary standards, but "we hope this additional preparation in seminary is going to be a great blessing and help to them as they depart for their missions earlier in their lives."