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Cafeteria Mormon
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Date: June 07, 2023 03:25PM
Forestpal brought this up in reply to a message I posted previously.
Yes, there is no scouts (and I understand the justification why), ministering is much more spotty and accomplished mostly on an as needed/requested basis, there's no talent shows, less ward functions. To my knowledge nobody goes from house to house collecting fast offerings. Our church has a nice basketball court but nobody uses it for that purpose, although these days the game is now a little bit too rugged for most baby boomers, and most young people are addicted to their cell phones and/or video games. Actually, if it weren't for the 10% tithing hanging over your head, the ward has almost evolved into your run of the mill show up on Sunday for a couple hours church. It's good in some ways, but also kind of strange.
Somewhat related, from what I could see the gigantic General Conference center was not close to capacity at any of the last couple years post COVID sessions.