Mormon Life - Meetinghouse tag

Wright Words: Trash cans, kids and cleaning the chapel

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:31:00 -0600

source: MormonTimes.com

I have always admired that many churches like mine rely on their members to keep chapels clean and orderly. With the exception of professional maintenance, HVAC, plumbing and the occasional deep cleaning, volunteers clean our buildings each week.

In large congregations or "Wards,” families might have the responsibility of cleaning just once a year. They also might be paired up with another family, and the work sure goes quickly with so many hands.

In our small congregation or "branch" in Woodstock, Va., families get as many opportunities as they'd like.

Mormons Believe in Work and Self-Reliance

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:09:00 -0700

source: mormonwoman.org

There are a lot of different ways we could capture a bit about how work is an important part of Mormon life and beliefs.

For example, we could quote prophetic teachings about the importance of work, such as this one from D. Todd Christofferson, a prophet and apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

Mormon Architecture

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:08:00 -0700

source: bycommonconsent.com

Mormon Life says: I wish Vitruvian principles were still used in LDS meetinghouse designs. For bold new ideas in ecclesiastical architecture, the world might well look to the Mormon Church where there are no narrowly prescribed conceptions nor pre-determined structural plans, where the only limitations placed upon the architect are the canons of beauty, good taste, usefulness and the boundaries of his own mind as guided and directed by revelations to fulfill the job to which he is assigned by proper authority.