by Alison Moore Smith | May 20, 2008 | for Love, for Spirit
Years ago, while living in the Boca Raton Ward, a new family moved in and gave the ceremonial “we're-new-in-the-ward talk.” [As a disclaimer, don't go off feeling bad if you didn't do this in your ward. It doesn't mean you're an outcast, it means some...
by M. Linford | Mar 3, 2008 | for Love
I was a wreck last week at church. We had been informed the week before that our ward boundaries were going to drastically change (they weren't kidding—we got the news today!) When the announcement came, I felt a peace. It was that peace that says, “This is good...
by Michelle DeGraw | Dec 15, 2007 | for Spirit
Over the past six or seven years our (previous and current) bishopric has developed and maintained a Ward Vision Statement. It includes the following: We are homeward bound. Our destination is the Celestial Kingdom. Our journey consists of learning how to live the...
by Alison Moore Smith | Sep 13, 2007 | for Love
Last week I was talking to Greg at church. He and Bill would sit in the back of the library between classes and heckle everyone who came in for chalk while their wives did the work, rolled their eyes, and giggled at their husband's antics. I'd go even if I didn't need...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jun 18, 2007 | for Spirit
Autumn of 1999 was typically humid. We still had a month or so before hurricane season ended and the weather became bearable. Sacrament Meeting in the Boca Raton Ward found me in the foyer serving my shift in the Smith Family Toddler Reverence Training Rotation. I was...
