lucky guess!
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From: Ronn! Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 10:15 PM
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At 12:24 AM 10/24/03 -0500, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Well, _this_ is certainly
Some time ago a member of our high council taught me a great lesson. His
basic idea related to retention was that we should ask if someone / some
family loved the new convert. If that was the case, then we didn't have much
to worry about. They would have someone to answer questions, sense if there
Having watched many converts come into church, having stood at some of
their baptisms and welcomed them into the ward, I have to say that this
is true for the social aspects of the ward. However, attendence at Club
Mormon is not what we will be judged on, in my opinion.
The converts that I have
New converts are not often full-grown in their testimony. They depend
somewhat on socializing and fellowship to support their faith.
As do we all.
The Savior's counsel to Simon Peter -- When thou art converted,
strenthen thy brethren. (Luke 22:32).
I am continually wounded by discussions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Some time ago a member of our high council taught me a great lesson. His
basic idea related to retention was that we should ask if someone / some
family loved the new convert. If that was the case, then we didn't have much
to worry about. They would have someone to answer
John,
I don't want to discount the need to provide a loving relationship for
new converts. My concern is that too many converts fail to take hold
regardless of the amount of friendship that is extended to them. It is
almost like they didn't have their roots deep enough when the sun began
to beat
Jim Cobabe wrote:
I am continually wounded by discussions that use family metaphors
regarding church fellowship. Over the past decade my family ties have
been tested, both bonds with literal blood-relations and fellow saints.
Many of the alliances I thought I could depend on came apart in
I had a great experience last Sunday at our Stake Conference. (It was, in
fact, both our last and our first Stake conference. Our last in the Raleigh
NC Stake, and our first in the new Apex NC Stake. But that is another
post.)
I saw a man go by. He was someone that I had home taught in the