Spencer Blake

@WCCSG_ Pac-State

What is a good nickname for the Pac-12?

@KintsugiJin @r_todler Clerks handle calling info in the records.

@r_todler The stake clerk or stake secretary?

Why does the High Council org chart in the Tools app not define what each High Councilor is assigned to and the only way to figure that out is through calling around to find out? Every other calling and org chart is defined. Why do we have to make some things so difficult? Or am I just stupid and missing where to find this info in tools or on the web portal?

@BroncoSportsFB From a lifelong BYU fan: this is very cool.

𝟮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟭. Permanently marking the greats who defined the culture. #BleedBlue | #BuiltDifferent

@lizealivi @BOBBYboucher67 @SportyMcSports Dang I was too slow 😂

@BOBBYboucher67 @SportyMcSports Carrying the banner.

The news of Jack Kelly to New York is gonna sell some papes.

@BOBBYboucher67 @SportyMcSports *Carryin’ the banner

@SportyMcSports Hang the banner

Still do regularly, often parenthetically for people who still may. It be familiar with the name ‘X.’

@the_jake_bastow Correct me if I’m wrong, but back when high priests still met as an individual group, there was more of a tendency to eventually ordain a man a HP at some point as he got older, even if he didn’t have a calling that necessitated it. Less so now with just an Elders Quorum.

I recently reconnected with a former neighbor and friend from a ward we once lived in. It was great to catch up with him. During our conversation, he shared something that surprised me. He’s in his late 60s, has been a faithful member of the Church his entire life, and has served willingly wherever he’s been called. Yet he’s still an Elder in the Melchizedek Priesthood and has never had a calling that required him to be ordained a High Priest. He told me he wonders if that means he hasn’t been faithful, righteous, or worthy enough. Hearing that was hard coming from such a good man. I reassured him that what matters most isn’t where or in what office we serve, but how we serve. Still, he admitted he sometimes feels like he doesn’t measure up to other men his age - or younger - and hopes the Lord doesn’t hold it against him in the end. It saddened me to hear such a good, faithful man carry that kind of quiet doubt - even after a lifetime of devotion. So I want to ask: for those of you in the LDS Church, is there an unspoken cultural perception that a man should eventually be ordained a High Priest, and that if he isn’t, he ought to question his worthiness, righteousness, or value? I’ve never personally seen it that way, but maybe others have had a different experience. #SaintsOnX

@maharris77 @jkimballcook I foresee people shortening them to Builders, Messengers, and Gatherers, anyway.

@jkimballcook I like them well enough, just wonder why the grammatical choice. Available are: Faith Builders, Hope Messengers, and Light Gatherers. I assume they knew that and chose the phrasing intentionally, but I wonder why. To discourage shortening to those first words, maybe?

I will say that even if you think they sound corny, the new YW group names are at least intentional.

@Bobby_Clayson Very similar thing happened to me in my BYU freshman ward — also executive secretary. I was confused, so just kind of stood up when they called my name and got sustained. Told them about it when I went in to get set apart. They apologized and then set me apart, haha.

I was once called to be the executive secretary for my ward by a high councilman FROM THE STAND. 😆 He had received my name as a recommendation earlier that day and had misunderstood and thought that it had been approved and the call already extended. So he called for my sustaining. A member of the stake presidency was thankfully on the stand, and right before the sustaining, took over the microphone and gently explained the mistake and that the call had not been extended yet. He then turned to me, and in front of the whole congregation said, "Brother Clayson, will accept the position of executive secretary?" The whole ward laughed, I said "yes!" and then the High councilman continued with the sustaining. It ended up being an extraordinarily important calling for me and a blessing during an extremely hard time in my life.

@ToddLlewellyn Not a closet, but several drawers of the same piece of furniture.

We need a thread of all the Mormon game closets

@parker_andorasu Ward clerk for 5 years, and assigning sacrament meeting talks every single week of it. Enjoyed serving, but the talk assignments were definitely the hardest part.

What's the longest you've ever served in a church calling? We had a guy from our ward who was just released as a high councilor who has been serving on the high council (or some iteration of it) for the past 42 years!

Guys what do I put here in the corner?

FOR REAL

@collinsworth55 @ToddLlewellyn In the summer, the coldest it comes out is lukewarm, literally.

@spencerjblake @ToddLlewellyn Does your water even get cold!? 😂

Best way to use cold showers: Sauna → cold shower Or end every shower cold Start with 15–30 seconds Build to 60+ Simple habit Big impact

@ToddLlewellyn @collinsworth55 Funny - I feel the opposite. I always end my shower cold because I live in the Phoenix area and if I end warm I NEVER stop sweating.

@collinsworth55 Is there more benefit to ending cold vs starting cold? I did the cold shower thing for a long time. I always started cold and ended warm because if I ended cold, it seemed like I could never get my body warmed up

The sauce is also amazing on mashed potatoes.

Meal hack: Chick-Fil-A sauce on a Costco hot dog. 🤌

@SportyMcSports We don’t deserve you Sporty.

The First Place Presidency 1. Choose the Wright 2. Collin y’all to repentance 3. Bruce Branch President I don’t make the rules.

@DearS_o_n Insurance

Name a huge scam that has been normalised?