Religion - Penguino

My religion has the more of an impact on my life than any other thing involved with my life. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the Mormon Church). Mormonism follows the guidelines of the bible, and another book accompanying the bible called the Book of Mormon.

Many people outside of the Mormon Church think that Mormons practice polygamy which is not true. Until 1890, Mormons did practice polygamy, but most people are not aware that now, if any member of the church practices polygamy, they will be excommunicated.

You might see Mormon missionaries walking door to door preaching about Mormonism, much like the way Jehovah’s witnesses do except for the fact that you can only become a Mormon missionary when you are 19(for guys) and 21(for girls). Each missionary goes on a mission. Men go on 2 year missions and women go on 1 ½ year missions. Going on a mission helps you learn many things like financial management.

Mormons celebrate all Christian Holidays because Mormonism is basically Christianity, but with more rules.

During the week, the youth in the church have many separate meetings.

There are two different youth groups the Young Men, the Young Women. Each of the two groups separated into three different groups determined by age. For the Young Women, the first age group is Beehives (ages 12-13), the second group is the Mia Maids (ages 14-15), and finally, the Laurels (ages 16- 17). The Young Men’s groups are Deacons, Teachers, and Priests all of the groups holding the same age limitations as the Young Women. The majority of the weekly meetings are not separated into young men and young women, but the two groups are joined to make one full youth. We go to church every Sunday, and another weekly meeting we have as youth of the church is mutual. Mutual is an activity day where the youth in each separate section of the church (ward) can bond through fun activities chosen and scheduled by the youth themselves. Most wards have mutual every Wednesday, but my ward has mutual every Tuesday because the church is filled every Tuesday by other wards.

The youth start going to seminary (a type of bible study) when you start your freshmen year of high school. Seminary starts fairly early in the morning every weekday (Monday – Friday). Seminary in the morning wakes me up so that I am energized for a whole school day and even maybe more activities. Also, being in seminary partially helps me regulate my sleeping patterns because I know I have to get up at around 5:00am to 5:30am to get to my 6:00 am seminary class and make it to school on time.

Although it may not be very evident in the previous information, I love my religion and my weekly routine, because it helps me draw my relationship closer to my Lord, God.