EP 527 – Open Mic Sunday™

It's time for another week of breaking down Latter-day Saint news! The TWiM Sisters are in the house.

For decades, missionaries from the United States who have been called to foreign missions have been required to be vaccinated before going abroad. This is nothing new. Last week, the Church announced American missionaries called abroad will also need to include the COVID-19 vaccine in their regimen before entering the field. Of course, the Church had to disable comments on the Facebook post sharing the news. Of course, many members of our church were up in arms about this news. Of course, many individuals have forgotten vaccinations have been the norm for years and years and years!

http://www.thisweekinmormons.com/2021/04/missionaries-who-refuse-vaccination-will-serve-in-home-countries/

Are you curious how stake leadership reorganizations have occurred in the Zoom era? How is a new stake president set apart when called remotely by an apostle? THE Church News has all the answers.

How should bishops deal with fast and testimony meetings that essential become Open Mic Sunday? One bishop decided to ask members in advance to bear their testimonies. What has your unit done? Tiffany has some tales from the front!

Zelophehad's Daughters often produces some great data and analytics on various issues facing the Church. Among their more famous is forecasting the probability that certain members of the First Presidency or Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will become President of the Church someday. The new round has some axioms—Elder Bednar becoming prophet someday—but also some surprises, like Elder Ulisses Soares having an outside chance of assuming the mantle at some point. Of course, statistical work like this is not an exact science, considering then-Elder Nelson was not tipped to be Church president, let alone for three years and with such vitality. Still, a fun read.

Let's revisit our favorite sub-section of the TWiM Sisters podcast: Mormons Behaving Badly. This week we revisit the case of Paul Petersen, a Latter-day Saint politician now sentenced to prison time over the adoption ring he ran, defrauding immigrations from the Marshall Islands.

Ready for some fun satire from The Daily Frick? Enjoy this fabulous article entitled, "Millennial, Gen-Z Mormons gather for ceremonial passing of the ‘Chosen Generation’ title." You will enjoy yourself.

A number of Church historic sites are reopening in May! You can travel back to Nauvoo, see that Grandin press, and pan for gold in San Diego.

http://www.thisweekinmormons.com/2021/04/church-historic-sites-to-reopen-in-may/

Temple news! Announced mere weeks ago at the most recent General Conference, the <a href="http://www.thisweekinmormons.com/2021/04/rendering-released-location-announced-for-helena-montana-temple/" ta...