Special Announcement: Local Facebook Communities of Support
April 6, 2011
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251 of 2,196

April 6, 2011
Special Announcement: Local Facebook Communities of Support
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Summary
Based on the success of our recent Mormon Stories Conference in New York City, we have decided to organize several local, Facebook-based communities of support for what we like to call uncorrelated (or intellectual/feminist/gay/politically liberal/inactive/post/ex) Mormons. We have already created 32 groups, and hope to establish a support group for every major city/region in the world. The idea behind each group will be to: 1) foster local, face-to-face communities of support for non-traditional Mormons, and 2) help to encourage healthy/constructive living amongst those for whom the traditional LDS Church experience is not adequate. Note: this is NOT meant to replace the LDS church experience. Instead, it is meant to augment the church experience (for those who still attend), or to provide community support for those who no longer feel comfortable attending church. Some ideas we are hoping to foster include:
Monthly local meet-ups
Book clubs/study groups
Weekly play groups for children
Annual youth conferences for teens
College groups for Mormon university students (BYU/UVU and USU already created!)
A dating service
Service projects
Annual conferences/retreats
Etc.
If you are interested in any of this, please check out our existing groups for a group near you.
If you would like to start your own local support group, please email us at: mormonstories@gmail.com
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