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Lacing Cards: HP Style

Everybody grew up with lacing cards, right? A sure-fire way to keep the kids reverent during church. I don’t see them as often as I used to, and I think it is time to bring them back – to High Priest Group meeting.

Why the High Priests?  Well, lately it has seemed that we tend to veer wildly off topic – often into areas that have little or nothing to do with the lesson. It is amazing how some brethren are so adept that they can figure out a way to interject politics into a lesson about ANYTHING.

So, my hope is that these lacing cards will help some of the brethren stay occupied, so they will comment less. The caards are also topic appropriate – these things tend to come up quite often in class. I tried to make the holes extra-large for arthritic fingers and aged eyesight, because I am just trying to serve my fellow man.
Of course the first two are obvious. A week doesn’t go by where one is lauded and the other castigated. Depending on the liberality of your group, I’ll leave you to decide which is which.
Here is one of the Constitution. I couldn’t find one hanging by a thread, but if you lace it correctly, you could get the idea.
Of course, you have to have a Jimmer for “Twine Time”.
But before Jimmer there was Steve – who could Tebow before Tebow was born.
Occasionally the discussion really gets “out there”. For those times, here is the “Kolob” card.
Here is a card for the older brethren, just because.
I was also able to find some “vintage” lacing cards. You might be too young to remember them.
The Mark Hoffman

And a really old Jedediah M. Grant card
And last, an iPhone card, so that perhaps we will play with this instead of our real iPhones.
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  1. Aunt Sue
    Maybe if the cards are a synopsis of the lesson, or an illustration of the lesson, we could all stay on topic.

  2. Okay, that is an AWESOME idea. Except then the HP in my ward would start demanding a turn at Homemaking night to show off their new skillz. Could get ugly

  3. Popped over from MCat.

    Pretty hilarious post. My hubs and I giggled as we named the people in our ward that we would give the Kolob lacing card to and the one that would get Obama.

  4. WOW! I thought that only happened in our ward!!! but what I hear is third-hand, so… We have one who left his filter back in the spirit world. It’s a rare month when he hasn’t made any of the sisters cry or want to punch someone. All I can say is being a HP instructor or gospel doctrine teacher in this ward is pretty much the worst calling ever. I am posting as anonymous, even though I usually post with my name, to protect the wife.

  5. When I’m teaching HP, I’d be thrilled for more commentary, political or not. (Well, maybe not. Although the political commentary is limited, when it comes it’s pretty amazing.)

  6. Terrific idea. Maybe when I make lacing cards for my grandson (which is actually on the “some-day list”, I should make some for my husband as well!

  7. I’m obviously not in the High Priest’s Quorum, but you just described perfectly one of my greatest church pet peeves for any class. This is where you are just praying for a teacher who has the gift of getting everyone back on track quickly. Otherwise, these cards are a wonderful idea… should certainly be proposed to higher authorities to make them a church-wide distribution. 😉

  8. Bahahaha! I saw your comment on Jocelyns blog, had a laugh over it, then you made a post! Awesomeness! (BTW, you should add one for us Canadians…our PM should have a nice little card too…:D)

  9. Ooo! I like it. The high priests should also have the option of choosing red or blue laces for many of their cards.

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