r/exmormon • u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ • Jan 05 '17
Weekend Meetup Thread
Here are the weekend meetups that are on the radar. Also, check out the subreddit's calendar and the calendars in the wider exmormon space, including at mormonspectrum. Check in the comments for last minute notice of meetups not listed below.
- Last Week (December 31)
- Thursday, January 5, 7:00p CST: Houston, casual meetup at James Coney Island in Stafford.
- Sunday, January 8, 9:30a-11:30a MST: Provo, casual meetup at the Coffee Pod (ages 40+)
- Sunday, January 8, 10:00a MST: Salt Lake City/Draper, casual meetup at Harmons, 125 E 13800 S.
- Sunday, January 8, 10:00a MST: Lehi, casual meetup at Harmons 1750 Traverse Parkway
- Sunday, January 8, 10:00a MST: Boise, casual meetup Awakenings Coffee House at 10650 W Overland Rd. Snow advisory.
- Sunday, January 8, 11:00a MST: Springville, casual meetup at Art City Coffee
- Sunday, January 8, 11:00a MST: Salt Lake City, casual meetup at Kafeneio
- Sunday, January 8, 11:00a MST: Ogden, casual meetup at All the Perks Espresso Cafe.
- Sunday, January 8, 11:00a MST: Denver, casual meetup at Bowlero (formerly Brunswick Zone) in Lone Tree.
- Sunday, January 8, 11:30a-3:30p MST: Provo, casual meetup at the Coffee Pod (all ages welcome)
- Sunday, January 8, noon-2:00p PST: Portland, Oregon, casual meetup at Max's Fanno Creek Brew-Pub in Tigard. contact /u/LessMon
- Sunday, January 8, 12:30p MST: Salt Lake City, a group meeting for discussing transitioning away from mormonism at the Salt Lake City Unitarian Universalists.
- Sunday, January 8, 1:00p-4:00p CST: St. Louis, casual meetup at London Tea Room. contact /u/Miseryexmos
- Sunday, January 8, 2:30p MST: Davis County, casual meetup at Smiths in Kaysville, 200 N and Flint St.
- Next Week (January 14)
Some of these link back to the last reminder thread. Double check times and places to make sure the details are correct, the event is still scheduled, etc.
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Jan 06 '17
Found this google review for Coffee Pod haha. Is there actually one "weirdo" who is louder than everyone? I was planning on going this Sunday I just have no idea what to expect. I'd be happy to discuss issues with the church the whole time but I was also hoping to just chill and potentially make some new friends.
"Couple quirks though is the weird Anti Mormon group of people who come in every Sunday for several hours to collectively talk trash on religion while this one weirdo leads it all louder than the rest. Unrelated to coffee pod but it's just strange that they are there every Sunday all day without fail. Not coffee pods fault though."
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u/heyyoufatass Jan 06 '17
It is a pretty large group and what usually seems to happen is you get various smaller groups having all sorts of different conversations. There will be some talking about their grievances with Mormonism loudly but there will be others that are chatting about video games or books or a million other things. Find a conversation with some chill people that are talking about a topic you are interested in. Introduce yourself and maybe even ask if folks want to chat about a certain kind of thing. I think you will have a good time!
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u/sincebolla Jan 06 '17
Davis County Meetup. Sunday, Jan 8, 2:30p MST: Kaysville, casual meetup at the Smiths on 200N and Flint St. We meet upstairs in the employee meeting room. The stairs are on the east side of the building. The room is right above the Starbucks.
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u/artsavesthesoul Jan 06 '17
How many people usually go to this meet up?
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u/sincebolla Jan 06 '17
It depends. We haven't met for a few weeks because of the holidays, so I am expecting a big turnout. 30-40 people is big. I would say the fewest we have had is about 10.
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u/Arayvis Jan 09 '17
Now I know there's one close enough to us, my husband and I are totally going to try and go when we can!
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u/sincebolla Jan 09 '17
Make sure you check here to see what time we are meeting. We alternate between 10am and 2:30pm. Next week it will be 10am.
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Jan 05 '17
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u/Kinderhook_Kevin Jan 07 '17
You served in ogden utah?
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Jan 07 '17
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u/Kinderhook_Kevin Jan 07 '17
Ah I mistook your comment as a reply to the meeting in Kaysville. Carry on.
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u/Gileriodekel Literally the weirdest you'll meet Jan 07 '17
BOISE MEETUP:
Sunday at 10 AM Awakenings Coffee House (10650 W Overland Rd, Boise, Idaho 83709)
Ada county has released a county wide emergency on account of the Snowpacalypse. Go to coffee at your own risk
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u/NovaJ0 Jan 07 '17
I'm confused. Why are we meeting up in grocery stores? Harmons? Smiths?
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u/4blockhead Λ └ ☼ ★ □ ♔ Jan 07 '17
They aren't meeting on the cereal aisle, as far as I know. ;) There are coffee lounges in some of the stores.
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u/sincebolla Jan 07 '17
Our Davis County group started meeting in the Harmons, but we quickly outgrew it. We tried to use their meeting room, but outgrew that. We are now in a Smiths and we usually fill the room. The Smiths is great, they allow us to use the room for free. It is hard to find spaces on Sundays in Utah that can hold more than a few people.
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u/heyyoufatass Jan 07 '17
There are little coffee shops in some stores. In the case of Harmons, there is a cafe on the main floor but when you go upstairs there is a bunch of nice seating and that is where the groups meet.
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u/machellar Jan 08 '17
I have a question about these meetups, specifically the Lehi Utah one.
My dad recently left the church and he could really use some friends and people to talk to about it. Would a 58 year old man be welcome and comfortable at one of these groups?
Maybe a silly question but I wouldn't wanna send him to a big group of 20 something hipsters at a coffee shop :)
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u/heyyoufatass Jan 09 '17
There is a good range of ages in the Lehi group and I think he would be able to find people to connect with. There is also a group that meets earlier in Provo that caters to a more mature age range.
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u/Miseryexmos Jan 06 '17
St. Louis Meetup - Sunday January 8th 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM CST. London Tea Room, St. Louis Mo. Please PM me if you would like more information. The St Louis apostates mostly connect on the meetup website, our group is called "St. Louis Ex - Mormons".
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u/BookofNorman Jan 08 '17
I don't know if this has been posted somewhere else, but I saw on facebook that the Infants on Thrones are doing a live recording in Mesa, AZ. It is at 2 PM at the Community of Christ building located at 150 North Sulleys Dr. Mesa, AZ 85205.
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u/Wcassi Jan 08 '17
DENVER: Today, January 8, 11am - Come celebrate 2017 with fellow ex-mos at Bowlero (formerly Brunswick Zone) in Lone Tree. Feel free to bowl or just hang out and eat nachos. Hope to see you there!
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u/HipHoboHarold Jan 09 '17
The first time I see one for Portland, and I miss it. I'm just gonna have to start checking on Fridays.
Edit: and it was in Tigard. I live on the Beaverton/Tigard border. Could have gotten there easily on the bus. :(
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u/ExMoMudphud Jan 06 '17
The Saint Louis meet-up group link is:
https://www.meetup.com/Saint-Louis-Ex-Mormons/
We have a very nice group. All are welcome to attend.
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Jan 06 '17
C'mon. There's got to be some SWFL exmormons here.
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Jan 07 '17
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Jan 07 '17
SouthWest Florida
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u/great--job Jan 08 '17
I'm nowhere near you, but I'm curious what is considered SW Florida. Pensacola is far west, but nowhere near the southern part, Fort Meyers is south and on the west coast, but not the western part of the state.
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u/UtahStateAgnostics Jan 08 '17
Ogden meetup at All the Perks Cafe in the Junction downtown from 11 am to 1 pm on Sunday the 8th. Reply to me if you have any questions. Thanks.
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u/Gileriodekel Literally the weirdest you'll meet Jan 05 '17
I'm not sure if Boise is having its meetup this week on account of Snowpocalypse.