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The New England LDS Canary

The New England LDS Canary People are overwhelmed with all the upheaval in the world today. All the uncertainty with daily struggles in life, of keeping food on the table and a roof overhead in a slow economy left over from the recession. New England is a Canary in the Coal Mine for the Mormon Church. We need to change or Wards will continue to shrink and be absorbed by other Wards, making already long distances even longer. What can we do to lighten peoples burdens, but also address concerns and retain members in New England? There is an interesting article about Millennial's and burnout. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/millennials-burnout-generation-debt-work The burnout that millennial's feel has a lot to do with how the economy has changed since the recession, knowing that they don't have the stability that their parents had, coupled with the constant barrage of never ending virtual to do lists and e-mail reminders of things they shoul...