Reverence during Church Meetings

[Happy_LDS]

How is Reverence in the Church meetings in your Ward/Branch? In my Branch is very irreverent, kids are running up and down without supervision, adults talking constantly while class is going on and the general atmosphere is loud.

[Zelph]

I have to say in Sacrament the reverence is awesome, during priesthood and sunday school we get relaxed and start joking around about things.   Overall we are pretty reverent.

[AlaskanLDS]

I think overall we have a pretty good sense of reverence during Sacrament itself and most of the meeting. 

It could always be better I think before and after the meeting though.   If people come early, the get their seats and socialize and I am guilty of that too, I just try to be more aware of it.   Now we go at 9 am so I am lucky if I make it there on time, but we will get better.   From 1pm to 9am is a big change.   

Also, when Sacrament is over and it is time to go to the next class people hang around which causes irreverence in the next classes when they have to interrupt to come in late.   The hallways aren't very reverent I guess because there are children being told not to run all the time.

Our Sunday School and R. S.  classes are reverent though--we like Zelph mentioned, loosen up a bit more there but it is still reverent, possibly because the kids are in primary! LOL!

[Sariah_Gift]

In my ward is pretty ok, we could do better but overall the Spirt is always present.