Considering a move to Spokane - questions...

[gaspah]

i have a friend who grew up there, she says it is fantastic there and the members are great.

[prisonchaplain]

Originally Posted by Moksha

Kennewick-Pasco-Richland are alright, but can they really stack up to being able to say you are from Walla Walla?

Quite a few students graduate from Penn State. Walla Walla hosts those studying at State Pen!

[FunkyTown]

Originally Posted by prisonchaplain

Quite a few students graduate from Penn State. Walla Walla hosts those studying at State Pen!

"We are!"
"Penn State!"
"We are!"
"Penn State!"
"We are!"
"Penn State"
"Thank you!"
"You're Welcome!"

Best. Football chant. Ever.

[pam]

haha It's funny because in the movie "We are Marshall" the student body chanted over and over:

"We are"
"Marshall"
We are"
"Marshall"

[marshac]

Originally Posted by moonwaffle

marshac, that being the case, can you provide any insight to my questions?

I can't, sorry

I don't live in that city

[benandpaula]

Our High School (East Valley in Spokane Valley) does have released time seminary. The other high school in our ward boundaries (West Valley) has early morning seminary. I grew up in an all-Mormon town (Laie, Hawaii) and have spent some time in Utah. I think you'd enjoy Spokane. There is a pretty decent-sized LDS population here, and the youth program is jam packed with stake dances and all of the normal things like youth conferences (this summer they're going on a pioneer trek_. Missionary work here is strong as well, our ward sees lots of baptisms and another one ward in our stake just split last week. The general population of Spokane is quite religious, which is a better atmosphere than some cities I've been in where people don't make God part tof their lives. On my street there are three LDS families, and the recently-released bishop lives two streets down from us. Of the neighbors I know (I don't know all the people on my street!), all do attend a Christian church on Sundays. Our next-door neighbors invited the missionaries to their home for a first discussion. Hope that helps!

[denniswest]

Just thought I'd chime in here. I live in the Spokane Valley (just east of Spokane) and two of the high schools (of the three) have seminary buildings right next to the high school and those schools have release time seminary.

There are two stakes out here in the Valley and I know that ours has about 1,400 people in it.

Here's an article with information about a ward that was created in the other valley stake that might have some interesting information for you:
News - Latter-day Sentinel - News for the LDS community in the Spokane Temple District

I'd say that there is a very good LDS presence here and you should fit right in!

Dennis

[annamaureen]

Whatever you do, don't live in Medical Lake. The wards there are horrible; when I lived there, my mother heard from the stake YW president that it had the highest number of inactives, disciplinary councils, things like that.

[deana]

Originally Posted by benandpaula

Our High School (East Valley in Spokane Valley) does have released time seminary. The other high school in our ward boundaries (West Valley) has early morning seminary. I grew up in an all-Mormon town (Laie, Hawaii) and have spent some time in Utah. I think you'd enjoy Spokane. There is a pretty decent-sized LDS population here, and the youth program is jam packed with stake dances and all of the normal things like youth conferences (this summer they're going on a pioneer trek_. Missionary work here is strong as well, our ward sees lots of baptisms and another one ward in our stake just split last week. The general population of Spokane is quite religious, which is a better atmosphere than some cities I've been in where people don't make God part tof their lives. On my street there are three LDS families, and the recently-released bishop lives two streets down from us. Of the neighbors I know (I don't know all the people on my street!), all do attend a Christian church on Sundays. Our next-door neighbors invited the missionaries to their home for a first discussion. Hope that helps!

So we live in Arizona and my husband might get a job in spokane. Do you have any suggestions on the best school for my 10 and 14 year old boys. They are honor students and accustomed to being challenge to prepare them for college. And also do the best schools have a good number of youths in the area that we are not sure to look for, and a seminary of some kind? pls help...Deana willis

[deana]

we are considering a move to spokane wa too. Did you find anything out about best schools, best area to like in for schools, best area for lds youth members, do all the highschools have some sort of seminary program? Deana Willis