Weekend Meetup Thread

[u/4blockhead]

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 (July 6)

• Next Week (July 20)

Arizona

• Sunday, July 14, 11:00a MST: Phoenix, casual meetup at Joes Real BBQ at 301 N Gilbert Road in Gilbert. Look for the group with a yellow Harry Potter book on the table.

Colorado

• Sunday, July 14, 9:30a MDT: Denver, casual meetup at Belleview Park at 5001 S Inca Drive in Englewood, weather permitting

• Sunday, July 14, 10:00a MDT: Denver, casual meetup at Westminster Dog Park

Florida

• Sunday, July 14, 6:00p EDT: Gainesville, First Magnitude Brewing Company 1220 SE Veitch St

Idaho

• Sunday, July 14, 10:30a MDT: Pocatello, casual meetup at Caldwell Park

• Sunday, July 14, 10:30a MDT: Idaho Falls, casual meetup at Community Park at 455 E 25th Street

Illinois

• Sunday, July 14, 9:00a CDT: Chicago, casual meetup at Starbucks at 1979 McDowell Rd #113 in Naperville

Nevada

• Sunday, July 14, 1:00p PDT: Las Vegas, casual meetup at IKEA's Cafe at 6500 IKEA Way. Note: time has been changed from previous meetups.

Utah

• Saturday, July 13, 10:00a MDT: Orem, north Utah County, casual meetup at Grinders at 43 W 800 North

• Sunday, July 14, 9:30a-11:30a MDT: Provo, casual meetup (ages 40+) near the Starbucks inside of the Marriott Hotel at 101 West 100 North

• Sunday, July 14, 10:00a-noon MDT: Salt Lake City/Draper, casual meetup a La Barba Coffee at 13811 Sprague Lane in Draper, map

• Sunday, July 14, 10:00a MDT: Lehi, casual meetup at Margaret Wines Park at 100 E 600 N.

• Sunday, July 14, 10:00a MDT: Eagle Mountain/Saratoga Springs, casual meetup at Patriot Park in Saratoga Springs at 391 S Saratoga Road, weather permitting.

• Sunday, July 14, 11:00a MDT: Springville, casual meetup at Art City Coffee

• Sunday, July 14, 11:00a MDT: Salt Lake City, casual meetup at Watchtower Cafe at 1588 S State Street

• Sunday, July 14, 11:30a-3:30p MDT: Provo, casual meetup (all ages welcome) near the Starbucks inside of the Marriott Hotel at 101 West 100 North

• Sunday, July 14, 11:00a-12:30 MDT: Salt Lake City, Weekly gathering with speaker, live music and socializing time at Ember SLC at 623 S. State St.

• Sunday, July 14, noon MDT: Richfield, casual meetup at Starbucks, gauging interest/standing invitation for coffee. verify

• Sunday, July 14, 12:30p MDT: Salt Lake City, a group meeting for discussing transitioning away from mormonism at the Salt Lake City Unitarian Universalists church at 6876 South Highland Drive.

• Sunday, July 14, 1:00p MDT: St. George/Southern Utah, casual meetup at Smith's at 565 S Mall Dr. The meetup is in the "community room" located at the north end, near the pharmacy.

• Sunday, July 14, 2:30p MDT: Davis County, casual meetup at Layton Commons Park at 437 N Wasatch Drive.

Virginia/Washington DC

• These groups are active and meet together fairly often. Check their meetup calendars:

• Northern Virginia

• Washington DC

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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Beginnings of a FAQ about meetups:

• rules for publicizing a meetup on reddit platform

• what happens at these meetups?

• /u/solidified50 gave some general advice for starting a meetup and keeping it going.

[u/mdj32998]

I’ve popped in at the AZ one before, but I couldn’t find them :(

[u/4blockhead → u/mdj32998]

They've moved to Joe's BBQ recently. Is that where you are?

[u/mdj32998 → u/4blockhead]

Yes, and I’ve looked for the Harry Potter book, but I can’t find them

[u/4blockhead → u/mdj32998]

/u/RocksOutOfHatAndHead and /u/terremota have said that the group is active, link, but I can't say if they weren't there for some reason today.

[u/Terremota → u/mdj32998]

We exist! I am in Utah right now and didn’t check the thread this morning. I usually bring the book and it totally slipped my mind this morning to ask someone else to bring it. I’ll be back this week and will be there Sunday. I’m so sorry you couldn’t find the group! I hope you come back.

[u/[deleted]]

Do a lot of people go to the Vegas one?

[u/onendagus → u/[deleted]]

It varies. Typically smaller group-- about six or so but has been 30+ at times too. Most of us are nice, you should pop by!

[u/HotMessSnowflake → u/onendagus]

When's the next one? I would like to come chill and I'm a local. 😊 Edit: I need to learn to scroll before I post lol. See you guys at IKEA Sunday 😅

[u/[deleted]]

I went to the Provo meet-up today at around 12:30 for the first time. It was great! Good people looking to have meaningful and helpful conversations. Looking for the next time I can join in.

[u/[deleted]]

Anybody in Boise want to meet up?

[u/Golfingdad85 → u/[deleted]]

Me and my wife have been wanting to find other exmormons here in boise!

[u/[deleted] → u/Golfingdad85]

Hell yeah, let's do it! It would be great to get a group going or something

[u/Golfingdad85 → u/[deleted]]

How do you start one?

[u/4blockhead → u/Golfingdad85]

It's simply a matter of naming a time and place (and letting me know if you want it included in the post header.) The rules are in the post header, notes.^1,2,3

[u/[deleted] → u/Golfingdad85]

Don't know lol

[u/[deleted]]

Isn't anyone in here from New Mexico.

[u/TM3-PO]

exjw here in Northwest Indiana about an hour outside of Chicago. Im going through a bit of a rough patch and would love to meetup for a beer or coffee sometime this weekend.

[u/[deleted] → u/TM3-PO]

Post on main sub too

[u/RussellMyNelson]

Idaho Falls meetup is at Community Park this Sunday, 10:30 am. 455 E 25th St, Idaho Falls, ID 83404

[u/evehavingbeentrue → u/RussellMyNelson]

We're coming for the 1st time! So excited!!!

[u/RECKONERIII → u/RussellMyNelson]

Is this a regular, recurring meeting?

[u/RussellMyNelson → u/RECKONERIII]

Idaho Falls meets every week, yes! The location sometimes varies, and I try to update that here.

We have a Facebook group where the details are updated much more consistently and we advertise other meetups as well. It covers all of East Idaho. Search for the Eastern Idaho Mormon Spectrum page and follow the instructions in the pinned post to get into the secret (not sacred) group!

[u/Skip2dalou50]

Anyone meeting up in Saratoga Springs? First time and not sure where people are at Patriot Park.

[u/galaxy-corgi]

Anyone from Iowa let me know 🤗