Personally, I am not as critically concerned about the parents ordinances first when it comes to children who die before age 8 if I do not have enough information to complete the parents first. This is because the sealing ordinance is the only one a child needs if he or she died before 8. And, because of the concept or purpose of the ordinance, which gives them the right to have righteous parents. So, if I have to wait to get more information to complete the parents ordinances, I will go ahead and seal the child. This would go under the "preferred" but not mandatory concept Jill points out. With the one ordinance completed for the child who died before age 8, all the work is done for that person. As Jill points out, it becomes effective when I have completed the parents ordinances. I see this often when it comes to the parent's marriage. I often can find the parents and the children, but have difficulty determining when and where the marriage took place, so that has to wait until I can find it. > From: jncrandell@broadweave.net > To: lds-ward-consultant@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:04:32 -0600 > Subject: Re: [LDS-WC] ordinances done in order > > Stephen wrote: > I thought the rule was: Children should not be sealed to their parents > unless their parents Have first been sealed. > > Actually, the rule is that it is "preferred" that children not be sealed to > the parents until the parents have been sealed. The problem is that the > parents' sealing can't be done until their individual ordinances are done. > If you follow that back strictly, it would eventually mean that we would > have to start with Adam and Eve--which isn't possible. So, there is a > "break" in the rules in order to proceed with ordinances. From the NFS Help > Center: > > * Whenever possible, parents should be sealed to each other before the > children are sealed to the parents. > > Out-of-sequence ordinances > * Vicarious ordinances performed out of sequence are valid, but become > effective only after the prerequisite ordinances are completed. > > Notice that the statement is "whenever possible." If the rules allow > something to be done out of order, even if it isn't preferred to be done > that way, the program will allow it. The main concern in sealing children > before the parents are sealed is to follow up and be sure the rest of the > ordinances are completed. > > Jill Crandell > > Please send the one word message SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LDS-WARD-CONSULTANT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message