10-23-2007, 04:12 PM | #1 |
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So, I get called into the EQ Presidency
And a few people CONGRATULATED me. I don't understand congratulating people for getting a calling. Congratulating someone is in a much smaller sense, throwing a party for them to celebrate an achievement. Did Elder Cook's family throw a huge bash celebrating his call as an apostle?
About six or seven months ago they called two new counselors into the bishopric in my old ward. One of the guys got up and started giving the equivalent of an Oscar acceptance speech. My wife works as an assistant to estate planning attorney, huge BYU fan and I believe completely active (I say this to infer that the guy doesn't have animosity towards the church). Somehow this guy has been able to duck big callings (bishopric, stake presidency, high council). I need to sit down with him and find out his secret before it's too late. |
10-23-2007, 04:16 PM | #2 |
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There are easier ways to not get a big calling of course. You could just say "no." Or, just don't attend church at all. Guaranteed ticket out of a Bishopric calling.
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10-23-2007, 04:27 PM | #5 |
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Never wear a suit. Once in a while don't wear a tie.
This isnt' foolproof however, as it didn't work for me. |
10-23-2007, 04:34 PM | #6 |
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If you really don't want to do it, how about declining the calling. If there is something else you would rather do, ask if you could do that. If you don't want a calling altogether, then tell them. Short, simple, and honest. That should keep them at bay for a long time.
I'm serious.
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10-23-2007, 04:46 PM | #8 |
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Apparently your sense of humor is badly calibrated as well.
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Me either. IN fact, I have always suspected that I was being punished for the fact that I had taken to never wearing a tie to church.
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