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Archaea · 11-12-2008, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by CardiacCoug

SS Presidency is the promised land of callings. No better calling in the Church.

Ward Mission Leader is the worst calling, hands down.

Worst calling:

Scout Master.

Next worst:

WML.

Best calling:

CTR 8 teacher.

smokymountainrain · 11-12-2008, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

Worst calling:

Scout Master.

Next worst:

WML.

I tend to agree with that. Although you have to throw Bishop in there somewhere - maybe at #3, but it should be mentioned with the other two.

Surfah · 11-12-2008, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

Worst calling:

Scout Master.

Next worst:

WML.

Best calling:

CTR 8 teacher.

That's probably where I'd land things too. I was Ward Clerk for a long time of a very transient ward. That wasn't too enjoyable keeping up with all that. I spent most of the 2nd and 3rd hours in the clerks office and running around the building. Plus our ward was so small I didn't have a finance clerk so I had to stay to do tithing each week. Not to mention sit in on the bishopric meetings before church. I'd spend 5-6 hours at church each Sunday and still have to go in to the office probably every other week on Tuesday or Wednesday for an hour or so.

Archaea · 11-12-2008, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Surfah

That's probably where I'd land things too. I was Ward Clerk for a long time of a very transient ward. That wasn't too enjoyable keeping up with all that. I spent most of the 2nd and 3rd hours in the clerks office and running around the building. Plus our ward was so small I didn't have a finance clerk so I had to stay to do tithing each week. Not to mention sit in on the bishopric meetings before church. I'd spend 5-6 hours at church each Sunday and still have to go in to the office probably every other week on Tuesday or Wednesday for an hour or so.

I really enjoyed Ward Clerk with the new software. I spend Sundays going to the meetings, and then one evening a week keeping up on stuff and had no other responsibility. I mean how many callings let you play on the computer? It's much better with better quality computers, and trying to figure out the new program iterations. Plus we had great membership and financial clerks. Getting the groups to report their numbers was easy and entering even easier. We implemented many reforms, such as placing lost members in a SLC area to get them off our records.

UtahDan · 11-12-2008, 05:26 PM

Sunday school.

Clark Addison · 11-12-2008, 05:34 PM

I was released as WML about a year ago. That was not a sad day. Currently I am:

1. Stake Sunday School 1st Counelor. This is possibly the best calling ever. My main duty is to go to the party that the Stake President throws for all Stake Workers every Christmas. Come to think of it, that might be my only duty. A couple of months ago, the new guy on the High Council was assigned to us, and asked when we held our Presidency meetings. We laughed and laughed. We did have one to make him feel better.

2. Webelos Leader. I don't really like the fact that I have to be at the Church every Tuesday night, but I enjoy being with the boys. It has some of the positives of being a Scoutmaster, without most of the negatives (time commitment is much less, boys aren't as snotty when they are only 10, no overnight trips or scout camp)

3. Assistant Ward Choir Director. You didn't know this calling could exist, did you?

4 and 5. Last Basketball season I was called to be the Youth B-Ball coach in our ward and the Assistant Stake Adult Basketball Supervisor, or something like that. Coaching the boys was fun. The stake job was, I think, mainly a way to get a ref at every game without feeling guilty about asking me every week. I haven't been released from these, so I'm not sure if I am still doing them this year, or if my term of office just expired.

I think that's all of them, though I may be forgetting one. If so, I'm not doing a very good job at it.

smokymountainrain · 11-12-2008, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Clark Addison

A couple of months ago, the new guy on the High Council was assigned to us, and asked when we held our Presidency meetings. We laughed and laughed. We did have one to make him feel better.

Hilarious.

The_Tick · 11-12-2008, 07:13 PM

YM President

5 years running

Brian · 11-12-2008, 05:37 PM

1st couns. in YMs. The asst. does activity night, I teach on sundays.
a friend (who travels a lot) teaches GD, so I get to sub for him about once a month.
So, I have an enjoyable gig right now.
Other favs: nursery, sem, (any) primary teacher.

Yes, WML is worst calling. I hate camping, so scout master would be equally fragrant. Stake callings (never had one though) appear to be lame too, especially outside the west where the stakes can be several hundred miles across.

DrumNFeather · 11-12-2008, 05:44 PM

I have my monthly stake Ward Mission Leader meeting tonight. In previous meetings, WMLs have talked about how they have assigned someone to go on exchanges with the elders most nights of the week and if that brother cannot go, it is his responsibility to find someone who can go. IMO, this is going a little too far...and it wouldn't work in my ward, largly because it flat out does not support the mission, missionaries, etc.

I feel kind of silly when I get in these meetings and they ask me what things are working in my ward...and I just tell them that my ward is unique and we're slowly building support for the missionary efforts.

I've been in a year and cannot wait to be released.

11-12-2008, 05:26 PM	#5
UtahDan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Bluth Home Posts: 3,877	Sunday school. __________________ The Bible tells us how to go to heaven, not how the heavens go. -Galileo

11-12-2008, 07:13 PM	#8
The_Tick Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 626	YM President 5 years running __________________ Spooooooon

11-12-2008, 05:37 PM	#9
Brian Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oak Ridge, TN Posts: 1,308	1st couns. in YMs. The asst. does activity night, I teach on sundays. a friend (who travels a lot) teaches GD, so I get to sub for him about once a month. So, I have an enjoyable gig right now. Other favs: nursery, sem, (any) primary teacher. Yes, WML is worst calling. I hate camping, so scout master would be equally fragrant. Stake callings (never had one though) appear to be lame too, especially outside the west where the stakes can be several hundred miles across. __________________ e^(i * pi) + 1 = 0 5 great numbers in one little equation.

11-12-2008, 05:44 PM	#10
DrumNFeather Active LDS Ute Fan Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nantucket : ) Posts: 2,566	I have my monthly stake Ward Mission Leader meeting tonight. In previous meetings, WMLs have talked about how they have assigned someone to go on exchanges with the elders most nights of the week and if that brother cannot go, it is his responsibility to find someone who can go. IMO, this is going a little too far...and it wouldn't work in my ward, largly because it flat out does not support the mission, missionaries, etc. I feel kind of silly when I get in these meetings and they ask me what things are working in my ward...and I just tell them that my ward is unique and we're slowly building support for the missionary efforts. I've been in a year and cannot wait to be released. __________________ "It's not like we played the school of the blind out there." - Brian Johnson.

11-12-2008, 05:34 PM	#6
Clark Addison Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 638	I was released as WML about a year ago. That was not a sad day. Currently I am: 1. Stake Sunday School 1st Counelor. This is possibly the best calling ever. My main duty is to go to the party that the Stake President throws for all Stake Workers every Christmas. Come to think of it, that might be my only duty. A couple of months ago, the new guy on the High Council was assigned to us, and asked when we held our Presidency meetings. We laughed and laughed. We did have one to make him feel better. 2. Webelos Leader. I don't really like the fact that I have to be at the Church every Tuesday night, but I enjoy being with the boys. It has some of the positives of being a Scoutmaster, without most of the negatives (time commitment is much less, boys aren't as snotty when they are only 10, no overnight trips or scout camp) 3. Assistant Ward Choir Director. You didn't know this calling could exist, did you? 4 and 5. Last Basketball season I was called to be the Youth B-Ball coach in our ward and the Assistant Stake Adult Basketball Supervisor, or something like that. Coaching the boys was fun. The stake job was, I think, mainly a way to get a ref at every game without feeling guilty about asking me every week. I haven't been released from these, so I'm not sure if I am still doing them this year, or if my term of office just expired. I think that's all of them, though I may be forgetting one. If so, I'm not doing a very good job at it.