10-23-2007, 08:18 PM | #41 |
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Btw, anyone else besides me notice that Travis Henry was trying to find a clever way to brag about being in the EQP?
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10-23-2007, 08:22 PM | #42 |
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I'm trying to build up enough guts to tell the bishop no to church callings, depending on the calling.
I said no to scout master, once, which I'm proud of. Yes: callings that are Sunday only or involve my kids, i.e. yes to young men's if my son is in the quorum, no otherwise No: stake calling, singles ward calling, young men's where I'm not with one of my kids I have five kids and I only have so much energy to spend outside of work. I don't feel guilty in theory, one bit, about saying no to a calling that takes me away from my family, but I have to work up the guts to pull it off. |
10-23-2007, 08:27 PM | #43 |
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10-23-2007, 09:01 PM | #44 | |
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Congratulations!
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10-23-2007, 09:04 PM | #45 |
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I tell people congratulations, and I laugh at the same time.
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10-23-2007, 09:13 PM | #46 | |
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Nothing to brag about being in the EQP
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My reaction to hearing that the stake secretary was trying to get a meeting between me and the stake president (the EQP approached me after sacrament meeting a couple weeks ago) was "this sucks." I felt great about my former calling- teaching EQ once a month. It required a grand total of about 30 minutes to 1 hour of preparation. I already had meetings and visits for 2 hours on Sunday- my first week in the actual calling. Outside of going inactive or sleeping around, I was hoping that I could figure out the key to being an EQ teacher or in the Sunday school presidency for the remainder of my days. |
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10-23-2007, 09:15 PM | #47 | |
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Thanks! I thought you might. I must admit I was inspired by Tex, who is a smarter, funnier version of me.
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10-23-2007, 09:16 PM | #48 |
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they key is to have an aura of incompetence and irresponsibility.
If you are an effective teacher, they will wonder, what else could he be effective at? |
10-23-2007, 09:17 PM | #49 |
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10-23-2007, 09:23 PM | #50 | |
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Maybe, I'm mistaken
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Anyway, the point of my post was two-fold: 1) I'm perplexed by people thinking that they should congratulate someone about getting a calling; 2) What's the key to getting out of responsible callings in the future? The only time in recent memory where I intentionally boasted on an internet message board was when several posters on CB were totally perplexed by my comment of "it would be really difficult for a girl to hide from her new husband that she was not a virgin." In reply to their confusion, I said "Come on, either you guys are clueless or I resemble Secretariat more than I could possibly imagine." |
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