Moving to a small branch brings a lot of changes. One that we've found kind of fun has to do with attendance. While living in a ward, we'd often say things like, "So and so isn't going to be there today." It didn't really upset the entire functionality of the meeting though. Our branch is slightly different.
We now play the "How Many People do You Think" game before church. We are usually within a couple people of guessing the entire meeting attendance. Today we guessed 15 and 16 came. Six of those came from our house. The snow was pretty bad when we were getting ready for church and our Primary President called to say she wouldn't be there and neither would her assistant because of the road conditions. She was calling us because we were the only Primary kids that would be there today. She also happens to be the branch organist so I knew I would be playing prelude music while praying for the only other person in our branch who knows how to play the piano to come. The boys just don't sit still all alone very well and Gary now sits on the stand as part of the Branch Presidency.
The weather was bad enough today that our High Council speaker from Flagstaff couldn't make it up either so the Branch President's wife - also the Relief Society President, and the clerk filled in with last minute talks. After Sacrament meeting we were all (our family and two other sisters who hadn't already done their tithing settlement) asked to stay long enough to do our tithing settlement and go home. Our two hour block shortened to one. It's definitely a change from a big ward!
1 comment:
Oh that makes me laugh. That is a funny story.
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