Church stuff, for the record

Here is some church stuff, just for my record keeping purposes.  Last Sunday I was released as the Relief Society Weekday Meetings Coordinator.  I think I had the longest title of anyone at church.  Or at least the number one title that no one can remember the name of.  Anyway, I was the person who was in charge of all the R.S. activities, or Enrichment, or Homemaking as it was formerly called.  (I wonder if it will have another new name in a few years.)  I have had that calling for two years now and was on the committee before that.

Along with the release, I was called to be the Ward Choir Director.  If I am to be honest, I'm not super thrilled about this one.  But I will do it and I will do my best.  I also currently serve as the Organist and have had that calling for almost three years.  This leaves poor Nate to fend for himself with three kids on the bench for the first half of sacrament meeting.  He does a great job.

A month or two (maybe three?) ago, Nate was released from being the Sunday School President.  He had had that calling since we were made a ward.  He was then called to be the Assistant Varsity Scout Leader.  He teaches lessons every other week and goes to mutual on Wednesday nights.  I guess they also have a lot of campouts, which he is super excited (not) about.  Let's face it, some people really like to camp, and then there's us.  I'm good with a house.  And a bed.  And a toilet.  Nate feels the same way about life.

Today we got a new bishopric.  It's been almost five years since we were divided off from another ward and became a brand new ward.  So today was the day for our setup to change a bit.  You want to know what is kind of funny?  Our "original" Relief Society president from five years ago is still in her calling.  How often does the RS President outlast the Bishop?  I would say that in our times today, that has to be pretty rare.  I think that being the RS President for five years in and of itself has to be rare.

As for other church news, my post a few weeks ago about having five wards in our building was a little misinformed.  We did have five wards in our building for about four months at the end of last year.  They started at 7:30 and ran every two hours with the last block being from 3:30-6:30.  They decided not to do that again this year because it was just too hard on the earliest and latest wards.  So this year, one of the wards is renting an elementary school to meet in on Sundays.  I'm sure this happens a lot, maybe in other countries, where the LDS population is small.  It was a little surprising to hear about this kind of thing right here where there are stakes and temples all over the place.  But I guess the school charges quite a lot to let them rent it on Sundays.  Because of the high cost, they don't rent enough rooms for everyone to have a classroom, so some of the classes are held in the hallways.  (This is an unconfirmed rumor... I should ask someone in that ward if it is true...)  But I do know for sure that people in that ward do not like it.  And I can imagine.  That would be... different.  The hope right now if for the new stake center to be finished around November.  I sure hope so for that other ward's sake.  I feel so bad that they have gotten kicked out of the building!

I think that is it for my church updates!