Callings

Each member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is given a calling in the Church.  I think callings are a great way to keep people active in the Church, feel a part of the community and get things done.  I have had many callings since I became a member.  Here are a few of my favorites (in no specific order):

• Young Woman Secretary - I got to participate in Young Women (ages 13 to 17) meetings, teach, and best of all, go to Young Women's camp.
• Gospel Doctrine Teacher - Gospel Doctrine is Adult Sunday School.  I love to teach and really enjoyed preparing and teaching the adults every Sunday.
• Media Center Assistant - It was fun to work in the Church Library.  I got to know the materials and see a lot of people.  I like categorizing and organizing.  I also loved checking out all of the movies the Library had available.
• Choir Director - Although it's tough to get participants for the choir and I felt like I was always advertising for more singers, I loved leading the choir.  I was able to pick the music that the choir sang and chose some of my favorite songs that I hadn't heard in a while.
• 5 Year Old Primary Teacher - As I said before, I love to teach.  Teaching the 5 year olds was polar opposite to teaching adults as Gospel Doctrine Teacher.  The 5 year olds were a lot of fun.  I loved coming up with new and fun ways to get them to learn.  I also liked planning the message for sharing time when it was our turn to teach the Junior Primary.
• Family History Consultant - My husband and I were called to be Family History Consultants when we moved to our new Ward.  We went into member's homes who wanted to learn how to do family history searches on their own computers through familysearch.org and enter their family history in new.familysearch.org.  We also held informational seminars in the Church Family History Center for the Young Women and taught a Family History Presentation for a Relief Society meeting.  The best thing about this calling was that I learned a lot about Family History myself and began indexing records through familysearch.org

I testify that the Church's practice of extending callings to members is divinely inspired.  I have been blessed in so many ways in my callings as I have performed my duties and furthered the mission of the Church.  To learn more about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints please visit Mormon.org.