jonathan909817 Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Do you ask someone to consider you for a calling or do they just kinda ask you if they feel you are right for the position after praying about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThimm88 Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 · Hidden Hidden The bishop is the one who generally asks if you want a calling, though he works with others (presidents from elders quorum, relief society, sunday school, counselors, etc), and those others and he will pray for guidance on who should be called to a specific calling. :) Link to comment
gabelpa Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 You get asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEthePrimate Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Just show up for church, and eventually they'll extend you a calling. Trust me on this! Heck, even if you don't show up for church, they might extend you a calling in order to reactivate you! HEP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RanMan Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 I think the real question is how do you avoid getting a calling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mysticmorini Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 I think the real question is how do you avoid getting a calling.lol ditto. i think short of making yourself unworthy to hold a calling its pretty much futile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnn727 Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Our ward actually has a good problem to have - we have so many active members that without making up callings (which we have done) not every active member can have a calling. So if you have an extremly large number of active ward members you may spend some time without a calling. The Bishop and the leaders of the various auxilleries should be depending on prayer and inspiration to make callings, however I know from past experience this does not always happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayanna Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 My bishop told me that everyone needs to be nourished by the good word, a friend, and a calling. You can tell him that you would like a calling, and then wait a while for one. He will need time to pray about it, and when the Lord says where the proper place for you is, the bishop will call you into his office and tell you :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenRaines Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Bishops or counselors extend callings. It depends on assigned stewardship given by the Bishop. If the First Counselor is over Young Men program then he extends callings to those in Young Men. Ben Raines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CopenKagan Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 I moved into a new ward and had 2 callings within 3 months. It will happen sooner or later, trust me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefche Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 Actually, you have a calling. As a baptized member, you are called to serve others. Serving can include doing your home/visiting teaching, sustaining and supporting those with official callings, taking opportunities to quietly serve someone who needs it, among many other ways to serve. Look around you--there are many ways to serve whether in your family, ward, or community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingnut Posted August 27, 2010 Report Share Posted August 27, 2010 My bishop told me that everyone needs to be nourished by the good word, a friend, and a calling.I'd say your bishop is a wise man. Actually, he's referencing President Hinckley's talk Find the Lambs, Feed the Sheep, in which President Hinckley says the same thing, with one little distinction. He chooses the word 'assignment' instead of 'calling. And he's referring primarily to new members. For many new members, adjusting to doctrine and culture is a huge change to make, and a calling is often too much to handle right off the bat. An assignment, however, might be more manageable: greeter, missionary meal coordinator, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamiele Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 How to get a calling? Try this.... Slip into the back of the church and sit by yourself. Wear dark glasses and avoid eye contact with other members. Speak to no one!! Leave hastily during the closing hymn and bolt for the door. Worked for me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy740 Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Ask your Bishop for a calling. Don't forget that being a home teacher/visiting teacher IS a calling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yehshen Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 UH OH. I'm a new convert of six weeks, and your description sounds like me, ....and I just got a calling. Maybe my bishop read your post! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slamjet Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I'll one up all of you... Get ex'd, get calling. And I haven't even been returned to the fold yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annewandering Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Sometimes you do not get a calling. Sorry if anyone thinks you will auto get one. We never did in most wards we lived in. In one ward we just got tired of it and when the bishop called us in to chat we asked if we could do something in genealogy. He laughed and asked if we would like to team teach a family history class which we did. Sometimes you do have to ask. Of course in another ward we asked and were never asked to do anything so.... Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prisonchaplain Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I found out a few years ago that you do not even have to attend an LDS ward to get a calling. Just hang around a gathering of three or more (even in cyber-reality), and you'll get called to something. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmarch Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Do you ask someone to consider you for a calling or do they just kinda ask you if they feel you are right for the position after praying about itTheres nothing against letting a leader know that you think you are qualified for some position and indicate that youd like to serve in that role. However inspiration and revelation are pretty much trump. There have been a few cases where a leader has thought about calling a person to one position only to get inspiration when they prey and seek for guidance to put that perso in a differnt position than originally planned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_last_gunslinger Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I wouldn't know. I've been a member for fifteen years and have never had one. My parents, on the other hand, were called to be ward librarians back in 2004 and they served in that capacity until a few weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annewandering Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 I wouldn't know. I've been a member for fifteen years and have never had one. My parents, on the other hand, were called to be ward librarians back in 2004 and they served in that capacity until a few weeks ago.I guess we are the unloved and unwanted. We have certainly felt that way. If you feel that way Gunslinger just remember God loves you and has work for you even if the ward doesnt. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSVALLEY Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Stand in front of the Bishop's office for ten minutes and yawn! They have x-ray hearing for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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