Callings

In the Mormon church, members are "called" by local leaders to formal positions of service--as teachers, administrators, helpers, etc. The leaders who extend the callings try to do this through the spirit, matching people with service opportunities in ways that God would approve of. 

The callings last anywhere from a few months to a few years--there is a constant coming and going in positions, usually just to give opportunity to serve in different ways. In addition, the "importance" or scope of the calling is always going up and down. For example, a man may serve five years as the leader of the local congregation, then as his next calling teach five-year-olds in the children's organization. 

This is a list of the callings I've held since I became an adult. I've written it down, not to be boastful of things I've done, but to demonstrate the many, and often repeated ways Mormons are given opportunity to serve others and their God. Being given callings doesn't make anyone special or bullet-proof; it just means you have been given formal ways to think of others.

BYU Provo, Utah  1969-1970

Priesthood leader (home teaching interviews)

Long Beach, CA  1970

Primary teacher

Munich, Germany  1970-1972

Missionary

Dependent Branch President

District Leader

Manhattan Beach, CA  1972

Sunday School teacher (Gospel Doctrine)

Centinela, CA  1973-1974

Elders Quorum instructor

Scoutmaster

BYU Provo, Utah  1974-1976

Elders Quorum Presidency

Elders Quorum President

Apia, Samoa 1977-1978

Stake Activities Committee

Ward Executive Secretary

Seventy (local missionary work)

San Diego, CA  1979-1980

Seventy

Seventy’s President/Group Leader

Dammam, Saudi Arabia 1981-1988

Sunday School teacher

Melchizedek Priesthood group leader

Primary chorister

(And others that I have forgotten)

Logan, Utah  1988-1990

Cub Scout Committee Chair

Aiken, SC  1990-1995

Assistant Scoutmaster

Young Men’s Presidency (Varsity leader)

High Priest Group Leader

Stake missionary

American Fork, UT  1995-2018

Sunday School teacher (13 year olds)

High Priests Group instructor

Sunday School teacher (Gospel doctrine)

Stake Sunday School presidency (2^nd counselor)

Stake High Councilor

Ward Clerk

Bishopric (2^nd counselor)

Sunday School President

Primary teacher

High Priest Group Leadership (First assistant)

Ward Choir director

High Priest group instructor
Prison volunteer (Family Home Evening teacher)

Cedar Hills, UT 2018-
Membership clerk

Single adult committee member

BYU Pathway Worldwide service missionary