#hearLDSwomen: Getting My Bishop to Staff Primary Callings Is a Nightmare

[image error]I was Primary president in a ward that wasn’t huge, but we did definitely have plenty of adults who could’ve helped out in Primary. I suggested name after name and nothing. ever. happened. So one week, I dismissed all the classes that didn’t have teachers. I said, “Tell your parents that you don’t have class today because we don’t have a teacher for you.” Guess what? The next week, five new teachers were called.

– Amy Giauque Chamberlain

 

Every single time our Primary presidency warned that someone was not a good fit for Primary, that we didn’t want them working with children–and they got called to be Primary workers over our objections.

– L

 

Being in a Primary presidency, and the names we turned in were ignored, and random people were called to Primary without telling us until we heard it over the pulpit.

– Jennifer

 

Once in the Primary presidency, I submitted a list of 15 names to staff four vacant Cub Scout callings–like, just take your pick, any of these will do–and was told no for every single one. So, I handed them a list of the four callings and said, you fill these. You find someone because I’m tired of trying.

Oddly enough, I ended up with four people who had been on the list of 15.

– Leah Marie Silverman

 

Pro Tip: Respect the stewardships of the women in your ward, and keep them in the loop on callings that fall under their authority.

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“If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.” (Mark 4:23)