Dan was so excited a month ago when he was called as the new assistant membership clerk in our ward, but week after week he was never released from his other church jobs: ward janitor, nursery substitute, building scheduler, and nightly lock-up, among several other tedious and not-so-fun jobs. As you can see by the list of jobs he had it might be less painful and more fun to slit your wrists. Dan thought maybe the bishopric had it out for him, or the first counselor was just getting even after Dan made fun of his son for liking the U of U. For most of July and part of August Dan was not only doing his new church calling, but he also was cleaning the church, opening the building by 6:00am Sunday mornings, setting up all of the chairs, making sure the building was locked up every night, teaching Sunday school for a friend who was out of town, and making sure the Nursery teachers didn't need him to substitute. Dan had almost given up hope and thought he was stuck with these calling for life. Last Sunday they finally released him of all janitorial, and substitute duties. But, being the good guy that he is, still went to the church this morning to make sure they didn't need help cleaning it. He was afraid the parking lot was going to be empty and he would end up cleaning it by himself (it has happened before!). Dan came home relieved that the new "janitor" had it under control. It feels like the end of an era almost. This calling has taught us one major thing. . .when it is our ward's turn to clean the church Dan and I will willingly volunteer!
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Dan Says Goodbye to Janitor Calling
Dan was so excited a month ago when he was called as the new assistant membership clerk in our ward, but week after week he was never released from his other church jobs: ward janitor, nursery substitute, building scheduler, and nightly lock-up, among several other tedious and not-so-fun jobs. As you can see by the list of jobs he had it might be less painful and more fun to slit your wrists. Dan thought maybe the bishopric had it out for him, or the first counselor was just getting even after Dan made fun of his son for liking the U of U. For most of July and part of August Dan was not only doing his new church calling, but he also was cleaning the church, opening the building by 6:00am Sunday mornings, setting up all of the chairs, making sure the building was locked up every night, teaching Sunday school for a friend who was out of town, and making sure the Nursery teachers didn't need him to substitute. Dan had almost given up hope and thought he was stuck with these calling for life. Last Sunday they finally released him of all janitorial, and substitute duties. But, being the good guy that he is, still went to the church this morning to make sure they didn't need help cleaning it. He was afraid the parking lot was going to be empty and he would end up cleaning it by himself (it has happened before!). Dan came home relieved that the new "janitor" had it under control. It feels like the end of an era almost. This calling has taught us one major thing. . .when it is our ward's turn to clean the church Dan and I will willingly volunteer!
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When we were in Provo, EJ had that calling and there were many, many times we cleaned the church by ourselves. One time, EJ wasn't able to leave work, so I actually cleaned the church by myself. Definitely not the funnest calling.
Hooray! That is happy news!
It's so nice to be released from the not so fun callings. Hopefully dan has put in his time and won't have to do something like that again for a long time!
Does he still have a library key? That's all I care about! ;)
He was wearing a lot of hats, glad he got rid of a few. He was doing a great job though, sorry to hear about your laundry room, that kind of stuff makes me crazy.
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