I reached the upper echelons of church heirarchy when I was called to listen in on PEC meetings and Branch Presidency meetings. I made notes and agendas and sent out reminder emails. Well, anytime I'm asked to do something, its up to me to be irreverent about it. Example email reminder:
So, are we ready for coming early to church early for meetings? I know I am!!
Candace- did you still want to keep on the agenda for this Sunday the Relief Society emphasis on asking the elders out on dates?
Scott - Does President Lauritzen know about your side plans for the third hour discussion during Elder's Quorum on dating etiquette? Should we stick that on the agenda?
Russell - Are there any single ladies (between 24-29 years of age, sporty, maybe spanish-speaking, no divorces or children) that are in missionary discussions? David Foulk wanted me to ask.
This might be the first meeting I'm excited to show up to!!! J/k (no, but serious, it would be amazing)
or...
Oh, snap!!! Here I'm busy with my worldly duties by watching the NBA playoffs and I totally forgot to send...THE REMINDERS!!!! I know Scott is controlling his temper and silently thinking that this is just a microcosm for the society we live in, but then he goes back and figures out the speed of electrons in a vacuum and realizes that at least when the reminders fail, his structured atoms won't.
Well, I decided to step it up a notch on what turned out to be my 2nd to last sunday in the calling when I decided to make one little typo in the agenda just to see if anyone noticed. On the agenda, it was supposed to be labeled as "Break-the-fast" but I replaced one letter to make the social activity extremely unappealing. Well, people noticed, giggled, and chuckled under their breath and I was approached later by the branch president asking if I recognized the error I made, to which I feigned ignorance. I was released the next sunday.
A couple days ago, I received this on my facebook page from the RS President.
Funny story. Pres. L is scared to have Ethan make agendas because of the one you made! We haven't had an agenda since you left. Way to go! haha