In my experiences it seems that most of the work done in a ward or branch is always done by a core group of people. There is the regular group that always makes sure things are done, show up to service projects or help out, are willing to sub in classes, etc.
Is that the way it is elsewhere?
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Lo, there I see my mother, my sisters, my brothers Lo, there I see the line of my people back to the beginning Lo, they call to me, they bid me take my place among them In the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live...forever
There are several families at ours that basically handle 90% of the work. I have what could be construed as five callings given what I end up doing. I sure would not mind sharing the load.
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Lo, there I see my mother, my sisters, my brothers Lo, there I see the line of my people back to the beginning Lo, they call to me, they bid me take my place among them In the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live...forever
I talked about that with my previous bishop. He said there were 20-25 families in the ward he could count on to actually do anything he asked and accept any calling extended.
I talked about that with my previous bishop. He said there were 20-25 families in the ward he could count on to actually do anything he asked and accept any calling extended.
We are lucky to have that many families on a Sunday!
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Lo, there I see my mother, my sisters, my brothers Lo, there I see the line of my people back to the beginning Lo, they call to me, they bid me take my place among them In the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live...forever
Do you think sometime this trend is because those who are in the core groups don't ask/trust others to do work?
I know of an example where a person in a leadership calling resists attempts to help share the load by the others who could greatly lighten the load of this person.
No I don't. I think it is laziness. As I used to say when nobody would sign up to help clean the church on our month, "why should I clean the building, I don't own it."
Ooooh... cleaning the building. That's been kind of a sore spot. I think people receiving the Church welfare should be cleaning the building.
I was in a ward once that did that.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
BTW, this is why I loathed and despised group assignments in school. Whenever we were told to form groups and do an assignment, inevitably there would be one person who did most of the work, another person who helped a bit, and one or more (depending on the size of the group) who did nothing except add their name to the top of the assignment. It always seemed to me to be just a method to raise the average grade of the class.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
I better start swearing more or something... 
