All open mic fans. I have a request.
I would like a report from F&T for the following items
1. Time from after the opening testimony of the bishopric to when the 3rd testimony is complete
2. The number of testimonies given after the 3rd
3. Total time alotted for testimonies at your meeting(from after the bish testimony to their closing statement)
I cannot reveal the reason for this as it may skew reporting.
Thank you for your help with this data collecting adventure.
I'm on it, chief.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Why not do these as a parlay?
“The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there's little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.”
― Carl Sagan
Does the location /State figure into your data collection? I would be curious how/if it differs region to region.
Originally Posted by UtahDan
No, but feel free to add it. I think it would be interesting as well.
I'll be home with a sick kid, but I can foresee what it'll be here. First 3 testimonies = 2 1/2 minutes......a line of 8-10 kids "I'd like to bear my testimony....." Followed by maybe 5-6 adults, and, of course, the sister missionaries. :wuap:
Aw man...My first sacrament meeting in 5 weeks and it's F&T? Dang. That is my punishment.
And coming next month, F&T BINGO!
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Da-da Da Da dahhh-ahhh! Screw the Y!
Testimony Meeting
1st three - 10:40
Four total testimonies post first three
23:43 total time
12 minutes to finish of first three
9 after
Total time: 32 minutes
1. 7 minutes
2. 11
3. 33 minutes
All of this in the mission field of Farmington, Utah.
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When you say the first 3, does that 3 include the bishopric testimony?
No. Time starts after the bishopric testimony as well
1. 10 minutes (one member has just been diagnosed with bladder cancer and took a little longer than usual)
2. 12 more testimonies after the 3rd one
3. 49 minutes (we went 7-8 minutes over time because a lot of people wanted to talk).
This was in a suburban ward in Los Angeles.
Last edited by LA Ute; 03-03-2013 at 11:56 AM.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Redding, CA
1. 7:30
2. 10
3. 40 minutes
1. 10 min (1 kid)
2. 11 people (3 kids)
3. 32 min
In Lehi.
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Last edited by Slim; 03-03-2013 at 06:01 PM.
1. 11 minutes (the Stake Patriarch and his wife were 2 of the 3)
2. 9
3. 33 minutes.
Northern Utah County.
10 minutes- mean age of 70 for the first three
10
35 minutes
ripe white field of Mesa,AZ
Sorry I can't help as I was up all night with work. I would ask my wife but she was distracted by the guy in the row in front of her who was trying to touch the hair and bra strap of the woman in front of him. He also was, um, touching himself.
"Don't apologize; it's not your fault. It's my fault for overestimating your competence."
5 minutes-2 quick missionary ones.
I believe we just ended number 9, but might have been 10. I was foyer duty for a disruptive kid.
36 minutes
Santa Clara Stake of Zion, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America, Earth.
1. 12:20 - first 3 speakers
2. 11 - several children
3. 35 minutes
1. 2 minutes.
2. 16 people.
3. 41 minutes.
This was in Irvine, CA.
1. 12 minutes
2. 16 people
3. 45 minutes (went about five minutes long)
I hate to skew the results but it's an honest report.
First three - 23 minutes. (10/8/5)(Visiting former stake president walked down memory lane, and turn the meeting about "remeber when" love fest. Speaker #2 was so inspired that he mentioned about 20 people b name, and how much he loved them, after he recited "He stopped loving her Today" by George Jones.)
Eight.
35 Minutes.
Someone needs to make an app for this.
I'm thankful I have nothing to add to this thread.
-What would you do if you saw spaceships over Glasgow?
Would you fear them?
Every aircraft, every camera, is a wish that wasn't granted.
What was that for?
Try to be bad.
When are the results being published and in what journal?
Midway through the meeting I was overwhelmed with a full and complete understanding of the atonement that could be described in easy-to-understand terms, along with an undeniable conviction that I should share it with the congregation, but I didn't want to skew the results of Jarid's experiment so I stayed seated. My understanding has now passed.
Did anyone else have testistory day today? I have no idea why.
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