People To Serve With And Praying About-Who Does It?

[Duncan]

if you serve in an auxillary, can be whatever and you need a new counselor or teacher or assistant or whatever, who picks the names and prays about it? I was thinking if you are going to be serving with someone shouldn't you be the one to pick them and pray about it? should the bishopric give you names of people that can serve and you pick or should the Bishopric pick your counsellor or assistant or whatever?

[thesometimesaint]

I've served in several auxiliaries, and Priesthood leadership roles. The Bishop/Stake President has the final say at the Ward level. However we did listen to any input from those already serving.

[DBMormon]

I see the President of the said auxillary/quorum as being the one to receive the revelation for councselors, though as pointed out the Bishop has the last say. The one exception is Young Men's - that revelation belongs to the Bishop entirely for who serves as President and Councelors

Edited December 21, 2012 by DBMormon

[rpn]

IME, most times the leaders have told the presidents to name their counselors, sometimes with --but not so and so, or consider strongly so and so. (Obviously bishoprics get the final say, but I've told them when I cannot get confirming revelation on someone they impose or continue to get revelation confirming someone they reject.)

I've been told by others that some bishops tell presidents whom it will be --- sometimes without even advanced warning (which IME gets mixed reviews: one who was flat out angry and still disagrees, said that she came to see the order as inspired. Several have told me that the top down was symptomatic of the leader's style and rarely seen as inspired and made the calling harder than it had to be and less effective.)

[rongo]

Several times as a bishop, I wanted to "lead the jury" and strongly recommend counselors to a new president, but was glad that I didn't ----- their selections were usually very inspired and were often not who I would have even considered. My wife is currently in the Relief Society presidency, and she was privy to my thoughts and leanings as well as the RS president's (we have had to replace several other counselors due to moves), and she has gained a strong preference for letting the presidents make their recommendations with no "steering" from leaders. We have had some really good experiences with that (there appeared to be very little to choose from for the bishopric, but the president would make some --- in hindsight ---- dynamite choices).

[mfbukowski]

Several times as a bishop, I wanted to "lead the jury" and strongly recommend counselors to a new president, but was glad that I didn't ----- their selections were usually very inspired and were often not who I would have even considered. My wife is currently in the Relief Society presidency, and she was privy to my thoughts and leanings as well as the RS president's (we have had to replace several other counselors due to moves), and she has gained a strong preference for letting the presidents make their recommendations with no "steering" from leaders. We have had some really good experiences with that (there appeared to be very little to choose from for the bishopric, but the president would make some --- in hindsight ---- dynamite choices).

I agree and also those who have been called to presidencies also are the best to judge those with whom they work well and with whom they communicate well.

Perhaps the biggest problem for me was the availability issue- sometimes moving one key person requires practically reorganizing the entire Ward to fill vacated positions when you start doing that. Usually though the Lord shows a way to pull it all together.

[Duncan]

I agree and also those who have been called to presidencies also are the best to judge those with whom they work well and with whom they communicate well.

Perhaps the biggest problem for me was the availability issue- sometimes moving one key person requires practically reorganizing the entire Ward to fill vacated positions when you start doing that. Usually though the Lord shows a way to pull it all together.

I call it the domino effect!