A Little Research Project for Fast and Testimony Meeting

[CardiacCoug]

Stayed home due to The Masters.

Same. Sorry JIC. I'll report next month if I remember.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Stayed home due to The Masters.

Same. Sorry JIC. I'll report next month if I remember.

I've got Bette Midler in my mind thinking about you two while I sit in a non-testistory sacrament.

[PaloAltoCougar]

1. 7 minutes
2. 9
3. 40 minutes exactly (we went overtime)

We had a total of twelve testimonies, equally divided between men and women. One 17 year-old, the rest were all adults. No kids.

[Coach McGuirk]

I've got Bette Midler in my mind thinking about you two while I sit in a non-testistory sacrament.

We are the wind beneath your wings?

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

We are the wind beneath your wings?

Heroes.

[Clark Addison]

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.

Also exclude any child who appears to be less than the age of 12

1. 5 minutes
2. 11 (3 kids not counted in this)
3. 32 minutes. I think we usually have more than this, but we had a bunch of announcements today, plus a baby blessing.

[The_Tick]

1. 12 minutes
2. 6 people after the 3rd testimony.
3. 32 minutes

[clackamascoug]

Exact words from a 78 year old dear lady.

"I tried to start the rototiller to work my garden area, but I couldn't get it to start. I knelt down and said a prayer asking Heavenly Father to help me start the rototiller. When it still wouldn't start I thought I needed the power of the priesthood, and I asked my husband to say a prayer for the rototiller. Well, you know what happened, it started right up."

Well, you know what happened. There was a firestorm of mad women after the meeting.

15 minutes
10
35, but went to 40.

We did have two very long periods when no one got up, and then at 5 after 3 people made a charge to be the last.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Bump for today. I will post the data this evening

[Moliere]

It's Fast Sunday?!?

Glad I checked CS after eating two Costco muffins and a big glass of OJ. It snuck up on me after having it 2 weeks ago.

[smokymountainrain]

It's Fast Sunday?!?

Glad I checked CS after eating two Costco muffins and a big glass of OJ. It snuck up on me after having it 2 weeks ago.

Same. But that French toast topped with homemade strawberry jam was delish!

[Moliere]

9 minutes
16 testimonies
38 minutes

[smokymountainrain]

1. 6 minutes
2. 12 testimonies
3. 34 minutes

[BigFatMeanie]

Dang, I forgot about this thread. I could have collected the data.

I'm big on collecting data in FT meeting. I keep track of all the testimony bearers each month. I don't know why I do this, just some compulsive weirdness I have.

So far there have been 5 FT meetings this year and we only have one person with a three-peat (screw you Pat Riley) but she's just a kid. There are several of the usual suspects vying for the three-peat (again, screw you Pat Riley) so next month should be interesting to see who gets there first although they should all be ashamed of themselves that they let a kid beat them to the punch.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Ok, finally the data

35 responses:

Avg time to finish first 3 testimonies: 10 minutes
Avg # of testimonies after the 1st 3: 10 people
Avg time ater 1st 3: 35.7 minutes