Finally asked to be released from my calling, now bishopric is coming for me
I haven’t been active in over 2 years. But I continued doing my calling which was being on the compassionate service committee, because I felt like that was one thing about the church I still felt good about - serving neighbors, bringing meals during a hard time, birthday gifts or new baby gifts.
After a while though, it started feeling disingenuous for me to still be doing this, when I don’t believe in the church anymore at all. They also changed the birthday gifts to be a framed picture of the temple with a list of the temple covenants on the back which I thought was super distasteful, considering we give them to everyone, even inactive members or members who haven’t been endowed🤨
I finally asked to be released a few days ago, and I decided to be honest about it rather than make up some lame excuse for it. So I told the relief society president that I haven’t been active in 2 years and holding a calling doesn’t align with my beliefs anymore. She was nice about it and I felt good.
This morning at 7am, I receive a text from an unknown number that just says “Hi Sister ____, a member of the bishopric would like to meet with you tomorrow after church. Are you available at _____?”
I am so annoyed. Just picturing the conversation that was had about me during ward council. I’ve sat in on many many ward councils. I know how it goes. The RS President telling everyone what I said and the bishop telling his secretary to add me to the list of people for him to meet with. He doesn’t even know me. What does he think he’s gonna say to me that will change my mind?
There’s no way I’m having that meeting. Now I’m deciding if I should even text back or just ignore the text.
No one reached out the entire 2 years I’ve been inactive… but now I’m on the radar. Now I’m on a list. Maybe I shouldn’t have been so honest when I asked to be released 🫠
Posted Sep 6, 2025, 2:23 PM UTC