Testimony Meeting ideas


Some ideas for efficient Testimony meetings. If you are Mormon then you know exactly what I'm talking about. If you aren't then just try to think of the last time you listened to several speakers in a row who rambled on with no real point:


The Appeals Court Method: Have three small lights mounted on top of the podium; one red, one yellow, one green. The green one means that they have 2 minutes, the yellow 30 seconds, and when the red comes on their time is up and the microphone is switched off


The Monty Burns Method: This one is rather simple. There is a trap door that the speaker is standing on. After the speaker has gone over time or after the Bishop has determined that he/she has become tiresome then he hits a special button that opens the trap door and the person takes a trip down a giant slide into a room to which all of the screaming kids have been taken to from the chapel. This one can be easily incorporated into the 'Appeals Court' method.


The Motel 6 Method: This is mainly to keep 8 people from hopping up 2 minutes before the meeting is supposed to end. It consists simply of a 'vacancy-no vacancy' sign on the front of the podium. The 'vacancy' part is lit until the Bishop determines that enough people are on the stand to finish out the meeting, at which point the 'no vacancy' portion is lit. Perhaps a couple of those toll both barriers that raise and lower when you pay a toll can be used to help regulate this.

The Gong Show Method: I trust that this doesn't really need much explanation. DO NOT LET THE YOUNG MEN PARTICIPATE IN THIS!!!!



Interesting what you can come up with when you sit through enough of these things.

Well, there you have it. Several ideas for an efficient and semi-reverant testimony meeting. I am sure that at least one of these methods can help your ward.