A Little Research project for Fast and Testimony meeting Tomorrow

[Jarid in Cedar]

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.

[LA Ute]

I'm on it, chief.

[UtahDan]

Why not do these as a parlay?

[Freaky Girl]

Does the location /State figure into your data collection? I would be curious how/if it differs region to region.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Why not do these as a parlay?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tC4hKe7X3w

[Jarid in Cedar]

Does the location /State figure into your data collection? I would be curious how/if it differs region to region.

No, but feel free to add it. I think it would be interesting as well.

[wuapinmon]

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'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:

[Utah]

Aw man...My first sacrament meeting in 5 weeks and it's F&T? Dang. That is my punishment.

[SuperGabers]

And coming next month, F&T BINGO!

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[Utah]

Testimony Meeting


1st three - 10:40


Four total testimonies post first three


23:43 total time

[Jarid in Cedar]

12 minutes to finish of first three

9 after
Total time: 32 minutes

[Senioritis]

1. 7 minutes
2. 11
3. 33 minutes

All of this in the mission field of Farmington, Utah.




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[Scratch]

When you say the first 3, does that 3 include the bishopric testimony?

[Jarid in Cedar]

When you say the first 3, does that 3 include the bishopric testimony?

No. Time starts after the bishopric testimony as well

[LA Ute]

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.

[OrangeUte]

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.

Redding, CA
1. 7:30
2. 10
3. 40 minutes

[Slim]

1. 10 min (1 kid)
2. 11 people (3 kids)
3. 32 min

In Lehi.

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[FMCoug]

1. 11 minutes (the Stake Patriarch and his wife were 2 of the 3)
2. 9
3. 33 minutes.

Northern Utah County.

[arizonaute]

10 minutes- mean age of 70 for the first three

10

35 minutes

ripe white field of Mesa,AZ

[hostile]

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. :eek:

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

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.

[Devildog]

1. 12:20 - first 3 speakers

2. 11 - several children

3. 35 minutes

[Scratch]

1. 2 minutes.
2. 16 people.
3. 41 minutes.

This was in Irvine, CA.

[UBlender]

1. 12 minutes
2. 16 people
3. 45 minutes (went about five minutes long)

[clackamascoug]

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.

[SoCalCoug]

And coming next month, F&T BINGO!

Someone needs to make an app for this.

[IdahoUteTroutHead]

I'm thankful I have nothing to add to this thread.

[FMCoug]

When are the results being published and in what journal?

[Scratch]

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.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Did anyone else have testistory day today? I have no idea why.

[OrangeUte]

Did anyone else have testistory day today? I have no idea why.

Hey - we still haven't gotten Jarid's report on this data.

We had a talk by a good friend of mine. He never cited scripture but he did use analogies from the movies "Money Ball" and "The Sandlot". Awesome.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Hey - we still haven't gotten Jarid's report on this data.

We had a talk by a good friend of mine. He never cited scripture but he did use analogies from the movies "Money Ball" and "The Sandlot". Awesome.

Need more. I was going to bump this thread this week.

[LA Ute]

Hey - we still haven't gotten Jarid's report on this data.

We had a talk by a good friend of mine. He never cited scripture but he did use analogies from the movies "Money Ball" and "The Sandlot". Awesome.

"The Sandlot" is one of my faves. It pretty much depicts my summers growing up.

[Jarid in Cedar]

I am going to bump this thread again. Needing more numbers. I will also see about getting data from CS as well.

[Slim]

1. 15 min
2. 9 people
3. 31 min

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[OrangeUte]

12 minutes
10 people
28 minutes

[Harry Tic]

Hey JiC, when will the results be rolled out? (I submitted my data on CS). Looking forward to seeing what you're up to. Make sure you properly acknowledge all of us in a footnote when the thing shows up in the Journal of the Statistical Assessment of LDS Worship Services or whatever.

[LA Ute]

1. 6:00
2. 9
3. 50:00+

[Jarid in Cedar]

Bump. I will post data this evening

[Sullyute]

1. 9 minutes
2. 8 testimonies
3. 33 minutes.

We had a baby blessing so we had a little less time than usual.

Edit: i put total testimonies the first time so I had to correct it.

[LA Ute]

6 minutes.
10 testimonies.
40 minutes.

[dfb32]

3 minutes
16 testimonies
37 minutes

[arizonaute]

10 minutes --1st three starring my wife as one of the first three
9 after that including my son
37 minutes five minutes late

ripe white field of Mesa, AZ

[Rocker Ute]

1. 30 minutes
2. 2
3. 35 minutes

First testimony was quite possibly the worst testimony I've heard in a church setting, completely zapped the spirit from the meeting. Followed by a good 7 minutes of silence and then two other quite strange testimonies. Five minutes left, a guy got up and shared a quick good one about his wife and him getting married and another from a dad who baptized his son the day before. The final 5 minutes should have swapped for the first 30.

This actually happened last week because Stake Conference was this week.

[Scratch]

3 minutes
15 after the third
32 minutes total

[San Diego Ute Fan]

1. 10 minutes
2. 11 testimonies
3. 33 minutes

Highlight of the meeting was a very intelligent 9 year old boy from a well-respected family. He made his way to the pulpit and was all business:

"I'm only up here because my mom said she'd give me M&M's if I came up."

The congregation exploded with unconstrained laughter. The kid smiled approvingly, said all of the usual things and sat down. Gotta love F&T Meeting.

[arizonaute]

excited to see what the results are and what does it mean???

[Jarid in Cedar]

excited to see what the results are and what does it mean???

Sorry. I promise to get it done this week.

[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

[Solon]

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

So, what does this all mean?
That the average testimony is around 3 minutes long, whether it's in the first 3 or later on?

[Diehard Ute]

I can tell you what it means to me...when I was going to church the entire service was 45 minutes.....