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[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Archaea

That's revealed to you when you become ward clerk. See those people in the foyer during sacrament? They must be members of your ward. And the ones getting water? Do you count over if somebody's absent you may or may not account for them and then you see them come in?

Plus it's only the high number that matters for the new program.

with the "give missing members church HQ address" (which I actually suggested to my bishopric), I have to say you are the best ward clerk I have ever come across. Maybe that's why you are assistant to the regional manager here.