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MONTPELLIER, ID—The Montpellier Stake announced in last Sunday’s Stake Conference that they have released Heavenly Father from his calling as “God Almighty.” In a special session designated for the occasion, President M. Langdon Perry thanked the Lord for his millennia of worthy service, but acknowledged that there comes a time for everyone when their work is through.
When asked whether or not he was concerned about God’s reaction to being released, President Perry just shrugged. “We all take our turn in the kingdom. I’ll be released myself, someday.”
However other Stake sources have revealed, on condition of anonymity, that the release was long over due. “Frankly, we think He dropped the ball a long time ago,” said one highly placed Stake official. “It’s just hard to figure out what else to do with God once you release Him.”
One Stake official produced a sizeable list spanning several pages of all the “inspired callings gone awry.” Included on the list were choristers who couldn’t read music, a Bishopric member in a 3-year extra-marital affair, a Relief Society instructor with a social anxiety disorder, a Boy Scout leader who was afraid of the dark, and miscellaneous pedophiles serving in various capacities with children.
“How in the world are we supposed to run a Stake when this is the best inspiration we can get?” asked the official.
Stake members received the news with mixed emotions. Said Sister Miranda Twilliger, “I think He was an excellent God, really I do. But I would have a hard time sustaining Him again after he called me to the Nursery and just left me there for four years.”
Others are more blunt. “He quit caring about this job a long time ago,” said Stake Athletic Director Gary Conlon. “I knew it when my brother got called as a Financial clerk. Doesn’t God know how to do a background check?”
Many Stake members expressed concern about the leadership transfer at the level of “God”, but the Stake President assured his congregation that the other two members of the Godhead held all the keys to the kingdom, and that God’s replacement would be revealed soon enough. In the meantime, Heavenly Father was called to serve as the Cub Scout Committee Chairman in the 1st Ward, and was sustained unanimously by the usual sign.
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