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When and how did elders quorum become a group of 20\/30 somethings and high priests group become a group of everyone else?<\/p>\n

I was having my first PPI as elders quorum president<\/a> with my bishop last night, and we were discussing all the older members of our ward who are assigned to elders quorum in the computer. They are not active and hold the priesthood office of elder, so the computer assigns them to our quorum. The oldest is 92.<\/p>\n

At first, we discussed how some of them need to be assigned to the high priests, such as those in their 80s and 90s. As we started to get toward those in their 40s and 50s, however, things started to become less clear cut.<\/p>\n

So we chatted some more about it. At the end we had determined that the tendency to send older brethren to high priests group based on age has developed some problems. It destroys quorum unity, it makes it difficult to staff quorum positions, it removes training opportunities for new home teachers, etc.<\/p>\n

We concluded that we would leave things as they are now (all those brethren remaining in elders quorum) and that the bishop would discuss it in bishopric meeting and PEC.<\/p>\n

After the meeting, I gained a different perspective on the two groups. I really think that high priests group should be reserved for past bishopric members, high councilmen, stake presidency members, etc and for those who are more spiritually mature. Elders quorum is for people who are still struggling with the basics and need to learn things on a more fundamental level.<\/p>\n

If the Relief Society is not split based on age, why should the Melchizedek Priesthood quorums be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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