One of the completely unique things about Hong Kong is the Victoria 2nd Branch. It meets Tuesday through Saturday, offering a full block of meetings every day, but not on Sunday. This is totally outside of Church Handbook guidance but got First Presidency approval due to extenuating circumstances. Basically, the branch members are maids here in Hong Kong and don’t get to pick their day off. Their boss just randomly picks whatever day of the week they want and often it isn’t Sunday. To accommodate their needs, the Church decided to have a unit meet every day and encourage the sisters to make whatever day they have off their Sabbath that week. Tuesday there is probably only ten members that come but by Saturday the attendance pushes 100. It is a really unique experience and two senior couples are called specifically to run the branch and the younger missionaries help out with the Sacrament, giving talks, musical numbers, etc. when needed.
Due to this branch and the many units that meet in the Wan Chai building on Sunday you could easily take the Sacrament seven times a week and attend a full block of meetings each time. If you just went to Sacrament Meeting you could push it to nine times in a week. Last year on my travels throughout Asia there were areas with no Church so we just planned to drop by the Wednesday services in Hong Kong to partake of the Lord’s Supper. Very unique and a blessing to the members here.
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Yale,
I like your discussion about Victoria 2nd Branch. We write a monthly newsletter to our friends -- I hope you don't mind, but I barrowed some of your comments and the photo
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