I went into depression on this day and it worsened toward the time we had to get to the meeting.
My kids told me in more recent times of how this meeting freaked them out -
It was even worse when you had to do the Pass the Emblems Detail along with its ritual of passing the wine to the Pass-around elders in some strange and obscure choreographed sequence. All these elders had to be seated and then one would bring the emblems to the group - sitting in the front seats - they would pass it down the line then he would sit and the last one in line would get up and pass it to him and he would then reject it and pass it back to this one who would then return it to the table.
Worse still was giving the Mem. talk and you had to emphasis that only the anointed partake - just in case some pleb got it wrong. Followed by the big Recruitment Announcement that had to be read out in conclusion.
Brother Annointed who was always picked to pray over the wine and would pray for several minutes while kids cried and elders coughed loudly trying to signal him to say Amen. So one year my 15 month old son decides this gig is going on too long and shouts out "Amen" during his diatribe - [We DID NOT spank him - mom hugged him tighter ! ]