PROVO — Like many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Eric Smith expects the church to announce that its weekly worship services will be reduced from 3 hours to 2 hours during this weekend’s General Conference.

“Yeah, my roommate’s cousin’s friend’s mission president pretty much confirmed it,” said Smith.

Smith said that he is looking forward to only attending church for two hours a week instead of three.

“Now I can watch 17 hours of football over the course of the weekend instead of just 16.”

Some LDS members have theorized that the potential loss in church time will be replaced with a brand new program or initiative that will constitute a net increase in the amount of time members have to do ‘church stuff.’

Smith disagrees.

“I think we’re just going to get an hour off of church for free,” he said. “After all, the church has a long history of asking less and less of its members. You know, ‘Shorten your stride’ and all that.”

The Daily Frick asked LDS Church president Russell M. Nelson about Smith’s predictions.

“Brother Smith is actually right on the money,” said Nelson. “I want my legacy as church President to be ‘Do less.’ That’s why we’re cutting church to 2 hours, tithing to 1%, missions to 6 months and selling half our temples off to a haunted house franchise.”