Home and Visiting Teaching Pyramid - A fun diagram depicting our Home / Visiting Teaching relationships.
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Home and Visiting Teaching Pyramid
Visiting Teaching Conference Handout
Visiting Teaching Conference Handout
A simple, yet spiritual handout perfect for the Visiting Teaching program.
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Visiting Teaching Quotes
From the LDS Daily WOOL Archive on Visiting Teaching.
“Today, countless women in the Church reach out to others through visiting teaching and compassionate service, which are still the heart of Relief Society. They bless the lives of others-and buoy up those who may be discouraged or homesick, frightened or disheartened. They remember the counsel given us by a prophet that ‘God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs. Therefore, it is vital that we serve each other in the kingdom’ (Spencer W. Kimball, “Small Acts of Service”, Ensign, Dec. 1974, p. 5).” Sister Joy F. Evans, Lord, When Saw We Thee An Hungred, General Conference, April 1989
“Elder Bruce R. McConkie has so eloquently taught us that service is essential to salvation. I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. Progress is not created by contented people. It is up to us, you and me, to be uncomfortable in complacency, to refrain from being spectators, and to be players in the game of life. The Lord has chosen His people to perform a mighty work. Our home teaching, our visiting teaching should be more than going; it should be doing with Christian love. It can be done; you can each do your portion of the work because you desire it.” Elder Russell C. Taylor, The Joy of Service, General Conference, October 1984
“The first-line support to the families in the Church organization is priesthood home teaching and Relief Society visiting teaching. These functions provide two important services. They keep the bishop, the quorum leader, and the Relief Society president adequately informed of the physical, emotional, temporal, and spiritual condition of the membership. They also have teaching opportunities and serve as a resource to provide some of the training to the families as they prepare for self-sufficiency.” Elder L. Tom Perry, The Need to Teach Personal and Family Preparedness, General Conference, April 1981
“Welfare services is the full program the Lord has provided us–provident living, personal and family preparedness, home and visiting teaching, producing and distributing goods to the poor, rehabilitating members with especially difficult needs or handicaps, securing jobs for the unemployed, restoring emotionally disturbed souls to full activity in the Church and society, with all of us consecrating our lives to the building up of the kingdom of God on earth.” President Spencer W. Kimball, The Fruit Of Our Welfare Services Labors, General Conference, October 1978
“I bear testimony to you that home teaching is the divinely inspired method by which we can best touch lives within this Church. Right beside this tremendous priesthood process is Relief Society visiting teaching. Paul had the spirit of home teaching and visiting teaching when he wrote to Timothy: ‘And the things that thou has heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.’ (2 Tim. 2:2.)” Elder Robert L. Simpson, These Four Things, General Conference, April 1976
“I have another good friend–a contemporary of mine–Geneva Brown. She has also been a great inspiration to me. A number of years ago she became afflicted with multiple sclerosis. Her health steadily deteriorated, confining her to a wheelchair. It would have been an easy thing for her to give up, but it was not her nature. She was a person who was used to doing and being busy in all kinds of things. But she has shown more determination than ever and has kept herself busy.
We saw her one day just coming out of the temple. I watched as her husband wheeled her across the street from the temple to the car, as he opened the door, and as she lifted herself from the wheelchair into the car. I kept wanting to reach out and help her some way. But she has learned how to manage. She is interested in people and things. How easy it would have been for her to refuse a calling in the Church, even to be a visiting teacher. Certainly she had an excuse. She didn’t need to be a visiting teacher, but it was not her nature to quit. She was able to drive a car with special controls, so she would go on her visiting teaching rounds with her companion. When she arrived at the home of the sister to be visited, a beep of the horn would bring the sister out of her home to sit in the back seat of the car and be taught. Neighbors along the street, seeing the fun that was going on, would come out of their homes and join them until there was a car full. Many were lifted and edified by this wonderful woman who was willing to push on and go the extra mile.” President Barbara W. Winder, “No Joy Without The Struggle”, BYU Speeches of the Year 1987-88, 7 June 1987
“Opportunities to lose oneself for the good of others present themselves daily:… visiting teaching; time for compassionate service; giving comfort to those who need strength; serving with diligence in Church callings;… Truly, the day of sacrifice is not past.” President Ezra Taft Benson, This Is A Day Of Sacrifice, General Conference, April 1979
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Visiting Teaching Circle
Visiting Teaching Circle
Great Handouts for your LDS Relief Society Visiting Teaching Program
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Best Dressed Visiting Teacher
LDS Relief Society Visiting Teaching Helps
Great Handouts for your LDS Relief Society Visiting Teaching Program.
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Visiting Teaching Resource Page
Here’s an informative visiting teaching resource page.
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Visiting Teaching - Ways to Show You Care
I found this article on visiting teaching which includes suggestions on how to make visiting teaching a more meaningful experience. There are also a few good quotes.
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LDSTeach.com Tutorial For Submitting Content
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A VISITING TEACHER By J. Richardson
A - A calling from God.
V - Visting Teaching can be a wonderful exerience if you…
I - Invite the Spirit of God to go with you through prayer.
S - Say only kind word in the home of those you visit and…
I - Inspire the sisters by bing a good example.
T - Teach the message the Lord wants each sister to receive.
I - Ivite each one to attend Relief Society.
N - Never take your troubles into the homes of those you visit.
G - Gossip should not be allowed or encouraged.
T - True love to give to your fellow sister.
E - Each visiting teach can be friend
A - Always check in during the first part of the month.
C - Consider yourself a teacher and…
H - Honor the call that is yours
E - Enjoy your companion and sisters and the…
R - Rewards will be great
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Is This Really Worth It?” by Marti Walker
It seems like each visit with our Home Teachers gets worse. These wonderful men arrive on time, in white shirts and ties, with a prepared message, and then it happens. My darling little children evolve into monsters!
During their last visit, even before they could sit down, my son began tossing sofa pillows at his sister. As they engaged in a full-blown pillow fight, our toddler mischievously giggled as she flipped the light switch on and off. All of this occurred, of course, just five minutes after we reminded our children of appropriate behavior during Home Teaching visits. Sound familiar? These are the times when I ask myself, “Why do we even do this. I’m not feeling The Spirit. Is this really worth it?”
Whether you have little ones in your home or you have been assigned to teach a family with young children, chances are you’ve witnessed something similar. Home Teaching and Visiting Teaching callings can provoke similar frustration and doubt when you face less-than-ideal circumstances.
Maybe the frustration comes from an assignment to Home Teach a family who is conveniently never home even when an appointment is scheduled. Maybe the doubts are due to visits with a less active sister who seems to allow you into her home only to debate LDS doctrine. Maybe the distractions in your life are due to working two jobs and you feel overwhelmed trying to fit Home Teaching appointments in between the chaos. Whatever your circumstances, at times, you may wonder, “Is this really worth it?”
Take comfort, it really is worth it! Regardless of your situation, Home Teaching and Visiting Teaching are the Lord’s work! Your dedicated service has eternal rewards, both for yourself and for those you teach. You may not see the fruit of your labor immediately or even in this lifetime. However, if you can say that you gave your best efforts, even under difficult circumstances, the rewards will be great.
Stress, frustration, doubt and disappointment may accompany Home and Visiting Teaching assignments. These are chief tools of the adversary. We must remember the source and know there is “opposition in all things.”
Maybe the next visit with the home teachers will go better. Maybe the next attempt to visit with a difficult family will be inviting. Maybe the next time the Home Teachers come the children will listen. Our challenge is to maintain an eternal perspective. We do this by tuning out the distractions and following the prompting of the Holy Spirit.
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