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Visiting Teaching Workshop

Our Relief Society is having a VT workshop this Saturday and guess who has to organize it? I would appreciate a LOT if you all can give some ideas of what to do in this workshop. Thanks in advance.

Teaching Home and Teaching Visiting

Our RS did this a while back. There were helps on ways to make little "pick me up" gifts that didn't cost a lot, like home made cards; little flower pots (2" high) painted with simple patterns and filled with either a little plant or a sweet; how to gently approach a sister who may need church welfare help; ideas for getting sisters together who may not know each other but have similar interests. How to encourage each sister to *do* her visits, and be comfortable in that calling. Things to ask, if you are a supervisor, things to help the sisters in your district to get their teaching done. It was all very gently done, the RS sisters have such a sweet spirit, and they truly want to help all the sisters to be visited and cared for. That was the focus of the workshops, to encourage us to love and serve one another with happy hearts. Good luck!

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Well, it seems like I am always back in this calling! We are having a Workshop on June and I would appreciate some ideas for it. So far I know I want to make some refrigerators magnets with the face of sheep and a heart attached to it with the words "feed" and the other side "fed" (I found it online), it will help the sisters to know when they have to do the visits and when they already did it. It's also a great idea because it comes with my "sheep" theme. I created a board with the title "Feed my Sheep", I printed and cut small sheep and write on them the names of every sister in the list of the Relief Society to be visit teach. I attached them to the board with pins on one side of the board. So everytime a sister is visited, her visiting teachers move the sheep to the other side of the board (it's green) that represents the pasture and that they have been fed for that month. The sisters seem to love it and so far, Visiting Teaching is increasing just because of it. Any ideas for the workshop would be appreciated. Thanks.

Edited: LDS_forever on 25th Apr, 2006 - 2:59pm

Page 22 Teaching Home and Teaching Visiting

The sisters in my Branch are struggling with Visiting Teaching once again, every time I talk with them all sort of excuses come up month after month after month. Even those who have only 1 or 2 sisters to visit. It is so unfortunate. How is VT doing in your Branch/Ward?

Teaching Home and Teaching Visiting

"I would hope, I would pray, that each of us . . . would resolve to seek those who need help . . . and lift them in the spirit of love into the embrace of the Church, where strong hands and loving hearts will warm them, comfort them, sustain them, and put them on the way of happy and productive lives."
(President Gordon B. Hinckley, "Reach with a Rescuing Hand," Ensign, Nov. 1996, 86)

Visiting Teaching & Home Teaching

"To the extent made possible by resources which come from the generosity of our people, we are reaching down to lift those in distress.

"Surely the Lord is blessing us as a people, and we must reach out to bless His needy wherever they may be."
(President Gordon B. Hinckley, "Closing Remarks," Ensign, May 2005, 103)

Visiting Teaching & Home Teaching - Page 22

We had 50% home teaching after long periods of no better than 20-30%. That was very heartening. In looking at the details, what we find is that 20% of the elders (referring to elders and high priests, collectively) do 80% of the home teaching. The other 80% do nothing.

It's getting the other 80% to get off their butts and get to work. I shared an example yesterday about how meeting a sister in the hallway brought information that no phone contact could have. Personal reasons, but I had to look in her eyes to determine that she had real needs other than the simple response, "Yes, I'm doing find. No needs." She had some very real needs. Now her home teacher has been advised and we get move on.

There are so many like her. If the elders caught the vision, and understood the need, I am convinced they would do the work.

Reality is that we cannot force people to make good decisions. We cannot force people to worship on Sunday at church. We cannot force people to visit the needy, and mourn with those who mourn. All we can do is pray and exhort them, and lead by example.

Sometimes, Satan's plan does seem attractive...

Visiting Teaching & Home Teaching Mormon Doctrine Studies - Page 22

I struggle with this sometimes I have to get my act together and my butt out of my chair, so easily said, not so easily done, I need to repent.