Mormon Life - Visiting Teaching tag

Mormon Media Observer: Relief Society visiting teaching makes the news

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:21:00 -0600

source: deseretnews.com

When Gov. Mitt Romney last ran for president, I studied, as part of one of those boring doctoral dissertations, the way in which his faith — my faith — was covered by the national press from 2006-2008.

I studied more than 200 articles in depth, categorizing each across more than 20 dimensions. I evaluated the favorability of each article and the portrayal of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — all pretty standard stuff in the social science research method called content analysis.

In addition, I read scores of other new articles about the faith as I studied.

So, I observed in detail how Latter-day Saints were covered.

Free May 2012 Visiting Teaching Printables

Tue, 01 May 2012 14:52:00 -0600

source: mormonmommyblogs.blogspot.com

Happy May Mormon Mommies!

The Visiting Teaching message for the month is up to you! We encourage you to pray about your sisters, and follow the direction the Lord gives you. NOW, that being said, we have a lot of printable options for you this month!

April 2012 Visiting Teaching Message: Love, Watch Over, and Strengthen

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:02:00 -0600

source: MormonLife.com

Mormon Life says: Part of our responsibility as members of the Church is to love and watch over one another. Read part of the visiting teaching lesson and a supplement from Daughters in My Kingdom and consider how to discuss this with the sisters you teach.

Visiting Teaching Message:

Like the Savior, visiting teachers minister one by one (see 3 Nephi 11:15). We know we are successful in our ministering as visiting teachers when our sisters can say: (1) my visiting teacher helps me grow spiritually; (2) I know my visiting teacher cares deeply about me and my family; and (3) if I have problems, I know my visiting teacher will take action without waiting to be asked.1

How can we as visiting teachers love, watch over, and strengthen a sister? Following are nine suggestions found in chapter 7 of Daughters in My Kingdom: The History and Work of Relief Society to help visiting teachers minister to their sisters:

• Pray daily for her and her family.

• Seek inspiration to know her and her family.

• Visit her regularly to learn how she is doing and to comfort and strengthen her.

Click here to see the rest of the message.

Supplement: excerpt from "'Pure Religion': Watchcare and Ministering through Visiting Teaching," Chapter 7 of Daughters in My Kingdom:

While visiting teachers have always looked after the temporal needs of individuals and families, they have also had a higher purpose. Sister Eliza R. Snow, the second Relief Society general president, taught: “I consider the office of a teacher a high and holy office. I hope the sisters do not think that it consists merely in begging for the poor. You want to be filled with the Spirit of God, of wisdom, of humility, of love, that in case they have nothing to give they may not dread your coming.”

Sister Snow hoped that sisters would “perceive a difference in their houses” after a visit.7 She counseled visiting teachers to prepare themselves spiritually before they visited homes so they would be able to ascertain and meet spiritual needs as well as temporal ones: “A teacher … should surely have so much of the Spirit of the Lord, as she enters a house to know what spirit she meets in there. … Plead before God and the Holy Ghost to get [the Spirit] so that you will be able to meet that spirit that prevails in that house … and you may feel to talk words of peace and comfort, and if you find a sister feeling cold, take her to your heart as you would a child to your bosom and warm [her] up.”8

To read the rest of this chapter, click here.

April 2012 Visiting Teaching Message: Free Printable

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:17:00 -0600

source: mormonmommyblogs.blogspot.com

This month's Visiting Teaching Message focuses on how we, as Visiting Teachers, are called to love, watch over, and strengthen the sisters in our lives, and we are given 9 suggestions on how to magnify our calling.

This printable is a great reminder for WHY we visit, and HOW we are to do it. In fact, we think that this would be great to pass out to all the visiting teachers in your ward.

Added Focus on Ministering Strengthens Visiting Teaching

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:23:00 -0600

source: news.lds.org

While Visiting Teaching Messages have always focused on the teachings of the Savior Jesus Christ, beginning in April they will begin to teach about ministering as He would. April’s message, “Love, Watch Over, and Strengthen,” is the first such message to teach these principles.

Visiting teaching can help all sisters follow a higher path of discipleship, said the Relief Society general presidency. They hope that visiting teachers will discuss these responsibilities with sisters they watch over or teach principles that will help sisters increase their faith, strengthen families, and give service.

Several resources have been provided to help familiarize Relief Society leaders and sisters with the current guidelines for visiting teaching.

Visiting teaching: Opportunity to 'minister as the Savior did'

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:27:00 -0600

source: ldschurchnews.com

Visiting teaching is more than a visit once a month — it is an opportunity to "minister as the Savior did," said Sister Julie B. Beck.

"There are a lot of things we can do that are important, but this is an opportunity to serve one-on-one," said Sister Beck, Relief Society general president.

Visiting Teaching Message (Mar ’12)

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:54:00 -0700

source: visitingteaching.net

Study this material and, as appropriate, discuss it with the sisters you visit. Use the questions to help you strengthen your sisters and to make Relief Society an active part of your own life.

Daughters in My Kingdom

We are daughters of our Father in Heaven. He knows us, loves us, and has a plan for us. Part of that plan includes coming to earth to learn to choose good over evil. When we choose to keep God’s commandments, we honor Him and acknowledge our identity as daughters of God. Relief Society helps us remember this divine heritage.

Free March Visiting Teaching Printable Handout

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:07:00 -0700

source: mormonmommyblogs.blogspot.com

Mormon Life says: Click on the forwarding link to download the printable. The March 2012 Visiting Teaching Message is pretty awesome. So awesome, that I actually just picked my favorite bits and pieces and turned them into an 8x10 printable PDF that is now hanging in my hall.

Oh yes, this download comes to you in an 8.5x11 digital PDF that you can print right at home, or send to your local print shop. Because we HEAR YOU READERS and your many issues with not knowing how to print our stuff. Thus we have made it exceedingly easy, and hithertofor promise to make your Visiting Teaching lives easier.

{Poll} What's Your Home or Visiting Teaching Style?

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:11:00 -0700

by Ashley Evanson
source: MormonLife.com

Mormon Life says: Home and visiting teaching are invaluable programs for reaching out to all the members in our ranks, but they take on a different appearance for each person. How often do you go? When do you try to complete it? And what constitutes a visit? We'd love to know.

We've become curious about how home and visiting teaching play out in real life. For me, I call it good when my visiting teachers come over and sit at the kitchen counter while I cook Sunday dinner and we chat about work, kids, school, and life. Sometimes they share a quick message, sometimes they don't, but I always feel loved. It's funny, on the Sundays they come over, the whole family gathers in the kitchen to be involved because the informality of it makes it fun.

But I know others who would never dream of doing it this way. The home/visiting teachers are escorted to the formal living room of their home and teach of spiritual message. And then there are those who drop off cookies at the doorstep, or leave a message on the answering machine and check it off their to-do list.

I'm not suggesting there's a right or wrong way to do it, I'm just curious about how you do it. Take our poll and leave a comment below on your own personal style.

February 2012 Visiting Teaching Printable: Guardians of the Hearth

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:07:00 -0700

source: mormonmommyblogs.blogspot.com

The February 2012 Visiting Teaching message is called Guardians of the Hearth, and focuses on how ALL women, regardless of their marital or familial standing, have a responsibility to nurture and strengthen the family. We are all members of God's kingdom, and we are all members of His family.

Visiting Teaching Message (Feb ’12)

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:47:00 -0700

source: visitingteaching.net

Study this material and, as appropriate, discuss it with the sisters you visit. Use the questions to help you strengthen your sisters and to make Relief Society an active part of your own life.

“You are the guardians of the hearth,” said President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) as he introduced “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” in the general Relief Society meeting in 1995. “You are the bearers of the children. You are they who nurture them and establish within them the habits of their lives. No other work reaches so close to divinity as does the nurturing of the sons and daughters of God.”1

Download January 2012 visiting teaching handout

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:21:00 -0700

source: mormonmommyblogs.blogspot.com

The January 2012 Visiting Teaching Message is about *drumroll* VISITING TEACHING!

If you haven't made a resolution for the year, we'd like to suggest this: Get to know the sisters you visit. Don't just make it another box to check on your to-do list. Talk to the sisters, pray for them and with them, and really make an effort to be the kind of Visiting Teacher you know you can be.

Visiting Teaching Message (Jan ’12)

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:09:00 -0700

source: visitingteaching.net

Study this material and, as appropriate, discuss it with the sisters you visit. Use the questions to help you strengthen your sisters and to make Relief Society an active part of your own life.

“Charity [means] far more than a feeling of benevolence,” taught President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency. “Charity is born of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and is an effect of His Atonement.”1 For Relief Society sisters, visiting teaching can be charity in action, an important way to exercise our faith in the Savior.

Why I Love Visiting Teaching

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:50:00 -0700

source: the-exponent.com

Mormon Life says: I love the message this author ended up teaching. I admit I’m a fan of Visiting Teaching. I’ve been doing it all my life. My mom was the Eternal RS President and with me as her underage companion, she assigned us to visit people who didn’t really want to be visited. Or were crazy. Or both. But we always got in, often with the help of cookies, and usually ended up making nice connections. In my current ward they just rearranged the assignments and I have a GLS companion (Good Little Soldier). Which is great.

Free Printable - November Visiting Teaching Message

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:07:00 -0700

source: mormonmommyblogs.blogspot.com

One of the great things about the November Visiting Teaching message, is that you get to pick what you feel is best for the sisters you visit.

Of course, this also makes it hard, because there are so many amazing talks and thoughts to share!

For this month's printable, we've chosen to focus on the talk It Is Better To Look Up by Brother Carl B. Cook. We love the message of hope and faith, and the reminders to always look to Christ.

General Conference Visiting Teaching (Nov ’11)

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:22:00 -0600

source: visitingteaching.net

“Because the November Liahona and Ensign contain a report of the October general conference, there is not a specifically designated First Presidency Message or Visiting Teaching Message for November. Home and visiting teachers are encouraged to prayerfully select their message from the addresses given during general conference.

Therapy dog goes visiting, home teaching

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:39:00 -0600

source: MormonTimes.com

I was home for the weekend to visit with my parents and sisters in September 2007. This particular Saturday, my sister, Joyce, was helping to do a dog transport for rescued dogs from two counties' dog pounds to go to a rescue shelter in Canada. When my sister had been asked to help with this transport, she told the group no several times. She finally consented to help with the transport from Findlay, Ohio, to Monroe, Mich. She asked me to go along with her, I thought it was OK but could think of things to do that would be more fun.

As I was sitting in the car, I felt an impression to go and see the beautiful brown dog. I listened and volunteered to take the big brown dog for a walk. He seemed to understand when I asked several things of him (slow down, sit, stay and shake hands). He happily got into the car and liked looking out the window. My sister saw him as another dog, with nothing really special about him. I felt this strong impression to ask about taking Max home to be a therapy dog. My sister started making telephone calls to see if we could Max off the transport so I could take him home with me. When we arrived in Monroe, the connecting transport staff was late in coming. Minutes before they arrived, the telephone call came stating that I could take Max home.

Free Printable! October 2011 Visiting Teaching Message

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:39:00 -0600

source: mormonmommyblogs.blogspot.com

The October 2011 Visiting Teaching Printable is ready for download! This month’s message is called If We Do Not Doubt.

October Visiting Teaching Message: If We Do Not Doubt

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:17:00 -0600

source: the-exponent.com

I’m a professor of secondary education, which means I teach students who are training to become middle and high school teachers. I usually teach classes on classroom management, assessment, diversity, learning theory, you get the picture. This semester, however, I agreed to teach what’s called SFA 101, a one-credit course on study skills (note taking, study strategies, communicating with your professors, time management, etc.). I am really enjoying it so far, but boy, are these freshmen different than the juniors and seniors I usually teach. Many are living on their own for the first time and are struggling with balancing their newfound freedom and their responsibilities as students. They are like kids in a candy store.

As I was doing some planning for next week, I came across a booklet that focuses on how to be successful in college. The chapter called “Taking Pride in Doubt” caught my attention. Here’s a re-cap of the advice in this chapter:

Mormon Life - Visiting Teaching tag

Mormon Media Observer: Relief Society visiting teaching makes the news

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Free May 2012 Visiting Teaching Printables

April 2012 Visiting Teaching Message: Love, Watch Over, and Strengthen

April 2012 Visiting Teaching Message: Free Printable

Added Focus on Ministering Strengthens Visiting Teaching

Visiting teaching: Opportunity to 'minister as the Savior did'

Visiting Teaching Message (Mar ’12)

Free March Visiting Teaching Printable Handout

{Poll} What's Your Home or Visiting Teaching Style?

February 2012 Visiting Teaching Printable: Guardians of the Hearth

Visiting Teaching Message (Feb ’12)

Download January 2012 visiting teaching handout

Visiting Teaching Message (Jan ’12)

Why I Love Visiting Teaching

Free Printable - November Visiting Teaching Message

General Conference Visiting Teaching (Nov ’11)

Therapy dog goes visiting, home teaching

Free Printable! October 2011 Visiting Teaching Message

October Visiting Teaching Message: If We Do Not Doubt