"Home teaching answers many prayers and permits us to see the transformations which can take place in people's lives"
(President Thomas S. Monson, "True Shepherds", October 2013 General Conference, Priesthood Session)
"Brethren, as the priesthood of God we have a shepherding responsibility. The wisdom of the Lord has provided guidelines whereby we might be shepherds to the families of the Chruch, where we can serve, we can teach, and we can tetify to them. Such is called home teaching"
(President Thomas S. Monson, "True Shepherds", October 2013 General Conference, Priesthood Session)
"Home teaching is more tan a mechanical visit onece per month. Ours is the responsibility to teach, to inspire, to motivate, and where we visit those who are not active, to bring to activity and to eventual exaltation the sons and daughters of God."
(President Thomas S. Monson, "True Shepherds", October 2013 General Conference, Priesthood Session)
"The members of Relief Society have always been trusted by local priesthood shepherds. Every bishop and every branch president has a Relief Society president to depend upon. She has visiting teachers, who know the trials and the needs of every sister. She can, through them, know the hearts of individuals and families. She can meet needs and help the bishop in his call to nurture individuals and families."
(President Henry B. Eyring, "The Enduring Legacy of Relief Society", October 2009 General Conference)
"...each time you and your companion prepare to go visiting teaching, you just need to remember what success will be. It will be more than getting in the door. It will be more than giving a message. It will be more than asking how you can help. Success will come perhaps only after many visits. And you may not in this world see the evidence that you have succeeded. But you can feel by the Spirit if you are on the way."
(President Henry B. Eyring, "The Enduring Legacy of Relief Society", October 2009 General Conference)
(President Thomas S. Monson, "True Shepherds", October 2013 General Conference, Priesthood Session)
"Brethren, as the priesthood of God we have a shepherding responsibility. The wisdom of the Lord has provided guidelines whereby we might be shepherds to the families of the Chruch, where we can serve, we can teach, and we can tetify to them. Such is called home teaching"
(President Thomas S. Monson, "True Shepherds", October 2013 General Conference, Priesthood Session)
"Home teaching is more tan a mechanical visit onece per month. Ours is the responsibility to teach, to inspire, to motivate, and where we visit those who are not active, to bring to activity and to eventual exaltation the sons and daughters of God."
(President Thomas S. Monson, "True Shepherds", October 2013 General Conference, Priesthood Session)
"The members of Relief Society have always been trusted by local priesthood shepherds. Every bishop and every branch president has a Relief Society president to depend upon. She has visiting teachers, who know the trials and the needs of every sister. She can, through them, know the hearts of individuals and families. She can meet needs and help the bishop in his call to nurture individuals and families."
(President Henry B. Eyring, "The Enduring Legacy of Relief Society", October 2009 General Conference)
"...each time you and your companion prepare to go visiting teaching, you just need to remember what success will be. It will be more than getting in the door. It will be more than giving a message. It will be more than asking how you can help. Success will come perhaps only after many visits. And you may not in this world see the evidence that you have succeeded. But you can feel by the Spirit if you are on the way."
(President Henry B. Eyring, "The Enduring Legacy of Relief Society", October 2009 General Conference)
"Countless are the acts of service provided by the vast army of Relief Society visiting teachers. A few years ago I heard of two of them who aided a grieving widow, Angela, the granddaughter of a cousin of mine. Angela’s husband and a friend of his had gone snowmobiling and had become victims of suffocation through a snowslide. Each of them left a pregnant wife—in Angela’s case, their first child, and in the other case, a wife not only expecting a child but also the mother of a toddler. In the funeral held for Angela’s husband, the bishop reported that upon hearing of the tragic accident, he had gone immediately to Angela’s home. Almost as soon as he arrived, the doorbell sounded. The door was opened, and there stood Angela’s two visiting teachers. The bishop said he watched as they so sincerely expressed to Angela their love and compassion. The three women cried together, and it was apparent that these two fine visiting teachers cared deeply about Angela. As perhaps only women can, they gently indicated—without being asked—exactly what help they would be providing. That they would be close by as long as Angela needed them was obvious. The bishop expressed his deep gratitude in knowing they would be a real source of comfort to her in the days ahead.
Such acts of love and compassion are repeated again and again by the wonderful visiting teachers of this Church—not always in such dramatic situations but just as genuinely, nevertheless."
(President Thomas S. Monson, "Three Goals to Guide You", General Relief Society Meeting 2007)
"Home teaching isn’t about numbers or reporting visits to a home; visits and numbers are just a measuring stick. Home teaching is about love of people and service to and watchcare over our Heavenly Father’s children"
(Elder M. Russell Ballard, "O Be Wise", October 2006 General Conference)
"Home teaching is part of today’s plan to rescue."
President Thomas S. Monson, "Stand in Your Appointed Place", April 2003 General Conference)
"In performing our home teaching responsibilities, we are wise if we learn and understand the challenges of the members of each family. A home teaching visit is also more likely to be successful if an appointment is made in advance."
(President Thomas S. Monson, "Home Teaching-A Divine Service", October 1997 General Conference)
"Home teaching answers many prayers and permits us to see the occurrence of living miracles."
(President Thomas S. Monson, "Home Teaching-A Divine Service", October 1997 General Conference)
"The most common calling received for men is home teacher and for women is Relief Society visiting teacher. When properly performed, these vital callings can substantially lighten the load of the bishopric. Home teachers and visiting teachers are the eyes and ears and hands of the bishop. Brothers and sisters, help the bishop and his counselors by reliable, faithful performance of your visits and oversight as home teachers and visiting teachers."
(Elder Dallin H Oaks, "Bishop, Help!", April 1997 General Conference)
"Home teachers, it is your responsibility to see that the unbaptized are baptized, the unordained are ordained, the inactive are brought into activity, the lost members are found."
(Elder L. Tom Perry, Home Teaching-A Sacred Calling", October 1978 General Conference)
"If our home teaching assignments are to be given their proper priority, then our preparation for those visits must be careful and complete, tailored to the individual needs of fathers and mothers and their families. As home teachers, should not this basic program receive our earnest effort to seek inspiration and guidance of the Lord in this most sacred obligation?"
(Elder L. Tom Perry, Home Teaching-A Sacred Calling", October 1978 General Conference)
Position Statement
I know that there are many adult members who don't seem to think to much about the need to visit/home teach, indeed many forget about it or put it as one of there lowest priorities that they might get to this month or next year. There are many wonderful stories as to the reality of the blessings that it have been given by the visiting/home teacher and to those they teach. I think that it is a very needful thing especially since it can be hard to visit every one if it was just left up to those in leadership positions, especially since people's situations can easily change within a month and there are those occasions when people don't know who to call and then they remember their visiting or home teachers. I studied this subject thinking about how to encourage the members of my ward to do this more because I know that the numbers are low and I am one of those in a leadership position and so I look for ways to improve especially since I know that I can't meet everyone's needs personally, and as we fulfil our duty to do our visiting/home teaching we become friends with them and I feel that it would be better to delegate some of the things I am asked of to help to someone who is already a friend with the person.
"Home teaching isn’t about numbers or reporting visits to a home; visits and numbers are just a measuring stick. Home teaching is about love of people and service to and watchcare over our Heavenly Father’s children"
(Elder M. Russell Ballard, "O Be Wise", October 2006 General Conference)
"Home teaching is part of today’s plan to rescue."
President Thomas S. Monson, "Stand in Your Appointed Place", April 2003 General Conference)
"In performing our home teaching responsibilities, we are wise if we learn and understand the challenges of the members of each family. A home teaching visit is also more likely to be successful if an appointment is made in advance."
(President Thomas S. Monson, "Home Teaching-A Divine Service", October 1997 General Conference)
"Home teaching answers many prayers and permits us to see the occurrence of living miracles."
(President Thomas S. Monson, "Home Teaching-A Divine Service", October 1997 General Conference)
"The most common calling received for men is home teacher and for women is Relief Society visiting teacher. When properly performed, these vital callings can substantially lighten the load of the bishopric. Home teachers and visiting teachers are the eyes and ears and hands of the bishop. Brothers and sisters, help the bishop and his counselors by reliable, faithful performance of your visits and oversight as home teachers and visiting teachers."
(Elder Dallin H Oaks, "Bishop, Help!", April 1997 General Conference)
"Home teachers, it is your responsibility to see that the unbaptized are baptized, the unordained are ordained, the inactive are brought into activity, the lost members are found."
(Elder L. Tom Perry, Home Teaching-A Sacred Calling", October 1978 General Conference)
"If our home teaching assignments are to be given their proper priority, then our preparation for those visits must be careful and complete, tailored to the individual needs of fathers and mothers and their families. As home teachers, should not this basic program receive our earnest effort to seek inspiration and guidance of the Lord in this most sacred obligation?"
(Elder L. Tom Perry, Home Teaching-A Sacred Calling", October 1978 General Conference)
Position Statement
I know that there are many adult members who don't seem to think to much about the need to visit/home teach, indeed many forget about it or put it as one of there lowest priorities that they might get to this month or next year. There are many wonderful stories as to the reality of the blessings that it have been given by the visiting/home teacher and to those they teach. I think that it is a very needful thing especially since it can be hard to visit every one if it was just left up to those in leadership positions, especially since people's situations can easily change within a month and there are those occasions when people don't know who to call and then they remember their visiting or home teachers. I studied this subject thinking about how to encourage the members of my ward to do this more because I know that the numbers are low and I am one of those in a leadership position and so I look for ways to improve especially since I know that I can't meet everyone's needs personally, and as we fulfil our duty to do our visiting/home teaching we become friends with them and I feel that it would be better to delegate some of the things I am asked of to help to someone who is already a friend with the person.
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