{"id":2292,"date":"2010-11-09T22:47:46","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T04:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/?p=2292"},"modified":"2012-04-20T15:03:24","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T21:03:24","slug":"visiting-teaching-a-sacred-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/09\/visiting-teaching-a-sacred-calling\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Teaching: A Sacred Calling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visiting Teaching has an interesting history.\u00a0 Sisters began visiting one another, on assignment, by 1843.\u00a0 You\u2019ll be surprised to learn that it has gone through some substantial changes over the years.\u00a0 And, dare I say, maybe we\u2019ve lost some important aspects of it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2529\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/350px-Mormon_Women_Visiting_Teaching.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2529\" title=\"350px-Mormon_Women_Visiting_Teaching\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/350px-Mormon_Women_Visiting_Teaching-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/350px-Mormon_Women_Visiting_Teaching.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/350px-Mormon_Women_Visiting_Teaching.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visiting Teaching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As sisters flocked to join the Female Relief Society in Nauvoo, it was difficult for Emma to check up on everyone.\u00a0 In 1843, a few sisters were called as the \u201cNecessity Committee\u201d.\u00a0 These sisters were assigned to visit the sisters \u201cto discover all instances of sickness and distress and report these findings to the president\u201d.\u00a0 Once the Relief Society reorganized in the Salt Lake Valley, the visiting system evolved into more structure.<\/p>\n<p>In 1916, the General Board introduced topics for discussion during visits.\u00a0 Dues were collected for many years, to insure membership in the Relief Society, and these visits enabled an organized and convenient collection.\u00a0 Most importantly, each visit carefully examined the state of the family, so needs could be taken care of.<\/p>\n<p>By 1949, each teacher was given a Visiting Teacher Report Book that was to be used for the entire year.\u00a0 This book provided instructions on the duties of a Visiting Teacher.\u00a0 Each visit was recorded with the date and circumstances found, including any special remarks on welfare, or other needs of the family.\u00a0 Then each month the written report was detached from the book and turned in.<\/p>\n<p>Back then it was discouraged to make any scheduled appointments.\u00a0 Most women were home during the daytime, so stopping by for a \u201cfriendly, short, and timed as opportunely as possible\u201d visit was usually successful.\u00a0 However, if the sister was not at home, the visiting teachers could detach a little card from their Visiting Teacher Report Books and let the sister know they stopped by.\u00a0 This could count as the visit for the month and no other visit was required.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of Visiting Teaching is \u201cto search out the poor and suffering\u201d.\u00a0 All visiting teachers were required to be \u201cwomen of prudence and wisdom, with broad and intelligent sympathy\u201d.\u00a0 \u201cIn calling visiting teachers, the ward Relief Society president should interview each teacher individually, pointing out to her the importance of this special field of work, and fully informing her of the responsibilities and obligations of her calling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visiting teaching meetings were held monthly to prepare visiting teachers to more effectively perform their duties and to provide opportunity for them to report their visits. This meeting was held on the first Tuesday of each month. \u00a0Topics were discussed, ward presidents could give special instructions, and reports could be turned in.\u00a0 It was recommended that all visits be made as soon as possible after that first Tuesday.\u00a0 \u201cIn no case should the regular monthly visit be made on Sunday, and evening visits are discouraged.\u00a0 Relief Society visiting teachers should not make their visits in company with the ward [home] teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Visiting teachers were encouraged to establish a warm and friendly relationship with each sister.\u00a0 They should be trustworthy in delivering confidential information about the sister to the president.\u00a0 And if the sister needs any assistance, her visiting teachers should be ready to give it immediately.\u00a0 The visiting teacher was responsible for the entire family, not just the sister.<\/p>\n<p>Each ward was divided into districts with two visiting teachers assigned to a district.\u00a0 \u201cThe number of \u00a0families assigned to a district should be kept small.\u00a0 Four to eight families is regarded as a preferable number.\u201d\u00a0 If the regular teachers were unable to visit that month, alternate teachers could be called to substitute.\u00a0 Back then, not everyone was a visiting teacher.\u00a0 There were actually sisters called as the alternates.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think there were too many \u201cEleventh Hour\u201d visits back then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVisiting teachers who do not consistently attend Relief Society meetings and visiting teacher meetings are to be relieved of their duties as visiting teachers.\u201d\u00a0 You could actually be \u201cfired\u201d if you didn\u2019t fulfill your responsibilities!\u00a0 \u201cWhen a ward or branch Relief Society is reorganized, visiting teachers are released along with the officers and class leaders and should turn in to the secretary-treasurer their Visiting Teacher Report books.\u201d\u00a0 Clearly, visiting teaching was a calling, where duties and responsibilities were taken seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVisits to the homes should be characterized by a sincere interest on the part of the visiting teacher in all of the families in the district to which she has been assigned.\u00a0 She should deliver the visiting teacher message as effectively as possible, and should carry hope and good cheer into the homes.\u00a0 All discussions in the homes should be uplifting and encouraging.\u00a0 The discussion of personal problems, the troubles of others, topics of a sensational nature, and the repetition of rumors should be avoided.\u00a0 A visiting teacher may comfort, encourage, and uplift, but should never seek to regulate a family nor to outline its church duties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Times have changed a little bit.\u00a0 Visiting teachers are rarely the ones who report to the president anymore.\u00a0 Typically, it is the other way around.\u00a0 With most every sister being a Visiting Teacher, it has somehow become more of a &#8220;job&#8221;, than a &#8220;calling&#8221;.\u00a0 And there is no training done anymore.\u00a0 Somehow, we\u2019ve lost something along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Information taken from:\u00a0\u00a0 Relief Society Handbooks from 1931, 1949, and 1972<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visiting Teaching has an interesting history.\u00a0 Sisters began visiting one another, on assignment, by 1843.\u00a0 You\u2019ll be surprised to learn that it has gone through some substantial changes over the years.\u00a0 And, dare I say, maybe we\u2019ve lost some important aspects of it. 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