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VT Quarterly Interview Guidelines From: (Heidi)

Visiting Teaching Quarterly Interview Guidelines

Review purposes of visiting teaching:

1. Exercise watchful care over Latter-Day Saint sisters.
2. Observe instances of need or illness and report these confidentially to the Relief Society President.
3. Establish warm, friendly relationships with the sisters you visit teach.
4. Extend greetings and authorized messages from the Relief Society presidency.
5. Encourage and uplift all sisters.

Review the church’s visiting teaching guidelines:

1. Each sister should receive a contact monthly such as a personal visit, telephone       call, or letter.
2. At least once each quarter, these contacts should be in the form of a personal visit.
3. Special needs sisters require more frequent contacts.  These include sisters new to the ward, those less active, single parents, divorced, widowed, or aged, and those with illness, death, or other family difficulties.
4. Reporting:
        · All confidential concerns should be reported immediately to the Relief Society President.
        · Visiting teaching contacts should be reported to your visiting teaching supervisor as soon as possible.

Discuss each sister on their route:
· NOT a gossip session.
· Discern the needs of these sisters.  Ask for suggestions on how we as a presidency can serve these sisters to a greater degree.

Discuss the sisters own feelings about her visiting teaching calling:
· Discern the needs of the sister personally.
· Discern the needs of the companionship.

Answer questions, counsel, encourage and uplift:

Express appreciation for their strengths and faithfulness:

Close with a scripture and prayer:

Make notes:
· Jot down any concerns or problems we may need to address.
· Follow up on any information or requests from the sisters interviewed.

Remember this is not a "guilt session"!  We want the sisters to leave the interview feeling uplifted, encouraged, and excited about their callings as visiting teachers.  Let them know they are a vital part of an active, successful, wonderful group of sisters in our ward who are serving diligently and making a great difference in the lives of the woman they visit teach.  Express our love and concern for each of them as sisters in the Relief Society.