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Subj: RS: Job Description--Visiting Teacher
From: Heidi

Name:                                                                           Companion:     

Work under direction of:

Visiting Teaching Board Member:      

Visiting Teaching Supervisor:              

Responsibilities of this Calling:

1. Regular visits (at least monthly) to assigned sisters (with your visiting teaching companion)
2. Prepare message and adapt to individual sister.
3. Pray with your companion before visits.
4. Encourage the sister to attend all of her meetings.
5. Develop friendships.
6. Report concerns confidentially only to Relief Society President.
7. Support the Compassionate Service Board member.  Help with emergencies  and report needs or concerns.
8. Report to visiting teaching supervisor if unable to go.  Report to supervisor monthly.
9. Fellowship inactive and convert sisters.
10. Love your sister and be her special friend.

Required meetings:

1. Monthly visits to sisters assigned to you.
2. Monthly homemaking meeting (listen to Visiting Teaching message).
3. Annual Visiting Teaching dinner.
4. Quarterly interviews with someone from the Relief Society Presidency to review your stewardship.
5. Regular Sunday meetings.

Sisters you will Visit Teach:

Remember, you are special!  Heavenly Father has called you to this position and only you have the keys to this calling at this time!!  Do your best to fulfill this stewardship!!!  You will be blessed!!!