the home teaching thread

[Rocker Ute]

HT is a hot topic on our ward right now. The EQ has averaged single digit percentages each month this year. If it wasn't for the topic du jour (sabbath), there would be a pulpit pounding, hell-fire-brimstone on the 5th Sunday. Instead, the poor EQP gets to take the brunt.l in some one-on-ones with the bishop and high councelor.

I think it might be time for the church to realize that the millenials are not a generation that is not as comfortable with face to face visits. It may be Time to start allowing visits by text or email for certain demographics.

But I do recognize the good that comes from regular visits. Our ward and has about 60 single or widowed ladies. The RS and HPG do a great job of caring for them using VT/HT.

So I don't know your exact ward makeup, but if it rings true with a typical ward, if you get the EQP, his counsellors and secretary to actually home teach you'll jump right up to 30-40%. If they go and do visits weekly you'll get it even higher.

That being said, I hate the numbers thing. Home teaching is absolutely the law of Moses. 'You can't simply love your neighbor? Okay, we'll assign you to do it.'

I used to be a hater of home teaching and was a horrible one myself. I got assigned two separate single widows who sincerely needed help and it changed my attitude completely. I don't do conventional home teaching though (as described in this thread) which is pretty horrible. Instead we invite them over for dinner or different activities we are doing and do things to become actual friends. It has been a good experience ever since.


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[mUUser]

.....Instead we invite them over for dinner or different activities we are doing and do things to become actual friends. It has been a good experience ever since.


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I admire your attitude, but honestly, I'd rather a HT'er come over for his 30 minute visit every month and text me "everything ok?" a couple weeks later.....and leave it at that.

I feel like my time is more important than establishing another inorganic friendship. But in the end, its nice it gets done one way or another.

[Rocker Ute]

I admire your attitude, but honestly, I'd rather a HT'er come over for his 30 minute visit every month and text me "everything ok?" a couple weeks later.....and leave it at that.

I feel like my time is more important than establishing another inorganic friendship. But in the end, its nice it gets done one way or another.

I should be clear, it is not that we are inviting them over for dinner each month, rather doing things to make our relationship more organic if you will, or an actual friendship vs a burden. I should also add that this isn't right and doesn't work for every person. So I still will come over and do the standard message on occasion too, but I'd rather be their actual friend and someone they feel they can trust versus fulfilling an obligation. We've found over the years that most of those relationships maintain despite being moved to different families too.

[RC Vikings]

I'm going to request that my neighbor become my HT so that all it takes is a single hello as we are passing by each other in our driveways. I'm certain he would like for me to be his HT and than that hello could count for both of us.

[chrisrenrut]

I'm going to request that my neighbor become my HT so that all it takes is a single hello as we are passing by each other in our driveways. I'm certain he would like for me to be his HT and than that hello could count for both of us.

When I was EQP, I started out trying to be inspired on who to assign to each family. After months of crappy numbers, I changed to assign people who I knew were friends, or lived close to each other. I wasnt as concerned about bringing up the numbers, I just wanted there to be some kind of contact.

[Rocker Ute]

I'm going to request that my neighbor become my HT so that all it takes is a single hello as we are passing by each other in our driveways. I'm certain he would like for me to be his HT and than that hello could count for both of us.

Every good EQP counts the honk and wave.


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[UTEopia]

Every good EQP counts the honk and wave.


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I love my home teacher. He never visits, but drops off vegetables from his garden.

[UtahsMrSports]

All right, story time again........

I missed going out HTing with him in September and October, because he told me about the appointments he had set the day of them (both were right after church). Im more than willing to juggle my schedule if someone legitimately needs help, but Im not willing to do so for a standard home teaching visit. That goes for my home teachers and the people I teach. Sorry, but just like everybody else, I often work long hours trying to keep food on the table and a roof over our heads. Im not giving up precious family time on a whim so that we can hit 100%.

Anyway, to combat this issue, he created a google calendar for me and him where he puts our appointment times. This past Sunday, we went back to the family where he had conducted the maturation clinic last time. This time, his lesson was 45 minutes long. And he kept asking question after question of these kids who are, again, between 3 and 9. When they didn't know an answer, he would start badgering them. Dude............know your audience. Nobody cares about your lesson, especially kids after 3 hours of church!

His lesson was about Adam, Eve, and the Atonement. And he spent a ton of time talking about Adam and Eve being naked. It was.............awkward.

He asked me to teach the lesson next month (look at me, moving up in the world!) and my lesson is going to be 5 minutes long at the absolute max. I have a feeling that he is going to feel that my lesson is insufficient and will probably monologue for 20 minutes after I finish.

He also asked me to set up an appointment with another of our families. When I talked to the guy in the family, he said "thanks for checking up on us, but we are going to be out of town for basically the rest of the month with thanksgiving and all. Why don't we shoot for next month?", which is just my style. When I told my partner, he was annoyed and asked if I had nailed down an appointment for December. When I chuckled and said no, he said that we gotta nail down a december appointment or that this family would weasel their way out of future appointments. Oh brother.......

#100PercentOrBust