The January 2017 visiting teaching message is all about the purpose of the Relief Society. During the summer of 1995, I served a mini music mission to Nauvoo where I was able to visit Sarah Kimball’s home many times. There the first members of what was to become the Relief Society gathered to form a…
The last month of the year is here! I’m always amazed at how quickly it seems to fly by—and this year was no exception. The December visiting teaching message focuses on joy, which is such a perfect message for the month in which we sing Joy to the World as we celebrate our Savior’s birth….
It’s November, which means that the month’s visiting teaching message comes from October 2016 General Conference. Obviously, it’s much harder for me to choose a quote from 38 full talks than it is to choose from a couple paragraphs of the monthly visiting teaching message. This year, since we are on sabbatical in Utah, we…
October’s visiting teaching message is The Family is Ordained of God. Really, it is just a culmination of many of the earlier messages this year. It’s all about family and family is important because family is ordained of God. That’s it. That’s the big plan. God put us in family units for an important reason—many…
September’s visiting teaching message (Parenthood is a Sacred Duty) couldn’t have come at a more opportune time for me. We have been on sabbatical for a month now, and my sacred duties to my children as their mother are front and center as I help them navigate living in a new place. Not only did…
I’ve been thinking a lot about love lately, so this month’s visiting teaching message on Nurturing Families was perfect for me. The idea that the Lamanites were more righteous than the Nephites simply because they loved their families really hit me hard. (Jacob 3:7) Sometimes it’s hard to love our families—and sometimes it’s just hard…
The visiting teaching message for July 2016 is titled Our Potential for Parenthood. Like some of the previous lessons on marriage emphasize, parenthood may not happen in this life for some people, despite their faithfulness to gospel teachings. If that is the case for any of your sisters this month, you may want to go…
The visiting teaching message for June 2016 is about temple ordinances and covenants. As a person who lives nearly 7 hours away from the nearest temple, I really enjoyed reading this lesson. Ever since I moved here, the chances I have had to visit the temple are much more meaningful to me in general. I…
Choosing which quote to feature this month was really difficult, you guys! I always love General Conference so much and so many different little sound bites inspire me greatly. That’s why, in the end, I chose to highlight Elder Holland’s talk for my May 2016 visiting teaching message. Elder Holland’s talk is titled “Tomorrow the…
The visiting teaching message for April 2016 is titled Daughters of Our Eternal Father. For this month, I chose to use the quote from Elder Holland about the fact that God knows us because he is truly our Father in Heaven. Sometimes I forget what that word—father—actually means. The two earthly fathers closest to me—my…
This year, we are taking the Visiting Teaching messages from the Proclamation on the Family. For March, we are focusing on the fact that we are each created in the image of God. I loved President Monson’s quote in this lesson. It just helped me to really envision our loving Heavenly Father and that we…
I was working on my regular Visiting Teaching printable for March, and I was a little disappointed that the format I am using this year couldn’t handle the entire Thomas S. Monson quote. I loved the quote so much that I figured I would just do a bonus printable this month that featured the whole…