Visiting in an Age of Mission

A practical guide to the crucial role of visiting in the life of a church--a role that has grown even more important in an age when so many do not regularly attAnd church services. Presented here are 14 different forms of visiting, to reach both within the church congregation and in the community at large.

Acknowledgements ix Introduction xi Step One: The Persons 1 A Joyful Invitation 3 2 Choosing Whom to Visit 9 3 An Amazing Mission 15 Step Two: Ways of Visiting 4 Visiting Possibilities 25 5 Personal Visiting 31 6 Visiting in Gatherings 42 7 Special Ways of Visiting 47 Step Three: The Best Timing 8 A Simple Approach 59 9 Life Stages and Celebrative Events 68 Step Four: Your Gifts for Visiting 10 Gifts and Graces 79 11 Training and Praying 86 12 Suggestions for Visiting 92 13 Excellent Sprinters, Solid Marathon Runners 102 Step Five: Building Your Mission 14 Your Visiting Outreach 109 15 The Congregation’s Witness 118 16 The Pastor Visits 128 17 Sacrament and Cloud 135