Requirements
- 1.
Define Christian visitation.
- 2.
As a member of the church family, what are your responsibilities with regards to other members?
- 3.
Discuss with a group the spiritual benefits of Christian visitation from the following perspectives:
- a.
Spiritual Growth
- b.
Personal Growth
- a.
- 4.
Discover how to utilize Christian visitation as a tool for church health and determine how your church can utilize this information.
- 5.
Discover how your local church can create and utilize a list of sick and homebound members. With a group, discuss and evaluate the types of undertakings that are in place to address their needs.
- 6.
Discuss with a group the biblical context of four of the following texts as they relate to Christian visitation.
- a.
Matthew 25:36
- b.
James 5:13-16
- c.
Galatians 5:14
- d.
1 John 3:17
- e.
James 1:27
- f.
Philippians 2:4
- g.
A text of your choice
- a.
- 7.
Briefly describe the following five main aspects of visitation:
- a.
Listening
- b.
Praying
- c.
Reading the Bible
- d.
Helping/serving
- e.
Presence
- a.
- 8.
Briefly describe the following types of visitations:
- a.
Soul winning
- b.
Hospital
- c.
Sick
- d.
Homebound
- e.
Welcome
- f.
Inactive member
- g.
Discouraged
- a.
- 9.
Role play two of the visitations in the previous requirement.
- 10.
Read Matthew 9:18-35. Briefly describe the interaction Jesus had with those He encountered who were sick. What was His reaction towards them?
- 11.
With a group, organize a special program that places emphasis on the love of Christ. Visit a facility where people would enjoy knowing that someone cares enough to come and present a program.
- 12.
With a group, develop an effective worship experience that can minister to someone facing the following situations: ● Able or unable to communicate ● With or without a mental deficit
- 13.
Briefly describe the following types of behavior required when planning your visit:
- a.
Go two-by-two
- b.
Know the names of those who will be visited
- c.
Be respectful and courteous
- d.
Be positive and affirming
- e.
Be sensitive and peaceful
- f.
Avoid verbal excessiveness
- g.
Be clean and neat
- a.
- 14.
Plan and visit someone who is homebound. Use your creative worship experience developed in requirement 12.
- 15.
Plan and visit a member of your Pathfinder club or your church who has not attended for an extended period of time.
About this honor
- Skill level
- 2
- Division
- North American Division
- Edition
- 2017
Requirements are published by AdventSource for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Advent Clubs reproduces them here for club leaders and links the original document above.