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Children's Church VisitationVisitation?!? If you're like us, you might have a total roster with over 100 names on it (even though you only average 40 in class!). "How on earth am I supposed to visit all those kids every week!?" Relax! I didn't say every week! The key is to visit your kids. If you currently have no visitation program, then even once a year is better than what you're doing now! One of the most effective ways to visit your children's church kids is to divide your roster into sections and visit a different one each week. (What?! You can't do visitation because you don't have a roster?!?) Don't stress out over it. If your schedule only permits you to visit five kids one day a week on your way home from work, then that's a great plan. If you can visit a big chunk of your roster every Saturday, that's even better. The most logical way to divide your roster is geographically. If your church has a bus ministry, then this is easy. Simply visit all of your kids on a certain route every week, and alternate them. If your church has four routes, then you will finish the cycle every month. No bus ministry? Then grab a map because you'll have to do the dirty work yourself. Divide your city (or area containing your children's church kids) into quadrants or sections, and list the kids in each section. Try to balance them out so it will take an approximately equal amount of time every week. Some teachers prefer not to commit themselves to visiting every week, so another alternative is to visit the entire roster once a month or divided between two different weeks. If you absolutely cannot come up with a solution, please contact us with the details of your situation and we will try to help you think of something. If visitation simply isn't feasible for you, there are other types of contacts that you can make. It means all the world to a kid to have a teacher who cares enough to come visit, meet the parents, and maybe even bring a small gift (candy or gum, flier/brochure of current promotion, or cheap trinket prize). It's one of those small investments in the ministry that will potentially reap great dividends (the ministry can be funny that way)!
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