Planning to Visit

Don't dismiss the idea of visiting the whole congregation; it may well be possible. But too big a task will ruin things for both visitor and those who are visited. It is possible to visit a portion of the church if you are clear about the purpose. Let the planning group's wisdom define the scope of any home visiting. You might plan to visit just your regular planned givers. You might plan to visit your envelope givers to invite a move to the innovative, Direct Debit based Parish Giving Scheme because of the benefits over against weekly envelopes. As with differentiation we never visit on the basis of how much people give (which is, of course, confidential) or any subjective judgements about commitment or attendance.