pastors, deacons and teachers; singles and married people; men and women; and families as well. We must see this as similar to the early church’s dedication to provide for the needs of the church (Acts 2 and 4): as the calling and responsibility of all covenant members of a local church to one another. It is important that we do not underestimate the impact that visiting those who are sick and afflicted can have on each of us. The nineteenth-century Scottish pastor David Dickson wrote, ‘On the bed