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What Widows and Single Moms Need from the Church
Widows and single mothers need more than worship services, fellowship, or occasional help with household projects. Herb Reese explains why churches must offer lasting relationships shaped by Christ’s love. Discover how personal understanding, enduring commitment, and practical sacrifice can help congregations meet the deeper needs of their most vulnerable members.
What Widows and Single Moms Need from the Church
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3 thoughts on “What Widows and Single Moms Need from the Church”
Excellent article…it also goes in line with what single men and women in my church in the age 45 to 65 age group talk about, and that is there is nothing spent on relational ministry for us singles (never married, previously divorced, etc) in ths age group.We are a lonely group of Gods children seeking help and fellowship with others in the same age group (45-60) that are also single within our churches, however our churches seem to only concentrate on married couples and the youth. That is good, but there are so many of us out there hurting for fellowship from other single Christians of same age that need help too. We need our churches to devote some kind of ministry to our age bracket that is available during the week at our churches. Hope this all makes sense. I go to Flatirons Community Church in Layfayette CO and love the teaching…I just pray there would be a ministry devoted to our age bracket…even if they started out with a monthly potluck at the church for those singles in that age bracket to get together in God house, to fellowship with others in the same situation….that would be a start. Why keep the doors closed during the week, when so many of us seek to fellowship with each other, but don’t have the resource or venue to pull it together ourselves. Isn’t that what our churches are there for? Thanks for listening. Blessings to your ministry <3
This is a very common problem, Debra. Churches do not know how to minister to people outside of families. So I have a suggestion: think about recruiting singles in your age bracket to minister to the widows and widowers in your church. Base it on our men’s team ministry model, but instead, use teams of mixed sex singles. Have all the teams meet together once a month on a Saturday for an hour of fellowship and then split up into your teams and go out to the homes of your church’s widowed for two hours of service.
I live close to Flatirons Community Church, so if you and perhaps some other singles in the church would like to get together for coffee and talk some more, I’d be happy to do that. Just let me know.
Herb
Love it! After a rather dejected meeting with our men’s ministry team last night this is just what I needed this morning.
All my best Herb!