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There are countless ways that we can see the needs of single mothers in our lives and meet those needs. The sky is the limit on creativity of ways that we can bring value to the home of a single mom and bless both her and her children.
Here are a few practical ways you can serve a single mom and brighten her day:
– Babysit for free and do it often. Single mothers often work many hours per week and do not want to ask for help. They may even work a second or third job, or be attending a local college, too. Babysitting can be expensive. Encourage single mothers in your life to take the night off. They need it.
–Offer prayer often. Not only is it invaluable to call her up and pray for her often via phone or in-person, but also commit to making both she and her children a regular focus on prayer for you, as you seek the Lord in your own life. We all need warriors in Christ who are willing to lift us in prayer, when we are sometimes too tired to do so for ourselves.
– Offer to grocery shop for them. Shopping is a simple task, but shop alone with three children hanging from the buggy and you’ll see the challenge many single parents face weekly! Offer to retrieve her grocery list and take care of that for her one in a while. (Bonus: Pay for the groceries too, if you can).
– Give her some girl time. Sometimes the best way to serve a single mom is to invite her for coffee for some adult conversation. The endless demands of a busy single moms’ life require her to balance many plates in the air. Meaningful girl time is usually not high on her priority list. This small gesture can show her that you see her, value her, and want to invest in your friendship with her. It gives her a role apart from “mom”.
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– Start a single parent support group in your church. What a way to be the body of Christ! Start a Bible study, support group, ministry or ongoing Sunday School Class just for single parents. Give them a place to feel comfortable, seen, valued, and welcomed inside your church walls. Show them that you, as a church, see the needs they have and want to give them a unique opportunity to fellowship with their peers. There is great value in gathering people who are in similar life seasons.
Other Ways to Serve Single Moms:
- Wash & fold clothes.
- Offer a word of encouragement.
- Buy them a free car wash & oil change.
- Create a homemade inspirational book of Scriptures.
- Rent a movie & provide popcorn for a movie night.
- Yard work.
- Perform carpentry, home repairs, and odd & end jobs.
- Provide gas money or groceries.
- Save your travel-sized toiletries from hotel rooms and donate them.
- Clean house.
- Cook a meal, or even help plan meals for the week.
- Buy her lunch.
- Write a handwritten, personal note.
- Start a run/walk group where single moms can bring their kids for exercise & girl-time.
- Give a single mom a rose.
- Bring cookies & baked goods.
- Bring a gift basket full of goodies.
- Offer cleaning supplies. (They are expensive!)
- Offer a day of window shopping, coffee, and a ride through town.
- Visit them!
- Offer tutoring service for her children.
- Cut her grass.
- Pray for her.
- Play dress up with makeup, hair, & clothes.
The Life of a Single Mom® is a national, faith-based, nonprofit that exists to see that no single mom walks alone. To date, the organization has worked with thousands of churches to start a single mom’s support group in cities throughout the U.S. and beyond, as well as having served more than one million single mothers with a variety of programs. Offering a large array of books, curriculum, training materials, online instructional videos, podcasts, newsletters, life skills education, and more, TLSM is one of the largest single mom organizations in the U.S. The robust selection of single mom programs focus on empowering single moms to grow spiritually, emotionally, financially, and parentally through Single Mom University®, Single Moms Across America, the National TLSM Single Moms Conference, boot camps, and a variety of other programs. For more information, visit thelifeofasinglemom.com.
