Once building a relationship I would try to find out what happened to the father. This may seem nosy, but it could effect how I minister to her. There is a great difference between a widow and a women with baby daddies. I would also want to know about her beliefs, do her and her kids have a church that they feel welcomed and supported by? If not, I would suggest churches with big children ministries so that her kids had somewhere to go and she could attend church. She may use this as a babysitting service, this is not ideal but it is at least getting her and her kids into the church. If she does this there is a chance that I could see her every Sunday and invite her to come to our church for her own good. I would also try to see where I could bless this family. Giving money is the easy answer, but this may create distance instead of a relationship. If there was ways I could bless her in other ways I would want to find
Once building a relationship I would try to find out what happened to the father. This may seem nosy, but it could effect how I minister to her. There is a great difference between a widow and a women with baby daddies. I would also want to know about her beliefs, do her and her kids have a church that they feel welcomed and supported by? If not, I would suggest churches with big children ministries so that her kids had somewhere to go and she could attend church. She may use this as a babysitting service, this is not ideal but it is at least getting her and her kids into the church. If she does this there is a chance that I could see her every Sunday and invite her to come to our church for her own good. I would also try to see where I could bless this family. Giving money is the easy answer, but this may create distance instead of a relationship. If there was ways I could bless her in other ways I would want to find