Stand in the Gap for Widows + Alice
Alice and her team partnered with Stand in the Gap for Widows to serve widows in their church. Watch to hear her “why” AND the great idea she shared with us.
Hi, I’m Alice.
I’ve been part of Stand in the Gap for Widows for about a year and I want to bring you along for a day in my life.
When my husband Rodney first got sick, we had four little ones at home. After he died, I felt kind of overlooked. I think people assumed someone else was taking care of me. But really, I felt like I was slipping through the cracks.
That’s when I realized widows needed their own community, a safe place to be seen and supported. As I was thinking about how to make this happen, I heard that another widow from our church community named Debbie was looking to start serving widows and had connected with Stand in the Gap for Widows.
Their program offers tools and structures for serving widows within your church community. We needed that structure.
Debbie and I got together, formed a team of widows and other passionate about this ministry and the rest is history.
Our widows ministry now focuses on two main things, community events and emergency response. We meet regularly to share meals, laughter, and stories. We do quarterly events, painting classes, day trips, and we are even planning some bigger trips soon.
One thing I’m really passionate about is making sure that no widow falls through the cracks.
When a husband in our church passes, we bring an emergency supply kit to his wife and reach out right away so she knows she’s not alone.
What’s been so encouraging is that this idea grew beyond our group and Stand in the Gap has now added an emergency response component to their widows tool kit too. It’s wonderful to see how something so simple and practical that we’ve been doing in our community is now helping widows in other communities feel seen during those first hard days.
Being part of this group has been such a gift. I’ve found real deep relationships with women who know what it’s like to walk this path. To any widow out there who feels lonely, reach out. Reach out to Stand in the Gap for Widows so they can find a group near you. God did not intend for any of us to walk alone. You are seen, you are loved, and you are not alone.
