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Care & Companionship

One trained team of companions, drivers and helpers who visit widows, elderly neighbours, disabled adults and exhausted family carers in their affliction (James 1:27).

“Visit orphans and widows in their affliction.”
(James 1:27)
Class I

Widows

Sustained, practical care where a widow lacks family or church support (1 Timothy 5:3–5).

Scriptural basis

Exodus 22:22–24; Acts 6:1–6; 1 Timothy 5:3–16; James 1:27

Class I: explicit command.

What we do

  • A named volunteer for regular contact, so no widow is overlooked (Acts 6:1–3)
  • Household help, garden care and minor repairs
  • Transport and company at medical appointments
  • Help in emergencies and with paperwork

Who serves

  • Visitors
  • Drivers
  • Handymen
  • Gardeners
  • Paperwork helpers
  • Coordinators

Our commitment. We strengthen family responsibility rather than replace capable relatives (1 Timothy 5:4, 8).

Class I

The elderly & isolated

Make sure age and frailty never leave anyone forsaken (Leviticus 19:32; Psalm 71:9).

Scriptural basis

Exodus 20:12; Leviticus 19:32; Proverbs 23:22; 1 Timothy 5:1–4

Class I: explicit command.

What we do

  • Regular visits and phone calls
  • Transport, shopping and company at appointments
  • Home and garden help, minor repairs
  • Help with technology, meals and emergency check-ins

Who serves

  • Companions
  • Drivers
  • Handymen
  • Gardeners
  • Technology helpers
  • Coordinators

Our commitment. Where capable relatives exist, we come alongside them, never instead of them (1 Timothy 5:4).

Class IClass III

Disabled neighbours

Replace loneliness with friendship and practical help, as David sought out Mephibosheth and gave him a place at his table (2 Samuel 9:7).

Scriptural basis

Leviticus 19:14; 2 Samuel 9; Luke 14:13, 21

Class I: Scripture explicitly protects and welcomes disabled people. The modern service structure is Class III.

What we do

  • Regular companionship and accessible outings
  • Transport, errands and appointments
  • Household tasks and moving equipment
  • Gatherings planned around accessibility
  • Respite and support for family carers

Who serves

  • Companions
  • Drivers
  • Accessibility volunteers
  • OT & PT professionals
  • Respite volunteers
  • Event helpers

Our commitment. Every person bears the image of God and is treated with full dignity (Genesis 1:27). Professional care stays with professionals.

Class IClass III

Family caregivers

Strengthen those near exhaustion from caring for a disabled child, a frail spouse or a parent with dementia (Galatians 6:2).

Scriptural basis

1 Timothy 5:4, 8; Galatians 6:2

Class I for family responsibility and bearing one another’s burdens. Formal respite is Class III.

What we do

  • Practical respite, where lawful
  • Meals, errands, transport and household help
  • Company for the person receiving care
  • Caregiver support groups

Who serves

  • Respite companions
  • Meal teams
  • Drivers
  • Group leaders

Our commitment. Nursing, medication and unsupervised respite stay within legal and professional limits (Romans 13:1).

Serve in Care & Companionship.

Whatever gift you have received, use it to serve others, as good stewards of God’s varied grace (1 Peter 4:10).

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