The best way to care for people in our church who are alone on Thanksgiving is to invite them to our family reunion or find others in their church who are willing to receive them. It requires an effort from the pastor or someone else in the church who has time, wanting to ask, to know who will stay in the city and to bring people together, but I would say this effort is worth it.
Last year, just one day before Thanksgiving, I learned that a young bachelor and a widow from our church were in town and had nowhere to go. As I had already asked, in our church, that I could receive people, they kindly asked me: that they were more than willing to put one more place on the table for those who were alone on vacation.
I also have fond memories of my father, who brought surprise guests to Thanksgiving.
Do not underestimate the impact this has on your children and other families present, as you can see him caring for his brother or sister in Christ, without a family, spending Thanksgiving with them.
Thanksgiving is approaching, but it’s not too late to connect young singles and widows to hospitals in your church who want to administer the gospel in this way. If you can’t find anyone to invite you, take them home. inspired by my father, who brought home almost every year on Thanksgiving, an elderly widow he had discovered, at the last minute, that she was alone.