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"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world." - James 1:27
Widow Support combines emotional support and physical support for widows who may need help with tasks around the home, lawn, and more.
Widow Support Ministry
In fulfilling the instruction that James made to the church, we assembled church members with talents and experience in specific skills, gifts, and desires for the widow's needs. Their capabilities range from handyman and yard work to having a loving conversation over coffee.
Widow Support is our new ministry designed to understand and address the widow's needs. Widow Support matches those needs with the experience of caring individuals who have the heart to serve.
Widows' Luncheon
The Widows' Luncheon is a time of fellowship among widows. We host this annual event with a delicious meal prepared by our own chef as well as prayer and fellowship. While enjoying their meal a team of volunteers will be washing cars and checking all necessary fluids.
The Widows' Luncheon this year is Saturday, April 27th, at 11 AM at the Fellowship Round Rock campus.
Meet the Team
Don Dye
Care Pastor
Bonnie Woodward
Widow Support Shepherd
Don Dye
Care Pastor
Born in Corpus Christi, TX, Don Dye grew up loving Jesus and sports. He met Sue while attending Abilene Christian University, where he ran track. Don and Sue married, and God gave them two children, Danna and Dale. Don’s aptitude for sports led him to coach basketball and track in Abilene. His ministry began as a chaplain for the Harris County Sheriff Department. Later, he served as the first full-time chaplain for the Houston Astros baseball and the Houston Oilers football teams. His love for Jesus led Don to pastor several churches in the Houston area and plant churches in various Texas cities. While planting churches, he subsidized his income with a computer graphic business and was banking vice-president over marketing, advertising, and security. In the early 2000s, Don and Sue moved to the Austin area, where he served as lead chaplain for the Round Rock Police Department for 13 years. Now he is privileged to lead the Care Ministry and Prime Timers here at The Fellowship Church.
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Bonnie Woodward
Widow Support Shepherd
When Bonnie was 6, her parents began taking the whole family downtown to help in the kitchen of the Albuquerque Rescue Mission, a Christian homeless shelter for men. Her parents volunteered there for over 50 years. All through high school, Bonnie worked with various churches in soup kitchens for the homeless. Much later, she worked at the Calvary Chapel Food Pantry in Albuquerque.
Her family and five other families started the non-denominational ABQ Christian Center, which grew to 10,000 people in the 1970s. During this time of growth, Bonnie helped build and organize a Christian coffee house, which grew in conjunction with a local Christian radio station called KLYT. This ministry targeted high school and college students and grew to several hundred who attended on Friday and Saturday nights.
Although Bonnie never taught Bible study, she was very involved with the Women's Bible Study Ministry at Calvary Chapel. She has taught every age of Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. Her favorite age group was 10-12-year-old boys.
In the early 1980s Bonnie attended several medical missions in the Dominican Republic, where her older brother was a missionary. She loved working with the many Christian and secular organizations who joined forces to help, such as Catholic Relief, USAID, Medical Missions International, Peace Corps, and Lifewater, Inc.
