Watching the babies so a single mom can sit through one sermon might be the best hour you give all week.

An hour of childcare buys somebody something they cannot get any other way. A parent on their own almost never gets to sit through anything uninterrupted, follow a thought to the end, or be in a room as an adult rather than as a supervisor. Giving them that is not a small favour dressed up as a big one. It is one of the few genuinely useful things a sixteen-year-old can hand an exhausted adult.

Offer one specific hour this week rather than a general willingness to help sometime. Name the day and turn up for it.