A gospel response to redundancy

How should we respond in light of the current financial situation in Britain to those in our congregations and friends who are made redundant?

1. Show friendship, love and care for the person. Pop in, spend time listening to them, encourage them, value them and their families.
2. Find out if there are anyways you can help practically - transport, money etc... (We need to get over our very British hang ups about this!)
3. Pray for them and with them. Email, ring or text to find out what you can pray for, and follow up prayers for job interviews etc... by finding out how it went.
4. Listen to them and help them talk through what they may like to do if they want to change vocation.
5. Remind them of their status in Christ. So much of our self esteem is wrapped up in our work - we so often have work as an idol. But encourage them that to know Christ is what matters, that they are a child of God, he is not unaware of them and he has his plans for them and he can be trusted!