So, now that I've finished with graduate school I have more time on my hands. I've been discussing how I want to be more involved in church with one of our pastors, and we've had several discussions about how we don't have any sort of ministry going for single adults. Our young adult ministry is in a transition phase after a leadership change, and we have a large and active ministry for college-age people. But we currently have nothing for single adults beyond the college age. As a single man in my 30s, this is a group that I can identify with. I'm praying and doing some research to consider what a ministry for singles should look like in our church. If I start such a group, I want to complement the services our other ministries offer rather than duplicate efforts. Specifically, I want to focus on community-building among singles in the church. In other words, this would be a ministry TO singles, not a ministry done BY singles. Also, I don't envision this as a sort of matching service for trying to get singles married -- I mean that, if people met and marry that's great, but not everyone is called to marriage and I don't want the group to pressure people in that regard.
I'm curious, do any of you have small groups or some sort of ministry focusing on single adults (I'm thinking maybe age 23+)? If so, what does it look like? Are activities segregated by age in any way? Is the group Bible-study focused, or is it more event-driven? All ideas are welcome, as I'm just trying to flesh out my thoughts on all this. Thanks in advance!
I'm curious, do any of you have small groups or some sort of ministry focusing on single adults (I'm thinking maybe age 23+)? If so, what does it look like? Are activities segregated by age in any way? Is the group Bible-study focused, or is it more event-driven? All ideas are welcome, as I'm just trying to flesh out my thoughts on all this. Thanks in advance!
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