Meetings for singles in the church.

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Sargilana

Sargilana

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Have your church fellowship for singles?
How can you hold such meetings? Need ideas.
Thank you.
 
A_Friend_In_Christ

A_Friend_In_Christ

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We have meetings for singles for the youth and 18 to 35. The church here thinks you don't count if you are a Christian single over 40, 50 and 60. They have turned their backs on us?

:(
 
Sargilana

Sargilana

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Can you organize meetings for yourself?
 
U

Ugly

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My understanding, from what i hear others say, and my own experiences, is that most churches seem to ignore singles here in th US. Church is viewed as a family environment. Not all, but many.
 
A_Friend_In_Christ

A_Friend_In_Christ

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Yeah many are. I have tried to start groups but I did not get many helpers.
 
Lynx

Lynx

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I'm the only single guy in my age range at my church. It's easy to arrange a meeting but attendance is one.

As the old song says
"And no one wants to get high on the town
Cause all my rowdy friends have settled down"
 
Grace-Like-Rain

Grace-Like-Rain

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Now two single people in my church, aside from widows and college students. I hang out with the married folks.
 
hoss2576

hoss2576

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You have a lot of options. A lot of it starts with the singles make-up of your own church. If you don't have a lot of singles in your own church, you will want to try to create a program that can be promoted outside of the church to draw people in. You can also partner with other churches who by themselves may not have large singles populations, but together you could form a meaningful group.

When I worked in singles ministry, we mixed the types of activities we did, because singles don't want to just attend a bible study. Singles also are not going to be your every Wednesday night type group. We generally offered 3 six-week bible studies throughout the year, plus we scheduled a fun activity/outing every month along with 2 community service projects each year. As we grew in size we were able to offer more catered topics and activities to our singles; like our single parents, divorce recovery groups, etc.

There are a lot of creative, free ways to promote such a group.
 
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