The preacher forgot to come in early and turn the A/C on, poor girl.
LOL! Funny. I was gonna say pour a bucket of ice water on her.
Anyhow, what's your opinions on singles meetings as a church program?
On one hand Christians by have a place to meet other Christians, but on the other it's not really the purpose of the church.
There was a singles program at my former church where one Christian guy met and married another Christian girl, but then the Christian girl changed her mind and began committing adultery behind his back and her mother and sisters knew it before he had found out. They got a divorce.
So.. not a guarantee in finding the right girl or guy for that matter. I think when looking for a Christian mate in a singles Christian meeting, masks tends to go up and not share how they really feel about issues as well as what they all believe in Christianity.
I think the danger is that couples join up by assumption rather than actually getting to know the other person in respect to the faith. Some may not be rooted in the word as they ought to be.
I think I heard this in passing where one atheist had joined a singles group to find a Christian for a mate assuming that person would be good & honest. Not. Jesus died for sinners, people. We are not perfect yet nor will we be until He takes us Home.
Course, there is that race to run by faith in Jesus Christ to help us lay aside every weight & sin in following Him by the grace of God & His help.... to heed that upward call in Christ.
But not every saved believer is running that race depending on Him every day to live as His.
I believe Christian singles should go to singles groups seeking friendship, rather than romantic love. That way, you are not motivated in getting married, but finding a lifelong friend.
As it is, most marriages add extra vows of professed love to each other, but in the actual marriage covenant that God performs, all that is required is agreeing to the marriage covenant and say "I do" in taking the other person as a spouse; and that being one man and one woman... in case any one should be misunderstanding what kind of a marriage I agree with.
The reason I make a point of this is because love is not boastful; and thus there should be no vows of love to each other, especially when we are supposed to be relying on Jesus Christ all the time for the love we need to love each other since love is a fruit of the Spirit: Philippians 1:6,11
So instead of advertising a Christian singles group... give it a name that would refer to an age group or an event like church bowling or something where people of an age group can go out to have fellowship and fun with other like minded believers.