Actually Church is the last place I'd look for a guy. I'm just trying to figure out where people my age go.
Really? People told me through the decades of my adult life that churches are the best places. I understand you are broke. So am I and many other people. You mentioned those activities you feel you are too old. I know what you mean. I used to like to go to the State Fair (I live right cross the lake from the State Fair) in my hometown. I also used to roller skate. Oh, every Friday and Saturday nights as a teen and reduced that slowly till last time over 14 years ago. I am 49 now.
What you can do is.. check out your local singles dances. You might like that. Many do look for a relationships and marriages. Not a bar. No. Big differences. Singles dances tend to have Christians like the one in my hometown used to have. It was 85 to 90 percent Christians singles there including singles, divorced, and widowed.
Problem is that those dances are geared for 40 to 80 years old. Bars tend to be so secular and ungodly in sin for age 16 to 40 to attend. So, try those. There are Christian bars. But they are CINOs. Christians In Name Only.
I had hard time finding someone in church because they are so family oriented that they do not look for someone to marry to. They are so focused or rather too focused on God. Many do miss out opportunity to marry and kids! I have good friend who is also 49 and still want to get married and have kids. I do too. I was married to someone I thought she was Christian and too many factors and wanted and did divorce me. Still have no kids. I love to have them!
What I do nowadays is to attend more free to attend. I do not know what you do for work. If you do, go to business trade shows. Usually free local shows but specialty shows, they cost too much.. so forget that one.
Trade shows are great for networking. You may even find the right guy AND or find the right job to get better income. That is how I do that. I had money last year and went to 2 private/closed-to-public trade shows. I had a ball. Met many new people. And that increased my linkedin contact. I have like over a hundred now on there. Half I have met in person at shows.
Second of all... to do something.. go for walk, hike. You like camping? I do. I am going to camp in 2 weeks (and going on a vacation to visit my father that he is paying for the trip in 4 weeks).
Camping is cheap. You can use a tent and cook your meals rather than go to hotels and have to go to restaurants. RVing is popular now. according to RV Business (business journal for RV business owners) this month issue, 37 percent increase for last year that all RVs are sold. That is a lot!
Ok, back to you.. what else you can do.. Window shopping at malls. Be a mall rat. lol. Just joking. That is for teens. Ah!! Here is good one for you, volunteer. In my published book, "Cory's Guide: How to Find Your Mate the Lord's Way," it stated that you can be busy and never know the right one comes along.. one example is to volunteer.. check out homeless shelters or ministries like Salvation Army, Rescue Mission, Goodwill, etc. Or volunteer at some organization that assist needs like the Deaf, the disabled, the seniors.. And never know!
Or you can which is time is perfect. Try the Christian summer camps to volunteer. Your advantage is to enjoy summer at same time as taking care of kids or even adults at camp. Or go on summer mission trips cross country or out of country. You might need to raise funds though. To do so, check groupfunding websites like gofundme, kickstarter, etc and you can raise funds to go on missions. There are alot to come up with ideas. I am very creative, smart and yeah, I have been called nerd as well. And two people calls me Dr. Sheldon Cooper. Hahaha. I think they were teasing me.