Penny Spruill's Page

I completely understand the hardships of meeting people (especially men) in small churches and small towns. But large churches have thier issues as well. I go to very large church in So. Cal. but those single guys are still quite elusive. Every Sunday morning I am front and center greeting people as they walk in the door, and the vast majority of men have their wives or girlfriends with them. In churches where there is a greater population of men, there is also a greater population of women. It can be a double edge sword. I am a member of a ministry where meeting people is our job, but I don't want my primary goal of that ministry to be meeting single guys. Do other people agree that it is pretty easy to get 'lost' in a big church?

Okay, now Im not saying to leave your church. But "visit" another one (same denomination if you would like) and see whats out there. Go to the singles class and see if you spark a young mans eye. I mean, that is definitely being bold. :-) And it can't hurt. I just go this idea this morning when my old youth pastor called me wanting me to try out a young adult group hes trying to put together. I thought, well it can hurt! Who knows whos out there. Ill just scout out the territory! :-)

I am a Children's Minister in Virginia at a small church (about 100) There are no single men in sight. We have lots of married couples in their 30's. There are only 3 single women in my church, one is a Widow, one divorced and then there's me single never married 31yr old. What am I to do??? Where can I find a good Christian guy? Any suggestions???

I'm a small town girl in a very rural part of Canada's smallest province. It seems that all the single men, Christian or not, have decided to pull a Moses and haul robe out of here. I'm sure I'm not alone in this stiuation. Small towns seem to be getting smaller every day. So what my question is is this, What do you do when there just aren't any men to choose from?