1. HOW MANY SINGLE ADULTS ARE IN YOUR CHURCH? (all ages/types) WANT TO FIND OUT? TRY THIS SURVEY! It will take only 3 minutes It will enlighten your church staff It will educate your church congregation It will show the need for Single Adult/Young Adult Ministry It will give credibility to your ministry It will build support for Single Adult/Young Adult Ministry

2. TAKE A SUNDAY AM SURVEY! Show these slides of demographics-Then… Ask these 3 questions in a Sunday service Have ALL ages of single adults stand simultaneously Emphasize ALL the types of single adults-(some don’t admit to singleness easily or consider themselves single) Thank them for standing after each question Have each group remain standing till ALL 3 questions have been asked After EACH slide with a question, say, “Do you see how singleness affects the church?”

3. 44% of Adults are Single Never Married 48 M 26% Divorced20.5 M 10% Widowed13.5 M 6.8% Separated 7.2 M 3.6% (marital/military/other) Single Adult Ministry Journal-Issue 130, page 7

4. Growth of Single Person Households 1900 5% of all households 196013% of all households 200026% of all households Single Adult Ministry Journal-Issue 124, page 4

5. Median Age at First Marriage MenWomen 200027.1 25.4 199026.1 23.9 198024.7 22.0 197023.2 20.8 196022.8 20.3 U. S. Census Bureau, Internet-Jan. 2000

6. Increasing % of Single Parents Percentage of Single Parent Families in the US: 197013.0% 198022.0% 199028.0% 200036.0% Single Adult Ministry Journal-Issue 113, page 1-Gary Sprague-Director, Kids Hope

7. A SURVEY OF SINGLENESS IN THE CHURCH IF YOU ARE SINGLE OR SINGLE-AGAIN… BETWEEN 18 - 90 YEARS OLD…  NEVER MARRIED  FORMERLY MARRIED  WIDOWED  SINGLE PARENT  SEPARATED  Please stand & stay standing (all at once)  Do you see how singleness affects the church?

8. SINGLENESS IN THE CHURCH IF YOU ARE MARRIED NOW BUT WERE SINGLE-AGAIN DUE TO …  DEATH OF A MARRIAGE  DEATH OF A SPOUSE  Please stand & stay standing  Do you see how singleness affects the church?

9. SINGLENESS IN THE CHURCH IF YOU HAVE A RELATIVE WHO IS…  DIVORCED  WIDOWED  NOT MARRIED-21 YRS OR OLDER  SEPARATED  Please stand & stay standing  Do you see how singleness affects the church?

10. SINGLENESS IN THE CHURCH YOU MAY THINK YOU WILL NEVER BE SINGLE, BUT BY FATE OR BY MATE YOU COULD BE! YOU MAY NOT NEED THE SINGLE ADULT MINISTRY TODAY, BUT YOU MAY BY TUESDAY! YOU MAY BE ONE HEARTBEAT AWAY FROM SINGLENESS! DO YOU SEE HOW SINGLENESS AFFECTS THE CHURCH?