NAD Adventist Single Adult Ministries : Forum

The following list identifies many of the personal needs and issues that single adults, regardless of age and type, will usually have in common. These are in addition to the spiritual issues of salvation, commitment, discipline, prayer, the Holy Spirit, water baptism, spiritual growth, etc. Would you agree with Dennis Franck?

- friendships with the same sex
- friendships with the opposite sex
- money management
- managing sexuality
- managing stress
- managing change
- learning to risk
- idenity
- premarital education
- re-marital education
- managing emotions
- loneliness
- dating/dating again
- self-esteem
- setting goals
- dealing with guilt

In addition to the needs common to all single adults, there are many personal issues and needs they may face due to their particular age or life circumstances:

- rearing children alone
- shared parenting
- relating to a former spouse
- time away from children
- giving and receiving forgiveness
- learning to trust again
- divorce recovery
- finding my new role
- grief recovery
- learning to risk
- depression
- managing anger
- blending families

From Reaching Single Adults An Essential Guide for Ministry by Dennis Franck

DARLENE

YES the single does have to deal with a lot of
life changes.

I did noticed one thing that taking risks was in
both lists.

dgrimm60

Now why would singles have a hard time taking risks? I'm not sure. I know I don't like to take risks but, don't married people have the same problem? Are we supposed to take risks? What would be the reason that we don't?

DARLENE

I think most people are afraid to take risks

when i was younger i was more of a risk taker
than I am now....




dgrimm60

One of the other ones that I note is that of setting goals. How many of us set goals and then follow through. That's a biggie in my estimation. Too few of us singles do that. We just take one day at a time and don't even live that one very well. Shouldn't we be in the business of becoming the best we can be?

Since highschool days my motto has been "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might!" And....I really have tried to apply that to my life. Maybe that is why I'm where I'm at. Maybe that's why I'm ready to just sit back and have a good time!?