What the United Methodist Social Principles Say About Human Sexuality
The United Methodist Church has Social Principles that speak to issues in the lives of people. You may or may not be aware that there are paragraphs that address human sexuality. We have excerpted the portions that apply to human sexuality and have them here for you to read.

Extending Hospitality to Singles in a Family-Oriented Congregation
We seem to be caught between a rock and hard place when it comes to ministering with singles.

Layering Bible Study: A Workshop or Program
This layered approach to Bible study may be used as a training or program idea with teachers and other leaders involved in Christian education and formation.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Many of us, in varying degrees, have a distorted view of self. We become overly self-conscious about the size or shape of our bodies. The steady pressure to have the "right" look can backfire, leading us to an endless search for perfection.

Making the Most of the Time: Finding and Maintaining Balance
Time is a gift, filled with potential. Balancing our work and relationships, our activities and our rest, is an act of Christian stewardship.

Sexuality: What Does It Really Mean?
Sexuality is about who we are as whole beings made in the image of God. Sexuality is woven into who we are as spiritual beings.

Human Sexuality Education Resources
A summary of resources to be used in supporting individual and group study in human sexuality education.

Singles and Evangelism
Using the perspective that Jesus was single (and assuming the definition of single means unmarried), we are able to learn by example and see some practical and significant ways a single person can use the single stage in life to advantage in being a leader, in touching lives, and in influencing change and transformation.

Who Are Our Single Adults?
Here is a list of single adults who may be in your community or congregation. Can you think of others?

When Recruiting, Don't Forget Singles
The number of single adults in society and in our churches is growing. Still some churches fail to recognize the potential for ministry that single adults offer.

Single Adults and the Holidays
Holidays are often tough times for single adults. Thanksgiving and Christmas are thought of as "family days," and New Year's Eve is often a time for "lovers." Many divorced, widowed, or never-married singles feel especially lonely without family members to help celebrate the holidays.

Being Black, Christian, and Single
Being Black, Christian, and Single To be a Christian single adult who is a Black American is a three-fold identity. You are Black, you are seeking to follow Christ, and you are not married.

Change: A Common Factor in Adulthood
Change: A Common Factor in Adulthood Adults today are faced with enormous changes. Some of theose changes are outlined below. One of the roles of the church is to help adults come to terms with the changes in their lives.