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Resources for Ministries With Singles (pdf)
A concise listing of resources and links to help you enhance your ministries with singles.

Breaking & Mending: Divorce and God's Grace
by Mary Lou Redding. Upper Room Books.
In struggling to make sense of her own painful divorce, Redding looked to the Bible where she found guidance and hope.

FaithLink Bible Study — Connecting Faith and Life as United Methodists
A six-page guide distributed weekly that looks at current events and faith questions from a distinctly United Methodist perspective. Each weekly guide contains background information, core Bible passages, lesson plan suggestions, and pages with permission to photocopy for class members. Cokesbury: 1-800-672-1789.

Forgiving Your Family: A Journey to Healing
By Kathleen Fischer (Upper Room Books).
Why is it that the closest people to us often cause the deepest, most wrenching pain? Family can either provide restful refuge or prompt you to find it elsewhere. A quick channel-surf through daytime television illustrates that! From the petty irritation to the grievous wrong, forgiving is one of the hardest tasks families face.

Idea Catalog for Single Adult Ministry
Compiled by Jerry Jones. (David C. Cook Ministries)
The Idea Catalog for Single Adult Ministry presents more than 150 ideas to spark your imagination and help you and your singles ministry leadership team reach your goals

Job Descriptions & Leadership Training for Local Church Leaders 2005-2008
By Thomas R. Hawkins (Discipleship Resources, 2004)
This packet of job descriptions and suggestions for leadership training is intended for pastors and laity who want to strengthen their congregation’s leaders. It begins with a look at the biblical and theological foundations for the development of a leadership development system.

Learning on the Run: Active Christian Learning Experiences for Youth and Adults
By Ted Endacott
Christian educators have known it all along: Learning can be FUN! It's all in the presentation. Learning on the Run is a practical how-to book advocating the praxis style of teaching, meaning action followed by reflection. Learners of all ages discover things for themselves through movement, noise, emotion, and challenging thinking. It's learning through creative engagement.

Making God Real for a New Generation: Ministry with Millennials Born from 1982 to 1999
by Craig Kennet Miller and MaryJane Pierce Norton
Perhaps the greatest challenge facing the church today is to be God’s witness to our children and young people — to make God real for this new generation.

Start Here: Teaching and Learning with Adults
by Barbara Bruce. Discipleship Resources, 2000.
Based on some of the newest information on faith development and adult learning, Start Here helps teachers of adult Sunday school classes and other small groups create learning environments where adults can grow in faith.