by Moon Choi

The Singles Life Ministry is for people between schooling (up to undergraduate education*) and marriage. It’s a strange time in life and Singles Ministry is there to specifically minister to people who fit in this stage of life. Pastor John Kim heads up the ministry with a group of committed men and women.

We just finished our series through the study of the Holy Spirit, which had begun in early October of 2009. Pastor John preached through various topics related to the Holy Spirit: the Spirit in the Old Testament, the Spirit in the New Testament, charismatic theology, and what it means to blaspheme the Spirit (the unforgiveable sin Jesus mentions in Matthew 12:31-32). The study, though it was filled with tons and tons of information and things to chew on, wasn’t just to be something to fill our minds with head knowledge. Pastor John made sure to address this every Friday with application points.

The study aside, the general experience of the Singles Ministry has been great! The preaching is wonderful, as we have guest speakers like our elders and Singles staff, who preach on certain topics as suffering and feeling burnt out in the Christian race. Sometimes there are games before the sermon and sometimes we break off into groups of four or five to pray. Then after the sermon, a women’s small group and a men’s small group take rotations on serving snacks (or straight up meals…shout out to the Sloppy Joes!). It feels somewhat like a grown-up slumber party at a friend’s house.

All in all, Singles Ministry is a bundle of good times with the teaching, the fellowship, and the awesome food. Be sure to come join us at 7 PM on Fridays at church!

* Editor’s Note: Or people working without an education, or in post-grad, etc. Basically, if you’re not currently doing undergraduate work or married, you belong in Single Life. Also, if you are interested in listening to the sermons that were preached, you can find them here.