Back home

I am back home. Two weeks ago on Monday, March 24th, I flew to Newark, NJ to meet all of the Single's on our SAM Trip to London & Paris. I flew back to Los Angeles last Tuesday. . . very happy to be home. I few out on Thursday to my parent's in West Monroe, LA. Friday, I drove to Jackson, MS to speak friday night and Saturday at the MS Single's Conference which was held at Bro. Craft's church. We had a great conference. I then drove back to Calhoun, LA. to my parent's home and spent the next few days with them. I had a great time. I flew home last night. Today my husband and son enjoyed Johnny's Pizza from Monroe. If you have never experienced Johnny's Pizza, you are missing a great experience!! I brought a couple of Pizza's home on the plane. . . .I buy them, let them cool down, put them in ziploc bags, and bring them in a cool-hot bag. I made 2 men very happy!!! Next time you are in the twin-cities area of Monroe and West Monroe, try some . . .you will be very glad you did!!!

SAM - Single Adult Ministry

I have been in St. Louis this week in meetings for Single Adult Ministry in the UPCI. I am very excited about all that God is doing with SAM in our great organization. We have some great things coming in the future. One is a new website, a single's e-mail devotional, a new young adult ministry, some blogs, as well as other things! It is an exciting time for SAM!! As soon as some of these things are up and running, I will let you know.

Single Adults can cover a wide age span as well as various lifestyles. Their ages may vary from 18 to over 80 years of age. Every group represents different needs, interests, and physical abilities. Young adults in their 20’s and 30’s as well as middle-aged or older single adults. There are the never-married, the widowed, or the divorced and many of them are single parents. They make up nearly 45% of the population in North America! What a harvest field! Nearly 70% of all new converts in any denomination are single.

There is a need for SAM in every local church, no matter the size of the congregation. That is our goal in working with every District Sunday School director and their District Single's director to make Pastors aware of this great need.

In order for us to see revival like never before:
· We must recognize this great unmarried mission field, for it’s harvest white. “I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” John 4:35 – NIV
· We must reach out to this generation and reap what has been sown. "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." Matthew 9:37-38 – NIV
· We must relate to all single adults. “. . .Yes, whatever a person is like, I try to find common ground with him so that he will let me tell him about Christ and let Christ save him” 1 Corinthians 9:22 – TLB

Single adults are a vast growing mighty force of the church and are instrumental in God’s purpose for the church. A revival growing church believes that single adults are crucial players in today’s revival. They realize that the talents and abilities of today’s single adults are too valuable to ignore. This vast growing group can become a mighty force in your church. They are instrumental in God’s purpose for the church. What better example to follow than the greatest single adult to ever live – JESUS CHRIST!

We've added more pics from our Italy trip!

Check out the new pics we have added to our Italy Trip post!

Italy Trip

In March, our family went to Italy on the SAM (Single Adult Ministry) Break-a-way trip to Italy. Debbie is the National Director for SAM. Our kids decided to go with us this year and we had a great time. Our trip first took us to Venice where we enjoyed the shops, restaurants and of course the gondolas. We then went to Florence, Pisa, Pompei and to Rome. Some of my favorite places in Rome: Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps. The Vatican was very interesting and we were able to be in St. Peter's Square when the Pope addressed the crowd that had gathered. It was a great experience! I am putting together a slideshow of the trip that will be available soon. If you are interested in the 2008 SAM Break-a-way trip, it will be taking place on March 25 through April 1, 2008. The destination: London and Paris. For more information on the trip, go to the SAM website at : singles.upci.org.