Single Adult Fellowship

University Baptist Church – Chapel Hill, NC

Like most everything else at UBC, our Single Adult Ministry is different from most. We don’t segregate those who happen to not be married or attached to a significant other at this stage of their adult life. We literally integrate them into every part of the life of the church. You’ll find that our singles like it that way!

SINGLES IN SUNDAY SCHOOL

While most of Single Adults are involved in Sunday School, our Single Adult Fellowship is not connected directly to a Sunday morning Bible study group.  At UBC our adult classes are not set up by age group or place in life. For that reason, our Single Adults choose ANY adult class where they feel comfortable.

o   Many of our single parents choose the FaithWeaver Class which meets in the Great Hall. This interactive group is studying the same passage the youth and children are studying that day… and are given helps to relate the lesson to their children when they get home.

o   Some may feel most at home in one of the classes that meet in the rooms at the rear of the balcony:  the Graduate Student Class or the Young Adult Class. [FYI the Young Adult Class has been made up primarily of married young adults, but singles are welcomed.]

o   Some single adults choose the Insko Class which meets on the hallway leading to the sanctuary.

o   Currently, many Single Young Adults are involved in the Synthesis Class which also meets on the hallway leading to the sanctuary.

o   Older singles may want to try the Open Door Class, also on that hallway.

ACTIVITIES

The second Sunday of each month, the Single Adults go to lunch together at one of the many good restaurants on Franklin Street. We congregate in the first floor Gathering Area (outside the Choir Room) and head out soon after worship. You are welcome to join us!

Most of our activities and meetings spring from within the group. Basically, someone will invite all the singles over for a cookout, a dinner, a party at their place. These may take the form of meeting at a restaurant and eating together, congregating at someone’s home for parties/meals, getting together to attend community functions (movies, museums, theatre, concerts, street fairs, etc.), watching a local university basketball or football game… or playing table games among ourselves! You’ll find these kinds of gatherings noted in the Sunday morning order of worship.

We plan short-term Bible studies (six to eight weeks). These are held in someone’s home, usually on a week night.

TRIPS

Throughout the year, we make travel plans for our Single Adults. These may be day trips to somewhere here in North Carolina, weekend adventures, national Single Adult Conferences, or even a week-long Single Adult Vacation Week!