March 3, 2009
Hello and welcome to the Barrie Area Singles Alliance Blog!
We are an inter-church Christian singles ministry that promotes friendship and fellowship amongst singles, whether never-married, divorced, widowed, separated, single parents, or those in dating relationships. We serve Barrie and surrounding area, including Orillia, Collingwood, Alliston, and Newmarket.
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January 3, 2010
Barrie-Bethel Singles Alliance Friday Evening Adult Singles Bible Study Starting Friday January 8th 2010 At Bethel Community Church, 128 St Vincent Street, Barrie LUKE: New Hope, New Joy http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/book.pl/code=3005 7:15 Coffee with Meet & Greet 7:30 Songs of Praise 7:45 Break up into smaller groups for Bible Study 9:00 Small group prayer 9:15 Large group Wrap-up til 9:30 Directions: Take 400 to Barrie, exit south onto Bayfield. Turn left onto Grove then right onto St. Vincent. Bethel is on the right, #128 For more Info: Call Scott at 705 321-0863 or email at sgpearson@auracom.com Check out our blog @ http://singlesalliance.wordpress.com Or visit http://singlesalliance.tripod.com To connect with our Ladies Singles Study in Newmarket, currently studying Beth Moore’s “Get Out of That Pit”, contact Joanne at jyhook@hotmail.com
June 25, 2009
Male-female friendships are certainly complex. In order to promote a better understanding I’ve included a discussion on the subject, let me know what you think.
Can Men and Women Just be Friends?
Summary of Bethel Singles Bible study and discussion.
I Timothy 5:1-2
Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
1) How does Paul ask us to treat each other in this passage?
-like family, appropriate to age and sex
-with absolute purity
2) Why might this be difficult?
-sexual attraction
-some may have grown up in dysfunctional families, lacking proper role modeling
for more - the whole text – click here
May 23, 2009
BBQ, Hayride & Volleyball, at Scott’s farm, #6387 5 Sideroad, Innisfil; hosted by Bethel Singles. Begins with volleyball, followed by pot-blessing BBQ with burgers, buns and drinks provided; followed by hayride and campfire.
April 16, 2009
April 16, 2009
Dear Eve,
Looks like I get to ask the first question. I’m a leader in a singles Bible study and I’ve noticed some interesting statistics. Over a period of time, approx two-thirds of the total number of singles that come out to our group are women and one-third are men. I think this simply reflects the fact that since there are more single women at church on Sunday mornings than single men, more women will come out to our group. However, the numbers of men and women attending on any given Friday are approx equal. While I think that equal numbers contribute to a more balanced discussion overall, I’m still left with some questions, “Why are the women who come out much less likely to become regular participants in our group than men?” “What is it about our group that women don’t feel comfortable with?” “How can we help the women who come out to feel more comfortable?”
Hoping to hear from the “Eve’s” out there,
Scott
April 9, 2009
Good Friday April 10th
Bethel Singles Bible Study & Communion
Study questions for Mark 15:16 to 16:8
1. Specifically, how did the Roman soldiers treat Jesus?
2. Why do you think the Roman soldiers responded to Jesus in this way?
3. How did the chief priests, scribes, (v31) and those who passed by (v29) treat Jesus?
4. Why do you think the chief priests, scribes, and those who passed by respond to Jesus like this?
5. What do you think led the centurion to his conclusion in v 38?
6. Why does Mark include the incident in v 44 of Pilate questioning the centurion?
7. Mark describes Joseph of Arimathea as being bold in v 43, what is bold about him?
8. What role do the women play in Mark’s account of the empty tomb, 15:47-16:8?
9. From our study, what are some of the qualities that need to embrace as followers of Jesus; what do we need to avoid?
March 19, 2009
In our bible study of the book of James last year we discussed:
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. James 1:2-3 (NIV)
We talked in our group about how challenging that is – I recently came across this video – and I think it is an inspiring example of living out that scripture in difficult life circumstances.
March 17, 2009
Privacy Settings on Facebook
With this section I am trying to help you to find the areas on Facebook where you can protect your information/privacy better. Here you find some screen-snapshots – some are marked with red and suggestions.
After you have signed into Facebook – it is probably a good idea to look at the privacy settings – and if you are concerned you can limit who can see certain information (please be aware – even so you can limit who can see what you put to the site – there is no guarantee somebody still could see that information). So be cautious what you put there more…
March 13, 2009
We are catching up with technology – join Singles Alliance on Facebook…
We would like to invite you to participate – let us know – and we send you an invitation.
You can write us an email
To keep the participants privacy somewhat protected – we decided to set the group by invitation only – and people have to be approved as members to see the information of other group members.
March 12, 2009
Added the Verse of the Day from Bible Gateway (bottom of the right column) – it shows a different verse automatically every day.
Deuteronomy 7:9
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