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"We appreciate how
hard it can be to meet other single Christians"
K2 has been set up because we appreciate how hard it
can be to meet other single Christians. We plan to help
meet that need by being a local point of contact and a
resource. By creating the right environment for people
to meet through 'Klubs', socials and teaching events we
hope to give you the opportunities you need.
All for One and One for
All!
Our aim is to have a contact in every church, across
all the denominations ... so please spread the word!
Are you aware that in the UK approx. 35% of the adult
Church population is now single, up to 42% in inner city
areas?* We want to raise the profile of single Christians
in the church and want to honour you for your devotion
to God.
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Let's work together!
We are keen to work with local churches & any other Christian
organisation. So leaders, please do get in touch and let's see
what mountains we can move together.
Phil and Hazel no longer run K2. There is now a Management
Committee of K2 members that run K2 with Kathy heading it up.
We also have a Steering Group made up of K2 members and Church
Leaders. If you or your church leader wants to be part of the
leadership team and influence K2 then please email
us.
We'd love to hear from you.
If you've got any comments & ideas or would like to be
involved in planning events, please email
us. We have no finances and are entirely run by volunteers.
We share the workload by having small teams of people (usually
groups of 3) taking responsibility for individual events and
activities. We'd love it if you wanted to be involved.
* Ref: The Single Issue by Al Hsu 2001 pg 22
Background to K2
K2 was created by Hazel and Phil who both wanted to develop a
group for single people in churches across the Bristol and Bath
area. Numbers of single people are increasing all the time and
some churches seem to be struggling to recognise their needs.
Hazel and Phil both had experience of being older singles before
their marriage and were concerned that there were few social
outlets. Hazel feels that as society has changed and become
more fragmented, people no longer have the same opportunities
to meet, especially in a city. The Church, whilst vigorously
promoting marriage (as of course it should), can often fail
to encourage and strengthen the singles community.
They wanted to encourage and support single people without
the "pairs and spares" mentality of some church social
groups. With an eye to avoid the cheesy and institutional, Hazel
canvassed opinion amongst friends and acquaintances, single
and once single. At breakfast meetings and cross-city tea shop
takeovers, people came together to bring ideas and opinions
of what a singles group could be like. Hazel has a gift for
organisation, and Phil for administration. He started work on
a website, and she worked with others to create a group where
the members organised meetings and social events creating spaces
for people to meet.
Members have gone boating,
cycling, to see Jools
Holland, been out to
dinner, wine tasting
and speed dating. The
web site gives details and members choose what appeals to them
and often get involved in running the events. There was also
a request for teaching and guest speaker events have now taken
place and been extremely well attended (Ian
Gregory, Alison
Dorricott).
The web site, as well as information about K2 events, also
has links to other organisations and events for single people,
including information about holidays, and reading recommendations.
"We want it to be local, face to face,
run and owned by its members"
Membership remains free. Meetings have been well attended,
sometimes overwhelmingly so, and Hazel and Phil have seen that
God has encouraged them and provided for their venture.
The challenge is to continue to address the sheer number and
variety of ideas and needs expressed by members, and to remain
inclusive, and more importantly perhaps, to continue to avoid
the cheesy. Check it out to see how they're doing.
Interview and article by Kristin, June 2007
Why call it K2?
"Knock Knock" - "Who's there?"
K2 originated as an abbreviation of "Knock Knock"
-"Who's there?" - which is what most of our members
want to know!
"Ask, Seek & Knock"
Biblically, this idea was based around 'Ask, Seek & Knock'
and the story of the persistent 'knocker'. Unfortunately, however,
the various negative connotations around the word 'knocking'
were off putting! So we've gone for something a little more
subtle.
K2 is a relatively nondescript name, and many people liked
it for this reason. It is easy to say and remember and it doesn't
give much away. We also wanted to avoid strong dating connotations
since K2 is about more than that.
"How beautiful on the mountains are the
feet of those who bring good news"
K2 reminds many people of the mountain and it has been suggested
that being single and Christian can sometimes feel like climbing
one! If that's how it feels for you, you might like to reflect
on the various positive references to mountains in the bible:
Isaiah 52v7, Matthew 17v20, Isaiah 55v12 & Psalm 46v1-5.
"Knowing Me, Knowing You"
For ABBA & Alan Partridge fans the K2 strap line "Knowing
Me, Knowing You- Aha!" works well.
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