Raising the profile of single Christians in Bristol and Bath
Raising the profile of single Christians in Bristol and Bath
“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. Our aim is to act as a local point of contact for single Christians and a resource for local churches. By creating the right environment for people to meet through a range of social and teaching events we hope to give you the opportunities you need to form new Christian friendships and possibly relationships.
K2 is run by a management committee of K2 members currently headed up by Kathy Longley. We also have a Steering Group, chaired by Lucy Hyatt, made up of K2 members and church leaders to offer guidance and accountability. If you or your church leader wants to be part of the leadership team and influence K2 then we would love to hear from you, please email us.
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| Kathy Longley, K2 Coordinator |
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| Paul Ip, Treasurer and Newsletter Editor |
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| Andy Hains, Konnect |
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| Christine Whitfield, Klub 100 |
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| Ken Petrie, Website Manager |
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| Lucy Hyatt, Chair of Steering Committee |
In 2008 K2 were successful in securing funding of £5000 from the we:network in Bristol for one year for two part-time positions of K2 coordinator and website manager. Kathy Longley is currently contracted as K2 coordinator and Ken Petrie as website manager. We hope this funding may continue in the future.
Are you aware that in the UK about 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.
We are keen to work with local churches & any other Christian organisation. Our aim is to have a contact in every local church in Bath and Bristol, across all the denominations... so please spread the word!
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. Events 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
K2 was created by Hazel and Phil Nendick from Henleaze Community Church who both wanted to develop a group for single people in churches across the Bristol and Bath area. Hazel and Phil both had experience of being older singles before their marriage and were concerned that there were few social outlets. 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 among 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. They worked together to create a group where the members organised meetings and social events creating space for people to meet.
“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.
Page last updated: 6 July 2009
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