Mourning the loss of someone or even something we love from our lives can be a deeply painful experience.  But many of us also endure another type of painful loss. It's the loss of certain relationships that haven't eventuated. The loss of good and wonderful things we haven't had a chance to experience. It's the loss of what isn't.. and what may never be. 

Such "disenfranchised grief" is something that many singles are intimately familiar with. And yet, at the same time is a grief that they often don't feel entitled to experience, let alone able to speak about with others.  As a result, they usually endure the grief of a spouse who hasn't appeared, of children who haven't been born, in both silence and isolation. This is a silent and lonely grief, rarely recognised in important relationships. It is also a grief that parents may experience as they face the loss of hoped-for grandchildren and feel helpless in supporting their adult child.

Join us for this important event as we seek to better understand and reckon with the disenfranchised grief of singleness. 

• How might single Christians genuinely mourn the unrealised potential of marriage (or remarriage) and children, while holding firm to the promises of God in Christ? 

• How might married Christians walk alongside those singles who are grieving, all while pointing them to the certainty we have in Him?

•  How do we grieve what isn't and what may never be in light of the glorious future which we know will certainly be?

Over and over again God's says his people are to be known by their generous hospitality to saint and stranger alike (1 Peter 4:9, Heb 13:2). We are called to welcome one another as Christ has welcomed us (Rom 15:7). 

Hospitality isn't just a Christian cliche. It's part of the very essence of being Christ's people in this world. But how can those of us who are single practice hospitality?

• How might someone without a home of their own be hospitable to others? 

• How might someone without children of their own open their lives to other people's children? 

• How might a busy single parent or a widowed Christian be genuinely welcoming of others in midst of life's complexities and sadnesses?

Join us for this special Single Minded event as we consider how being single opens up exciting, unique and unexpected opportunities to faithfully welcome others as we have been welcomed by Christ.

Join us for this end of year online event. Tickets are FREE for anyone who purchased a ticket to any of our other events this year!

We'll look back at the year that has been, including some of our highlights and favourite moments. Then we'll have a live interactive Q&A session with our special guest panellists. 

Finish up the year with the Single Minded community as we reflect on all the things we have to be thankful to God for over the year and spend time answering your questions about singleness and other related topics.

If you've purchased a ticket to another event this year, you will have received a discount code via email to apply at checkout.