Presbytery explains young adults’ dating and marriage dilemma

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      Taiwan Church News

      3052 Edition

      August 23~29, 2010

       

       

      Presbytery explains young adults’ dating and marriage dilemma

       

      Reported by Chiou Kuo-rong

      Written by Lydia Ma

       

       

      PCT Seven Stars Presbytery Marriage Committee hopes to 
strengthen its ministries by 

      providing one-on-one dating that’d allow single young adults to 
meet one another in an 

      intimate and warm setting. 

       



      The committee will hold a gathering on September 18, 2010, at a 
classy venue in Taipei for 

      young, single adults who’ve already graduated from college. 

       



      Ou Shiou-jen, a committee member in charge of this event and an 
elder of Da-chih 

      Presbyterian Church, observed from her experience in helping 
young adults find a match that 

      women usually take more initiative than men when it comes to 
dating or participating in 

      matchmaking events. 

       



      She explained that single men are usually consumed with their 
careers and don’t give much 

      thought to dating and marriage. Some men are too proud of their 
educational achievements to 

      admit their need for matchmaking events like this one to meet 
their future spouses. Still others 

      are ashamed of not holding stable jobs and shy away from dating 
as result.

       



      Ou believed these 3 factors explained why men are more passive 
than women when it comes 

      to dating and marriage. But she also noted from her experiences 
that many young adults today 

      are more accepting of using matchmaking as a means to meet 
people compared to a few years ago.

       



      Based on her decade long experience in this ministry, Ou urged 
single young adults to pray 

      earnestly before they begin their search because prayer is of 
prime importance when it comes 

      to finding a suitable life partner.

       



      She also encouraged them to make sure they really wanted to 
build a good marriage. “Though 

      this may sound redundant, I’ve met many single men and women 
who didn’t seriously consider 

      this basic factor when they began dating,” she said.

       



      She emphasized that if single men and women take her two 
suggestions seriously and 

      actively participate in events for young adults organized by 
their own churches, they’ll soon find 

      the spouse God has prepared for them.

       



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