Singles Committee, ministry to come...
The church I go to is a small one (only about 100 members), with mostly families (married w/children). There are less than 10 of us who actually consider ourselves part of the "singles" group, and we are 23-39 years of age, never married, no kids. We have others in our congregation outside of those parameters - in particular youth in the high school and college ages and divorcees with children. But we really haven't been structured enough and diverse enough to include them.
We have a Singles Committee but no actual singles "ministry". As a group, our only dedicated functions so far are monthly outings to local restaurants (called 1st Fridays), and a "Parents' Night Out" on Friday around Christmas so parents can drop their kids off and go shopping (or relax by themselves). Otherwise, we're working. My pastor seems to really have a concern over us and wants to do more with us. Recently, he's assigned us to coordinating donations to missionaries. I don't immediately see why he wanted us to do it, but I see now it's to get us more involved with church business, maybe to prepare us for leadership in the church.
What I'd like to know is some ways for incorporating younger singles and older (probably divorced) singles into activities and starting a real "ministry".