Living a God-obsessed life in a marriage-obsessed church

How can we live whole and complete lives as single people, fulfilling within God’s church the role he is calling us to? How can our churches better support and include the not-yet-married, unmarried, separated, divorced and widowed? What does it mean for church to be ‘family’ and ‘community’ – a genuine place of love and support for people of all ages and stages of life? How do we make the most of the many blessings of a single life but also cope with the many painful parts?