4 Ways to Redeem Valentines Day

 

There is a grave potential for singles to allow Valentine’s Day to turn into Singles’ Awareness Day. But this day doesn’t have to be a “Loser Palooza!” It can be a great opportunity to celebrate the season of life that the Lord has you in.So don’t sit at home, bummed because you don’t have a date. And don’t go out with somebody simply because that’s what one “ought to do” on this day. Take some initiative and redeem this day, and make some great memories while you’re at it. Here are Four ways you can redeem Valentines Day:

 

1. Get a Group together for dinner

 

Either host a pot-luck at your home or go out on the town. If you do end up dining out, you
might want to select somewhere you pay up front. (e.g. Fuddrucker’s, Rudy’s, McAlister’s,
etc…) This would eliminate awkwardness at the end of the evening when splitting up the
bill. Also, these places usually have you seat yourself, so you wouldn’t have a long wait to be
seated. Have a plan for afterwards. (Ice cream, games, photo scavenger hunts…)
Add variety with themes: Country- grab some BBQ and go two-steppin’. Mafia- don your
gangster gear and hit up an Italian eatery. 80’s night- Like, ya know?
 

2. Host a Valentines Day Party

 
Get friends (both singles and couples) to come over, eat hors d’oeuvres, decorate heart-
shaped sugar cookies, watch tacky chick-flicks (those from the 80s are especially good),
play games, have a finger-painting competition, build a bonfire, etc… Get creative with
themes (1st Grade Valentines Day Party?), keep it lighthearted and fun, and seek to be
inclusive in creating a group.
 

3. Get Cultured!

 
Every culture celebrates the day of love a little differently. For instance, in Japan, women
give men chocolates on February 14th, while some parts of Britain serve buns baked
with caraway seeds and raisins. Check out ideas from different cultures’ Valentine’s Day
celebrations and do them on a group date.
 

4. Show Love to a Widow

 
Take this opportunity to minister to those whose significant other is not with them. Get a
group together and go bless someone whose loved one is overseas (military), who has just
lost their loved one (widow), or someone older who is alone. Al Camp at Senior Life has
plenty of contacts. How crazy would it be not to elevate your singleness, but to extend love
to others and bless those who are hurting this Valentine’s?

Do you have any other good ideas? Comment and share them!