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Articles and advice on friendship and dating for single Christians to help them meet others, date successfully and find a wonderful partner. Our blog focuses on dating and relationship advice with tips for single Christians from friendsfirst’s founder Katharine Gray and other guest bloggers.
I Married You by Walter Trobisch
I Married You by Walter Trobisch This is classic book that everyone should read, whether they are single, widowed, divorced or separated. It’s a short and very engaging read and very thought provoking. Set in a big city in Africa, covering only a few days of Walter...
Enlisting Help
Enlisting help Over the past four months, my home has been in turmoil – and as a result it feels like our lives have been too. What we thought was a relatively small damp problem in a couple of our rooms, which we finally decided to get sorted, turned into a major...
God’s Surprises
God’s Surprises By Sheila Jacobs Disappointments I don’t always enjoy Christmas, if I’m being truthful. But I do enjoy the New Year. I like sitting with God and laying out all my hopes and dreams for the following twelve months, as well as reviewing with gratitude...
FIND Your Soulmate
F is for FIND Your Soulmate Over the many years of running friends1st, I have heard hundreds of people question whether they should even consider joining a dating agency because surely, as a Christian, God will bring someone into their lives won’t he? This ‘laissez...
Holiness
Holiness by J.C Ryle Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots is perhaps J. C. Ryle’s best-known and, arguably, best-loved book. C Ryle wrote this timeless classic on holiness over a hundred years ago, yet how poignant his words still are for us...
Make Contact!
MAKE CONTACT! We’ve included the image because it makes a really good point. So many people tell us they are waiting for others to contact them. We understand it’s just lovely if someone makes the first move; moves out of their comfort zone perhaps; makes the effort...
How busy – Part 2
How busy are you really - Part 2 By Katharine Gray In part 1, I wrote an article titled ‘How busy are you really?’ which struck a cord with a number of members who I’ve chatted to about it. But one of them was saying that time was an abstract concept and hard to pin...
Whats There
What’s there? By Sheila Jacobs What’s your favourite season? Mine is spring, but many people love autumn. The colours of the leaves being shed in preparation for the winter – beautiful. The first frosts can be beautiful too, as we start to dig out our favourite...
Perseverance makes a difference
A wonderful story of how perseverance makes all the difference In Alfreds words… “I have been a beef and sheep farmer since I was sixteen and have been running my farm in Drumclog, Scotland for twenty years. I joined friends1st at the end of October 2017 after seeing...
Keep going when the going gets tough
This year, during the summer, I went through the hardest four months of running friends1st that I’ve ever had in the last 25 years. I won’t bore you with the details, but I came close to wondering whether I should throw the whole towel in and give up, because the...
Single for a Season
Single for a Season by David Bruhlmann Why is it so difficult to find the perfect partner? Is God preventing me from finding that special someone for a reason? Is there something wrong with me? Will I ever meet someone—or am I going to remain single forever? Perhaps...
Being Busy
How busy are you really? By Katharine Gray Quite often I talk to members who tell me how busy they are – and generally I hear this as part of a sentence where they are saying they haven’t contacted anyone, or can’t arrange to meet anyone, or don’t want to pick up the...
Life’s Choices
Life’s choices Life is full of choices. Have you noticed? I choose what to wear in the morning. I choose whether to have another biscuit. I choose whether or not to chat with my friends on WhatsApp when I know I should be working! I also choose how to respond to that...
E is for Emotions
E is for EMOTIONS Dating – for anyone who has done some – is generally a highly emotive subject. Well, if not a subject, then certainly an experience. Talk to anyone about their dating experience and they will most likely tell you about their emotional ups and downs...
Communication in the World we Live in
Communication in the world we live in This morning my husband asked me if I’d seen the bill we’d been sent by email that he’d forwarded onto me. I haven’t! And even when I looked at my emails, I couldn’t find it! I get way too many emails in my personal inbox and even...
Massive Action for 2025
Massive Action for 2025 What you need to do to make 2025 a year that really counts So, it’s 2025. What is this year going to bring you then? Is it going to be a year you look back on with great fondness or is it going to be a year where not much changes in your life? ...
Contra Dating
Embracing Diversity: The Surprising Benefits of Contra Dating On 24th March Dating Contra Dating came up in the news and I was invited to give my opinion about it to listeners of Radio Scotland on their morning show. Anyone whose been reading any of my ‘writing’ over...
Dating Advice
Dating Advice How constantly comparing yourself to others who are more beautiful, successful, popular only harms you and stops you reaching your goal. Here's my advice... We speak to a number of people on the telephone who seem to think that, compared to all the other...
Katharine Gray
friendsfirst's founder and Director
I’m Katharine, founder of friendsfirst, the UK’s longest running, and largest off-line, Christian friendship and introduction agency. My amazing team and I provide direct coaching, personal support and introductions to single Christians in the UK and Ireland.
Hundreds of people have married through friendsfirst and many babies have been born, including triplets!
I have a huge passion and energy for life, believing that life is a wonderful gift from God that should be lived to its fullest. When I’m not matchmaking, I like to live on the edge by riding sport horses and leaping large hedges.
I’m happily married to someone who’s completely different to my wish list and I count my blessings every day that he asked me to tie the knot!
I believe God will bring the right person into your life at the right time. If they aren’t there, God hasn’t finished yet…
