So last week I discovered this really cool site, MeetUp.comI stumbled across it when Googling for dog parks in the Newtown, PA area. Turns out this is a site that caters to anyone from any area with pretty much any interest you can imagine – emphasis on ANY. For example, I was able to find a group for people with active dogs in Newtown. I also joined an adventure travel group for Philadelphia as well as a travel photography group.

There were some good Christian groups for the Philadelphia area, but since Philly is a bit of a hike from me in terms of being able to get involved, I thought I’d start my own group. For $72 I get a group for 6 months that I can manage which I have dubbed Bucks County Christian Singles Social Meetup and I’m hoping to possibly attract some other Christian singles in the area as potential friends, or just a group to do stuff with. Since starting the group last week, I have 3 new members. I’m hoping to have a meeting scheduled after I have at least 5.

However, since the groups are designed by the individual members themselves, they can be about…well, pretty much anything. I had told my sister, Jo, about the site thinking that since she & my brother-in-law have just moved to Minot, North Dakota (prounounced my-not), it might be a way for her to meet some people in the area. I got an email from her informing me that there are apparently only 3 groups currently in Minot – a wine club, a knitting group, and a nude group. Yes, that’s right – a NUDE group! I laughed outloud when I read her message, especially after reading on that apparently the main page of the group features a picture of a pool of full moons. I don’t think she’s interested in joining that one.

In any case, I think the closer you are to a city, the more Meet-ups there potentially are… The site started out of NYC and I think it’s still sort of making a name for itself. I don’t get the impression that it’s been around terribly long, but here’s hopin’ that more people find out about it and it continues to grow…although I could do without the start of more nude groups – but that’s just me. :)