Smug marrieds vs singletons

There is something I have noticed in churches up and down the country and it really bugs me and I think it is wrong. It is something that I have only picked up on after reading about it in a book called "God's design for Women" by Sharon James. In it she mentions the fact that churches are really great when people get engaged or married or have a baby or something like that, it goes in the weekly notices and announcements are made etc, but if a women (or man come to that)comes to a decision that for them the best way to serve the Lord is to stay single, then nothing happens at all, and it goes completely by the wayside. Surely it is equally as valid as getting married etc? How can these people feel as valued as those "smug marrieds" if nothing is said about it?
It makes it seem as if being single is not as valid as being married, which as I keep being told at practically every women's day I go to, is not the case. In his letters, Paul gives good reasons why its equally as valid, if not more so. 1 Corthinthains 7 says this " An unmarried woman is concerned about the Lord's affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and sprit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world." Singleness is also often talked about as a "gift" amoungst Christians.
This means that the churches should be equally as engouraging, I however have not noticed this at all in all the services I have been to - and believe me there have many. It is still the "smug marrieds" that get all the attention. I think it is time to move over and let us "singletons" get some of the lime light!