Steve mga,

Something I treasure at my church is that we spend time with each other. We meet in a remodeled farm house and the time between Sabbath School and the main service is filled with all sorts of conversation over juice and snacks. We have activities together involving all ages and children are made part of the main service wherever and whenever possible.  I treasure the friendships that have been nurtured over those times together because we are friends outside of church, too.  I think the #1 way a young person disappears from the church is by going away to school. If I miss church once, I know I'm going to get at least a phone call asking how I'm doing. So it pains me to read reports like the one above.