Many people have been church hopping this season because they didn't see joining a church in the first place as joining a family so much as a vibe. Having to meet different hours, different places, different ways -- that changes the vibe. So they're looking elsewhere.
We don't do family like that. Or we shouldn't. If Grandma said, "Next Thanksgiving we're gonna eat outside" we wouldn't find a new grandma. You could tell Grandma you don't like it. That you wish we could go back inside. But you're there Thanksgiving eating her food.
Don't treat church like a consumer product. Church is a family, not a club, a program, or a style preference.
Coda: Someone on FB brought up the analogy that if Grandma called off Thanksgiving, you'd go to someone else's house. I think a more fitting analogy is this: Grandma's sick & said she can't do Thanksgiving this year. But she will when she's better. Do you go get a new Grandma?
