Missed Church?

Last Sunday our leadership decided to "cancel church" because of a serious snow storm that hit our area. As a result of "missing church" I have given some serious consideration to what exactly was missed. I'm one of those guys who mocks people who watch "church" on TV and I'm also a little uncomfortable with churches using video sermons, so I was surprised by my own introspection. I asked my wife Sunday to be honest and tell me what we missed by staying home. How would you answer that? If your church cancelled last week what did you miss? Think about it. Some people opted for TV church (or internet streaming church) and I have a sneaky feeling that it wasn't too different from actual church (minus the fuel expense & travel time). So what what was missed???

• Watching a sermon? (I know I'd like to believe that's true since I'm the guy delivering the sermon). This could however be accomplished by TV or at least via a podcast.
• Singing? From my observation most folks aren't singing at church anyway, but if you're an exception you could still sing at home. You could even pick the music and sit and stand as you please!
• Giving? Online giving is an option (though some folks want to deliver the check as an act of worship just like Biblical times).
• The Lord's Supper? Now I'm sure you're thinking that here is the place where attendance is required. Really? I don't know about the church you're a part of, but most churches I'm familiar with make COMMUNION basically a private event...complete with indvidiuals in various forms of the holy fetal position around the room (errr... sanctuary) with mini-shot glasses (errrr....cups) & chiclets (errr... bread) in their hands with their eyes firmly closed in funerary contemplation. This goes off the same whether there are 2 or 200 people in the room.
• Prayer? Since only one guy usually prays I'm not sure how to handle this one. Most of the church prayers are generalities and fairly detatched from the lives of the people.
• Fellowship? If you mean walking by people in the hall or chatting briefly about the weather or football or American Idol then I could see where this would be difficult to do on your couch. But, honestly, fellowship is mostly non-existent in "church services" and we know it! We have about as much fellowship as people have at the movies - think about it.

So what's my point? Something is wrong with what "church" has become. We really aren't that far from our "TV church" attending friends in reality and that should scare the you know what out of us!

That's what I'm talkin bout.