Yesterday I found out the Manchester has closed it's doors. How sad. I remember it as the most positive church experience that I ever had as a kid growing up. In a lot of ways it reminds me of Friendship. The kindness, the warmth of heart, the good teaching, the people getting saved. I fear Friendship has gotten complacent and I fear that it will ruin us in the end, and that right now we aren't being used as we should. My spiritual life has followed the ups and downs of Friendship. It takes a very special person not to have his or her spiritual walk mirror that of the congregation they attend. I find that to be very sad and scary.