What about church?

Do you attend a church every Sunday, twice a month, once in awhile, two times a year (Easter & Christmas), or not at all? Ask yourself one of these two questions. #1 Why do I go to church? #2 Why don't I go to church? I'm sure after asking these questions you had some great answers. Or maybe you just couldn't come up with a solid answer. Whatever the case may be we will go on. How do you see the church today? Is it a big building with a lot of people who use big words, look at you funny, and sing songs you don't know? Or maybe the message didn’t apply to the situations of today; the issues that you’re going through or have been through. For example sex, dating, finances, divorce, drugs, peer pressure, or just the ups and downs of life, to just name a few. Although this may be true in some churches, all churches are different.
I believe the church was put here to be the hands and feet of Jesus. To show the love of God to all that walk this earth. The one thing that is abundantly obvious to me is that church should be a place of worship. It should be a place that every one will experience the presence of God whether they realize it or not. It should be a place where you feel welcome. It should be a place where you feel at home. It should be a place where the refreshing Word of God is taught–not what the preacher saw happening in the hallway or some manmade doctrine, prohibiting makeup or pants. Hitting the topics that we deal with that are relevant with this generation, not four generations ago. And it should be a place where God is always present.
What does the bible say about going to church? Is this a must for “Christians” to attend a local church? I believe that it is essential as a believer to fellowship with others in a setting that allows you to grow in Christ (Hebrews 10:24-25) to be in an environment that fosters your personal growth. People are not perfect and neither is the Church. I think people forget that as children of God, we too have problems and situations that frustrate us, disappoint and even sadden us. The church needs to reestablish itself as place to build people up and not tear them down. There needs to be a new paradigm within the Church.
Times have changed and the Church has to change right along with it, based wholly on God’s word.
I don't know about you, but I want to attend a church that is relevant to my generation, now and the years to come.