In reply to Rev. Heath Curtis.

May a woman might put in her two cents worth of opinion here? All that you say may be true, and I know those of you working in the field are faithful and dedicated, but you have not addressed the fact that our young families are leaving. I look at my own hard-working congregation and see the absence of those people with small children who were in the pews only a year or two back. They have vanished. This does not appear to be the case for those non-denominational, feel good mega-churches around us. What are they doing to meet family needs that we are not doing? Can we change the way we do business to be more inclusive at all levels? Our denomination has long depended on father-lead, traditional families with strong Euro-ethnic identities to fill the pews. This model is no longer relevant.