i used to go to church religiously (pardon the pun) and ALWAYS came back with something, learnt something useful. i stopped going for a few years and started going again last year. so for a year now i go nearly every sunday, hubby has started coming too. but i find it really boring. i know that sounds horrible. but i sit and wonder why i am there half the time. i know a few others feel the same. they have been attendign the same church for 15 yrs or so. thing is i feel loyal here and have developed great friendships and am part of the music team. what can i do?

You could try reading. There are many good books that have the capacity to refresh your spirit. I'd also look for a discussion group for people at the same stage of life as youself where you can bat around your insights and learn from each other.

It is possible that you have moved or are in the process of moving to a more mature level of faith than that which the minister is addressing in his sermons/homilies. Talk to him about your feelings of unsatisfaction and he may be able to guide you to a source of spiritual nourishment just right for you. If not, look around for yourself and pray. God will guide those who seek.

I wonder too whether this is the sign of a growth phase for you. Perhaps new gifts are developing within you, perhaps it is time for a new focus or area of involvement?

I can relate to this too... I am starting to go slightly less often than before, because I'm really not getting that much out of it. I make myself go, because I think I should, and that the discipline of going even when I don't want to is part of the whole process, but lately I've been wondering if I should keep going or not.

I don't really want to look for another church... I'm not convinced that a church is the kind of thing you should go shopping for so I can sympathise... but no answers really!