"We're not much for Churches."

The decline in dad's health had us considering bringing in a home healthcare service because he required much more care than is available in assisted living.

So, with the blessing of the home, the family met with a representative from Senior Helpers.

The woman we met with was extremely nice and, I'd guess, between the ages of 25 and 30.

It turns out that she attended college in the town my parents lived in.

We were trying to explain to her where mom and dad's house was in the town.

Their house was near a large United Methodist church, that takes up a whole, very large, block in the town.

When mom suggested that landmark, the woman said, pleasantly but dismissively, "We're not much for churches," and moved the conversation on.

And, her attitude, that churches are entirely irrelevant to her life struck me as describing the plight of people who want to preserve and restore the church.

For many people in the millennial generation, churches are far less than an afterthought.

As Dan Kimball noted, can you believe, 10 years ago?, THEY LIKE JESUS, BUT NOT THE CHURCH.

Knowing the millennial generation as I do, I couldn't be more convinced that this new ERC New Strategic Plan will be an absolute disaster.

It contains nothing at all that will be meaningful to millennials.

I only wish that the hierarchs of the ERC were focused more on Jesus than they were on churches and pastors.