Of course, it also helps to have a modern building. That is one of the side effects of the tragic fire in 1968. And now we are even modernizing it further, particularly for persons with disabilities. One of the advantages of our congregation is that our membership has a pretty equal distribution of ages. These statistics indicate that we have a pretty health mix in our membership.
Some churches have many older members and very few younger members.
However, our membership has a healthy balance. I used to chide them because no men were involved with the church school and they weren't as active as the women. However, that's not true anymore. I never thought anyone could ever take the place of Myron Fuller who used to come to the church every day - and no one can. But some men are becoming very involved and spend a great deal of time at the church.