Is Church Habit?

Periodically working on Sundays and Wednesdays at Dollywood has permitted me to wonder if "going to church" is anything more than habit. The two hours on Sunday morning go by much faster at Dollywood than they do "in church." When 11:45 arrives at Dollywood I think OK, those folks have "worshipped" and are ready for the week (I do not believe worship has any part in what we do). Since most will not return until the next Sunday obviously nothing tweaked their interest to cause them to want to return until then. So that begs the question "How do our assemblies help us to be followers of Jesus?" By their actions the majority of the members believe they can be followers of Jesus without the church.

Also by their actions the majority of the members do not find our bible classes interesting enough to want to attend. For the majority of the adults the only source of bible instruction is the preacher lecturing. The Wednesday bible class is mostly to fill time as evidenced by the lack of any structure or lesson plans. Any officially approved male individual can teach anything he wants, for as long as he wants hardly the basis of a biblically informed membership.