I just mean that the Missouri Synod (which I prefer) is much more "by the book." My Mom belongs to a Methodist church and they're even more "social" than the WI Synod. When I attend church with her, there's a lot of hand shaking, public announcements, a service for the children, fund raising pimping, three or for songs from the choir...and about 5 minutes of "The Word." It's just not for me.
Charles H. sent me a few church leads for my area. If it ever stops snowing here and we can dig out, we'll check out a few. :)
I know. We live in Rochelle, IL, about 30 miles south of Rockford. The weather's also been a real issue here. Still lots of snow on the ground although much has already melted. Then we had rain on Wednesday and in the 40's on Thursday. Thursday evening we had water coming in our basement because of standing water around the house. We got a channel dug to relieve that, but there's still a lot of runoff coming once the temperatures warm later this week. We're not looking forward to the flooding. And you have a lot more snow than we do. Sheesh.
Good luck on your church hunting.