[Spartan79]

I've attended both Methodist and Catholic services in the last several years, and one difference stands out starkly to anyone who takes the time to notice. Children! While Catholic families no longer as a rule sport "cheaper by the dozen" size families that I recall from my youth, every mass in our parish always sports scores of youngsters in the pews with their parents. In the Methodist church not so much. Two or three infants and toddlers is the rule.

[SeekAndFind]

You can more or less get to know the future of a church by the size of their Sunday School and Youth Program as well. Inspite of the fact that the UMC overall is losing members, there are still pockets of UMC churches out there that are GROWING. Such churches within the overll denomination tend to BUCK the politically correct trend and remain faithful to the traditions of the Wesley Brothers.