You make quite a few good points. I grew up attending a Missouri Synod Lutheran Church until the age of 26. At that time, I moved cross-country to a small town and had to search for a new church for the first time. During that search I noticed the same thing you did about ages in quite a few churches. The other problem I found during my search was that I fit into another difficult category - a single woman who is no longer college age. Unless a church is very large, there is rarely a group or class into which I comfortably fit. I also have to add that although I've attended several churches of different denominations, I've never gotten used to having communion in the pew. :o)