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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm Catholic but my first thought would be a Unitarian church.  [/quote]

PP here and I had another thought as I hit Submit.  Belonging to a church does not automatically confer community.  Like anything else, I think it requires activism, choosing to go to the pancake breakfast in the church hall after services, being part of the altar society or a bible study or whatever other fellowship-type programs the church has so that you do become involved and know and meet people.  The challenge for you would be that, the more involved you become, the more obvious it would be that you are not Christian and are not practicing that faith.  Unless you are also seeking to find God and develop your faith, it could get awkward at some point, I would think.

DH and I are active Catholics in that we attend Mass weekly and are raising our child Catholic.  We belong to a large parish, and other than a handful of people I do not feel a huge sense of community at our parish.  Not because it's unfriendly or unwelcoming, quite the contrary, I think it has a huge community component, but because we haven't put the time in to build relationships and become active members of the community I do not have deep and meaningful friendships with persons in our parish.  We are looking to change that and find ways to become more engaged.  Just another thought.[/quote]

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