Feel let down by my church

Hello  I've only just seen your post. I'm so sorry that you feel let down by your vicar and by your church community. I had wonderful support from mine, including him agreeing to using one of the travelling communion cups alongside the main cup so that I could still take communion during chemotherapy. The travelling cup was offered only to me and all those distributing the elements were asked to thoroughly gel their hands before they served. 

Does your church have home communion visitors! - in ours they are Reades or lay people with permission to take home communion out to the housebound etc in the parish. Is there a pastoral care team? Our vicar isn't always able to make pastoral visits but the team often visit the sick etc and their ministry is greatly appreciated by the congregation.  I agree with others - it may be necessary to contact the vicar and others and to explain how you feel and say what you need. Part of me feels that really shouldn't be necessary in a church family but as process and others have said, sometimes we fail to notice who"s missing or we dont visit or make contact because we just don't know what to say or do. Sometimes that's because folk are afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing and instead of taking a chance they back off and do nothing. My feeling is that 6 miles isn't that far and that there's likely someone in the congregation with a car who might well be able to bring communion or visit occasionally if only they knew your situation, Does your church have a Facebook groupr prayer chain where you could post prayer requests or requests for help? This could keep you in touch with your church family. Would you perhaps be able to break bread yourself, with God - a type of agape meal  where you offer thanks over simple piece of bread and a drop of wine or juice. Done quietly and with reverence, perhaps as part of your daily devotion or whilst watching a communion service on tv or the internet, could this help you feel closer to the wider Christian family? 

I hope that in time you will find that as you give this to God, you will find some peace. Praying that when you feel alone and neglected by your church that you will feel God's presence with you in a special way.. Please know that you are not alone. 

I'm so sorry you're experiencing this with your church. I can imagine you feel lost and unloved by your Church right now. Remember, when you did those things in your Church you did them for God, not the people in the Church. God has seen what you have done and He is pleased. 

I would definitely tell your Vicar how you feel and I can see how you feel let down. I would put it out there to him. 

I do hope there is a resolution to this.

I have found a church just a few minutes from my home. Not perfect but there is no such thing! I am giving it a try.

Just spent an hour with the minister. Told him about my fifteen serious health problems over the last fifteen years.First time I have ever done this with a human being!

Listened to his story.

They have three nearby house groups, so I have no excuse to stay home and watch t.v.

Maybe just maybe I'made a breakthrough. P.T.L!