Oh, I can relate. I live in a place where church is the way in which one socializes and meets their neighbors and communities (there are, no shit, about 5 churches in a half mile radius of my house). As far removed as I am from the religion, there are days I miss... the community. I've moved to a more accepting UU fellowship, which is very liberal and focused on social justice - but the problem is that it's so far away (35 miles) and so big, it's hard to have that smaller sense of community.