Transitioning within God's reach

Every day, I pass by a UCC church on my way to work. For several months now, a sign has been posted outside the wall on LeConte Avenue indicating the "church [is] in transition." I do not know where they have moved to or where the pastor has been transferred, but I've heard that it has been steadily losing membership and has been ailing for several years prior to this change. I can't help but wonder what is happening to the church now. And I wonder what is happening to the Church now. Where are the people going? Where do they go in search of faith formation, community, and spirituality? How do people go to understand God and how God intervenes in their lives? Ever since the beginning of human history, our faith institutions have been in transition. Since our creation, we have been transitioning - but I believe that no matter how much we have changed and will change, we cannot escape from the fact that we are a people claimed by God. No matter where we go, we could never transition out of God's reach.