1. It’s inviting, welcoming, inclusive and spiritually nurturing 2.It’s scaled on a personal level, where everyone can know your name 3. It’s close to home
It fulfills my "top 3" criteria, but most importantly it is very supportive of including my young son in all aspects of worship and fellowship.
The parish is very tolerant of letting kids be kids (photo), and lets him share in the liturgy in his own unique way and at his own pace, so that worship becomes a natural extension of our family life.