Is Church Necessary

Our pastor is doing a great sermon series on the necessity of church, and he keeps referring to a recent statistic that says the average person attends church 1.5 times per month.
It got me thinking about my church history. Here are my stats:

• 28 years old
• Twenty-two years spent in what I refer to as a "committed" relationship with a church (attending weekly services, participating in activities, and serving in some capacity). The other six years, I attended various churches.
• Lived in 11 cities, had a church "home" in 9 of those cities.
• Longest time in a one single church: about 4 years.
• Average time spent in one single church: about 2.75 years.

Until 1996 when I started college I was at church usually 3 times or more per week. I still attended church in college, but was not committed to one single church until after I graduated. Again, I attended church at least once a week, if not more, plus regular weekly bible studies.

Now we're regular attenders of one church, once a week. It's been a bit touch and go with pregnancy, kids, illness, etc., but for the most part--we're at church every Sunday.

The reason this is so interesting to me is because Matt & I have been discussing on whether or not to take serious roots where we're at, or if we should look for another church home. We're not disgruntled, just unsure if we're where God wants us to be to best utilize the gifts he's given us.

It's interesting that this has come up at all (b/c we're not really disgruntled), but now that I look at it--it totally makes sense.
My whole life I've moved around a lot--averaging about 2.5 years in any one city (let's not try to count actual houses). I've changed churches slightly less often--2.75 years.
We've been in our current home for FOUR years--whoa! I know I've spent the last year or two though talking about buying another house. I have no immediate need or desire to move, I just apparently get the "itch," and have to go.
We've been at our current church for almost 3 years--yet again, I guess I've got an itch. Maybe.

Maybe I'm becoming "rooted" without realizing what's going on, and I'm not sure how to live that way. It's been a awkward making the transition from working mom to stay-at-home mom, and now it seems I'm feeling awkward being a person/family that doesn't move all the time. I'm used to change & starting over. I'm definitely not used to, or sure how to deal with, sticking with the same place and the same people all the time.

It's a challenge. I usually go in, make an impact & leave. Not sure how to stick around and deal with all the highs and lows.

I give Matt a hard time b/c he tends to start projects, and never finish. I may not be any better when it comes to where we're living and where we go to church.