What is important in church for you?

Yesterday I saw a blog post by Vicky Beeching where she asked a few questions to her readers. You can read the post here: http://vickybeeching.com/blog/church-what-on-earth-is-it/ She asks,

WHAT IS CHURCH SUPPOSED TO BE? WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU ABOUT HOW CHURCH LOOKS, FEELS, OPERATES?

I really started thinking about this. I have been trying to figure out what is truly important about church for a while. What has meaning to it and what doesn't? Why do we do the things we do? Is it simply because that's the way we've always done it or is it because we truly find it fulfilling the purpose God has for His church?

So, I ask you these questions. Maybe you can help me figure this out and see what is truly important about church for you?

I answered her question this way:

I was thinking about this for a while yesterday and I came up with the idea of communion. I was looking for the one thing in church that does exactly what the church is supposed to do. Bring us closer together as the Body of Christ, keeps Christ in the center of what we do, and helps me grow in maturity. Communion is the one thing which, when observed properly, fills all of these.

I think it doesn't matter what else happens in a service in terms of traditionalism or contemporary worship experiences, communion brings us back to the proper focus. It crosses most denominational boundaries and is always centered upon the Word of God.

I really wish the church would teach more on communion and that instead of it being a ritual in churches it would always keep it's true meaning.

What do you think is truly important in church and why?