I have known people who have rejected the Church because they have overestimated its nature and purpose, and have grown disappointed when the Church did not satisfy the functions that they have privately imposed on it.  Is it possible to overestimate the Church if it truly derives from God?  In my judgement, yes.  Some have misunderstood the Church as an end to be served for its own sake, which is in essence a kind of idolatry.  The Church exists, instead as an instrument through which together we may serve God and His children.  I have heard others express their disappointment by making the unremarkable ovservation that, "I don't get anything out of it anymore."  Though it is certain that most Latter-day Saints could strive more earnestly to reach for the profundities that are accessible through the gospel, it seems to me that such comments as "I don't get anything out of it anymore" in part reflect a loss of vision on the part of the speaker.  When Church members assemble, the idea is at least as much to give as to "get," to contribute as to be spoon fed.

-Philip L. Barlow, "The Uniquely True Church" (pg 252) A Thoughtful Faith