Ahhh, remember those homecomings?

Well it's that time of year again.....you know, when all the singers out there put on a few pounds from all the homecomings! Yeah, it's homecoming time again and that means good food and great gospel singing! Just about any where you turn there's a church having homecoming. You don't have to look very far. And that's one advantage of living in small towns in the south. Everyone either knows mostly everybody at the other churches in the county or is kin to them. So you don't have to be invited, just go on over and fellowship!
The only thing that I have noticed about homecomings over the years that is different, is now days we start at 11, sing till 12, eat and go home. As soon as we've eaten we are in the car and gone! Gotta get back to the recliner, or the football game on TV. Shoot, we gotta get up in the morning and go to work. I've noticed several times that seems like before everyone has even finished, the women are cleaning up and packing up. LEAVE THOSE DISHES ALONE. LET WHOEVER BROUGHT EM, TAKE EM HOME AND CLEAN EM THEMSELF! Enjoy your self!
Now back in my childhood days (a couple years ago, lol ) Sunday school started at 10, preaching and singing at 11 , broke to eat, then came back for more singing afterwards. Sometimes the men played horseshoes, sometimes we ate more or cut a watermelon, then got home between 4 and 6pm. People visited with one another. This was a time of fellowship, visiting with neighbors, and friends we hadn't seen in a while and familly who came home from up north. No one got in a hurry to leave. We didn't have anywhere we needed to go. There was no such thing as WalMart. Town was closed on Sunday, we didn't go shopping. Nothing much on TV. We only got 2 or 3 channels anyway. It was more fun being with our friends. OUTSIDE!
What has happen? Do we not remember how to fellowship anymore? Are we too busy for one another? Do we just go to eat? What do you think?