Orthodox Christians generally don’t eat breakfast before church, if you are receiving communion. No dishes to wash! LOL! We have coffee hour afterwards. Our church is small, and we generally enjoy each other’s company. I feel like something is missing in my life if I don’t go to church. It just depends on your priorities. It’s easy to get out of the habit of going to church.
There will always be bad clergy/pastors, as well as hypocrites in churches. The Church should be a hospital for us, not a court of law.
It can be both, in a therapeutic and redemptive way.