Goldilocks, Dorothy, and church hunting

So, its been almost 2 months in my grand church hunt. As, I begin to summarize my options in discusison with friends, I begin to feel like I'm recounting familiar childhood stories. As I first started the grand search I attended worship with church communities fairly close to home and my debriefs after those visits could be confused with Goldilocks' visit to the 3 bears home. I found my self saying - it was just too big, the music just wasn't quite right, it was too small, and so on and so forth. I didn't like that those were my sentiments, but couldn't get past them either. So, then I ventured out a little further from home to some church families with whom friends are acquainted. These visits have given a much better idea of leading to my new church family, more like Dorothy traveiling throught OZ finally to realize there's no place like home. The 2 churches I'm feeling most connected to are ones that I had been previously connected with in some way. One I was actually a part of previously and seems to be floating to the top, it really seems like people care I'm there. The church and I have both changed a lot in our time apart, but it seems like real growth. They're really investing in a specific community and seeing some moving results. The other church has several friends as part of it and also works to reach out. I'm down to figuring out which has a small group structure that calls to me more. I think the new year will surely reveal a church with which I can connect.