Does size matter?

For ages I have been anti big churches.  Big churches just seem to naturally go against the authenticity and relational model of church that I am exploring.  Because of their size, big chruches require a highly organised system, which reminds me of business instead of family, and they are often 'showy' in their worship style, building or events.   

I still have my worries but God has been challenging me recently that it really doesn't matter whether a church is big or small.  I suppose by going to so many different churches recently he is asking me to look beyond the fabric of the church and to the hearts and spirits of the people present.  Being small does not necessarily make a church a place of great relationships and I suppose being large does not force a church to loose it's integrity. 

What I have realised though, is that in a big church particuarly, you are never going to get an idea of the people's hearts just by visiting on a Sunday.  In fact I would go so far as to say that in a good large church it is the small groups, (home groups, cwell groups, life groups- call them what you will) that are actually the meetings of church and that Sunday mornings are just a get together of all these 'churches' in a celebration style setting.  You are not really going to get real intimacy with each other when there are hundreds of people around but in well formed small groups deep and real relationships can be fostered.

True relationship and deep intimacy with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and each other are what I am looking for.  And so I keep searching...