Contact the pastor before you go and explain why you are changing to a different church. Be honest, be upfront, and be loving and gentle.Entering into, engaging with, and departing from Christ's local body is a significant part of following Jesus. Keep your former church in your prayers and speak well of it. Dear Chairman Board of Elders,. I am writing to withdraw my membership from Grace Community Church. How do I communicate my reasons for leaving gracefully and honestly to my church? "An Act to Provide for the Survey and Construction of a Wagon Road over the. Sierra Nevada Mountains," approved April 28, 1855. Skates came in and railroads went out of the thought and the consideration of our people.