Just write the facts of why you're leaving and ask them to not try to get you to change your mind. Kindly consider what you have just read.Communicate clearly and graciously. I recommend doing this in person, on the phone, or through a thoughtful, personal email. If people are gracious enough to let me know they are leaving, I write them a letter and thank them for their attendance and past service. Disappear like it's the rapture. They should at present be educated separately. I thivk it is better for them all, as it strikes me. More exact depiction than Hennepin's "great Out-let. Is there a proper protocol for people leaving the church?