Reply To: Changing Shuls — justification needed?

ubiquitin: In the example I gave that you referred to, the better gashmiyus at the new Shul is coming at an expense costing worse ruchniyos (more shmoozing, or a Kiddush Club, to use someone else’s above example.) In my example he was changing because he had no one to shmooze with during davening in his old Shul.

In the ruchniyos-neutral change example the motivation might be a closer Shul. But my concern even there was that his old Shul and Rav helped him for many years, so is it right to change?

Also, no one has yet addressed my latter question of, if he does change, how is the proper approach regarding informing and explaining to his old Shul and Rav of his decision to leave?