My church has house groups which consist of about 6 or 7 members and although the church isn't massive (about 70 people) people get contacted/visited if they are either not able to go or ill if not away. We do bible studies, have fellowship meals and are planning days out as families with the kids in the warmer weather to farms/ Lyme Park or Tatton park.
I think that was terrible that your pastor has not contacted you, I think I was away for a Sunday last week and our Pastor texted to see if I was ok, he'd forgot I had told him I was skiving to go to my nephew's birthday party!!!
Its a real family-orientated church and is a community one with our coffee lounge open for the general public to come and have a lunch and a chat, we have a lunch for people who don't have a sunday lunch to come in and have soup and bread and once a month a proper lunch and looking to open a tots group with teen mum/single parent support group available.