Sometimes
a sequence of worship songs and choruses put together by a skillful music
minister really makes sense. One reason that song groupings sometimes have
power is that they form a sequence of congruent musical and textual thought.
However, there are other times when these put-together worship sequences do not
form a logical or worshipful whole or they only serve to weary the worshipers.
Not
too long ago, I visited a church in city X. The worship leader and his faithful
team had us sing and sing and sing until people began to lose interest and
concentration. I observed as the
sequence continued at length that more and more people stopped singing. Eventually, some people sat down and
patiently waited until the worship leader also ran out of steam and decided to
throw in the musical towel.
After
the song service was completed, I imagined myself as a church mouse hiding in
the corner of the staff meeting room bright and early Monday morning. Would these dear people who had attended the
worship service on Sunday morning get a “beating” by the worship team and its
fearless leader? Surely it would be the congregation’s fault. If these people
had come to church in the mood for a continuous, twenty-minute songfest,
without doubt, all would have gone well. Certainly, I would have rightfully
been one to blame if they knew my secret thoughts while the praise leader and
his team droned on and on.
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