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[Worship] vocal training?

Hi Mike

This is just my $.02 but I believe the out of tune vocalists ought to be
talked to honestly for a couple of reasons.  The first, although not
necessarily the more important, is because it can be unpleasant for the
whole group to have participants whose singing/playing isn't up to par.
The second reason has more to do with the will of God in regard to our use
of talent.  I read in a book about God's will for the Christian that, when
determining career choices, you make honest assessments of talents and
interests.  When you find talents and interest that overlap, you know
you're close to finding out some of the things God desires for you to be
doing because he is the author of our talent.  Is it any different when we
make choices for areas of service in our church?  After all, God requires
us to be good stewards of both time and talent.  Are we doing that by
pursuing areas of service where we obviously lack talent?

In Christ,
K. Myers
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> This one is touchy.  We have seven vocalists on our team, three men and
> four women.  Of them, seriously, only two can really sing well.  Two more
> can sing fair, and the other three are questionable as to whether they
> could carry a tune in a bucket or not!  Now, you must understand, some of
> these people are on the team by sheer inheritance.  A couple of them were
> added by our lack of wisdom in some sort of audition.  So, as you can see,
> we have somewhat of a touchy situation.  The people on the team are good
> worshipers---they just can't sing too well.  
> My question is, do we approach with vocal training?  Do we turn the mics
> down and put them waaaaaaaay in the background?  Or do we say "so sorry,
> you just aren't what we're looking for"?  I think they may be trainable,
> and if so, what sort of approach would you use to begin the process?
>
> Blessings to all this week!
>
> Mike (vdbtr)
>

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