Re: [Worship] Re: Urgent song request

[Katie <katie@christaslife.us>]

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I can't help but notice that the responses to this request very much seem to reflect what is viewed as "normal" in each person's particular church.  It might also reflect whether each church is the type that does extensive practising of parts, etc... or if the church is one that does less of that.  It stands to reason that a church that expects an extremely high-quality of music and perfection in vocal parts, etc... should allow more time to prepare, than a church that does not expect that.  

Personally... I have no problem pulling a song out of the blue last minute, but our congregation does not expect anything more than music to sing along to, and a leader that does his/her best to follow the Spirit's leading.  The last church that I was in, however, practiced for 4-6 hours for each service, and each singer had to memorize exact vocal parts for each song, etc.  It would be completely unreasonable to expect that particular team to sing at the same quality that they usually did on a last-minute request.  I really do think that most pastors are aware of their team's standards, and will usually be sensitive to that.

Finally... I don't think Steve had any idea that his request would cause such a lengthy thread!  I took his post as though he was fine with the last minute request, didn't think much of it, just was asking for help finding the songs.  :-) I nearly did the same last week. (But that doesn't mean that this discussion hasn't been a good one for us to have, since it has raised some very valid points.)

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