THAT is too funny. EXCEPT ...
We Presbyterians do indeed move a few muscles at special times, when it’s your mouth in song or responsive reading.
In October one of our church’s celebrated their 50th anniversary as a particular church. There was a lot of GREAT, well-performed (classical and godly) music. You could tell who the church regulars were. You see, we don’t applaud a performer. We always assume they have done their best performance. The glory is to God, not the performer. The applause misdirects our attention.
Some pretty good ones, and some serious messages along with the humor, as always, with The Bee.
Joel Osteen being one for thought, for sure.
I attended a church for a few years that didn’t clap for the performer as well. It seemed like a worldly thing to do. After all, everyone in the audience makes a “beautiful noise” in worship (some more beautiful than others) and nobody claps for us lol. It’s all for God, and, if any clapping went on at the end of a song, it was directed at Him.
“The glory is to God, not the performer. The applause misdirects our attention.”
That’s good to know. The Baptists here must do the same thing. Luckily I only got one clap out after a beautiful choir song. I kind of figured that was the reason