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No, but we did "Onward Christian Soldiers", a few familiar ones, and a couple of very Lutheran-sounding chorale-type hymns which I really, really liked.

Also one dippy song we sing in our church, only the words were sort of different and the accomapniment was WAY different. Of course I didn't bother to practice much so I was basically sight-reading.

Did I mention there were a man & woman who wanted to sing a song after one of the readings and had neglected to get me the music ahead of time?

So we did a quick run-through right before the service started. It went very well, considering it was a very jazzy piece with tons of syncopation.

Well, for a pit orchestra vet like you, I am sure you flew right through like you wrote the pieces!!! It only gets irritating when they want to change the key and the tempo!!! You CAN play on just all the BLACK keys, can't you???? ;-))

(Hey! BTW, when I was in Germany in Y2K and I made it to Leipzig, I stayed at a Lutheran Seminary that had, as part of the cable service, all of the Bach 'Passions', done opera-style, running 24x7...fascinating to watch...;-))