Our two big performances of the year are a Christmas and Easter Cantata which the choir sings from the choir loft. The biggest extent of a stage performance is the kids Christmas play and moving the pulpit to sit up for the nativity scene. Otherwise, we have the organ and piano.
We do a monthly singing the last Wednesday of the month and invite groups that might want to sing along with our own. The most you get is an occasional base and guitar set up.
We do have one little old lady that when she gets happy will cut loose with a shout like she’s on the warpath. I always make sure my headphones are off if I think she’s getting happy. We had one little lady who sang in the choir and if she got happy you best look out, she would let fly with her hymnal and then a shout. The other members of the choir would note her and ease over to avoid the hymnal lol!
I wish more churches would do a worship only night on occasion.
Seems like the worship music time is just to warm people up for the *important* stuff like the preaching and prayer.
But worship itself is just as important.