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I play in my church’s band. We rock the house

Our church had a band that "rocked the house." They turned mass into a carnival. When people objected to their music, the pastor responded by publishing a music schedule in the weekly bulletin. The rockin' mass was always poorly attended, save the musicians' relatives and other people caught unawares. Eventually, it was just their relatives, and the other masses were over crowded.

I led the effort to do away with them and succeeded. They now put on concerts on Saturday nights, in the church, with primarily their families in attendance. I'm sure they miss their "captive" audience, but we were all tired of listening to hippie guitar licks and full drum kits during communion.

Rock it somewhere else, buddy. There's little enough tradition and reverence left in the church.

Rock it somewhere else, buddy.

LOL!! The church's mission is based around the non-traditional, and it works for them. People do come in and don't like it and leave, and others stay, just like any other church. I stayed and decided to join the band. This church isn't for everybody, but it wasn't intended to be. BTW, I still go to my neighborhood catholic church. I like the traditional, too.

Merry Christmas!