[Desdemona]

I very much agree with this writer. If you hear something sung or played at church that doesn't fit - SAY SOMETHING. At least he recognized it. There are a number of "music directors" out there who are less than enthusiastic about sticking to the readings or theme of the day and they need to be kept in check. Even the overzealous volunteers who overdo descants in microphones. You see it everywhere.

So, did anybody else sing "Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending" this morning? Great hymn.

[netmilsmom]

We almost had to sing tonight.
If we lector and the organist doesn’t show, we have to sing.

We scrambled and found

Entrance
O come O come Emmanuel

Offertory
Come Accept the Gifts we offer

Communion
At that First Eucharist

Recessional
Holy God We Praise thy Name.

Luckily for the congregation, the organist showed up and they didn’t have to suffer.

My girls always point to “The King of Glory” and we bust up laughing.

[AnAmericanMother]

Microphones should be far, FAR away from everybody, especially sopranos singing descants, assuming the church has decent acoustics. They upset the balance and usually the audio quality is not that good.

You do NOT need a microphone in our church. Our director is constantly reminding us that a well developed tone will (as he puts it) "just sweep down the nave < whoosh! > and bounce off the back wall". And it does. I don't have a big voice, but it can be heard all the way up front without a mike.