[Desdemona]

where have they all gone? why we hired most of the good ones away from y'all - where do you think we got ours? :-)

Yes, because we musicians can't get work in our own churches. It's a dirty secret, but almost half the organists and soloists (like me) in the protestant churches aren't welcome in "music ministry" in our own parishes thanks to the litiurginazis. They tell us we are too good.

[ahadams2]

now *that* is truly sad - it really says something about the parish if they think you're doing too good a job of worshipping God....my goodness!

[Rubber_Duckie_27]

The current organist filling in at my parents' Lutheran church is a Roman Catholic woman who had been organist at one of the local parishes before they switched over to all this drum-and-guitar stuff. She doesn't have much choice other than to head for mainline Protestant churches.

Both me and my fiance (who was unchurched before we started dating) prefer the traditional liturgy with the organ and hymns and all. It is nice to OCCASIONALLY have the contemporary service, but I think I'd dislike having it every Sunday.