Last Sunday (that is the last Sunday after the previous last Sunday I wrote about before: so, I am speaking about the latest last Sunday) (the most recent one, not the one before; that is, the last last one) we went to three churches in a row and all of them had music that was too loud. I really wonder if there a church we can go to.
This music is so loud that the congregations can not possibly hear either themselves or those next to them sing. What then is the point of congregational singing if the congregation can not hear themselves? Is not the singing portion of the service for the congregation to sing? In this atmosphere of loudness the congregation does not sing. Let us not kid ourselves, these events are not events of congregational participation, but events of performer-audience. The performers act and the audience listens.
(or plugs their ears).
