I was recently (as in yesterday recently) asked to lead the music at church once a month. For an introvert like me, I panicked, had a moment of calm, then felt seriously ill for the rest of the night. This had been hinted to me a while back, so I shouldn't have been so surprised, but I was.
Of course all of these thoughts went racing through my mind, like "I'm not good enough" and "I don't even sing melody" and "I don't speak in public" etc. I have been given until Saturday to make my decision. I am actually interested in organizing the song service... that seems cool, but the rest of it doesn't sound cool. I feel overly stressed and very overwhelmed. Again. Introvert.
The woman who asked me to do this told me I needed to be stretched and do something outside of my comfort zone. Plus she said she'd been praying about this and I was the one who kept coming to her mind. Nothing like holy pressure. Also, she doesn't have a backup plan.
I haven't decided what to do, yet. I'm definitely leaning towards a big fat no.
Happy New Year!! ;o)
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Hmmm. You know, I'm all for a person to stretch and grow, but if it's something that makes you feel ill and lose sleep that's a problem.
Also, you know I'm not a religious person, but from my perspective...answers to prayer are individual. Her answer does not necessarily apply nor work for you.
Oh, and backup plan? Get out the hymnals and kick it old-school style. I'm not kidding here, there's a lot more of that that needs to be done. If you have 3 other voices, perhaps you could do that, singing all 4 parts so the congregation could follow? It could be your contingency for taking over leadership--to do it your own way.
I really wish that awful praise crap would die off and go away...I would possibly attend service if they were hardcore serious about singing hymns in 4-part...
Happy New Year! :-)
Thanks for the comment; I do appreciate your thoughts. I miss my church in TN--they have a pipe organ. We have two icky keyboards.
The more I think about it, the more I realize I don't want to lead. Picking out and arranging the songs would be way sweet, I would think.
We usually have six vocalists, and usually three parts are sung. I would prefer to have four vocalists and four parts. I need to see if a compromise can be arranged--someone else can lead if I put it together.
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