worship (re:Dan Dean)

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> Didn't David do a lot of dancing unto the Lord with his music? Music > can -indeed- set the tone for a service.  If you play some slower > music, it can bring people to tears and rushing to the altars to fall
> on their knees, if you play it fast, it can bring someone to dance and > shout and run aisles, praising God.

I wish we would all realize that music can be used to set a certain tone
in worship services. I don't know much about notes and keys, major
fifths and minor sevenths (in fact, I know nothing of them at all), but
I sometimes sit in service and say to myself, if they would play this
certain song right now, I believe the people would respond, or that the
Lord would move...however you'd like to look at it...

I remember Dr. Horace Smith in Chicago (Apostolic Faith Church) said one
time that he knew exactly the mood to create and how to create
it...though he was saying that in a negative way, his musicians are some
of the finest when it comes to creating a mood in the service. They
consistently play "appropriate" music for the moment, and it makes the
service so much more enjoyable...

> *If the music is not played "professionally" it can also effect a
> service. (professional, as in skilled, or practiced) somewhere in 
> Psalms it says the music was played skillfully.

Yes it does, and I can witness to poorly played music. Not only is God
not glorified, but it ruins the song, and destroys the mood and flow of
the spirit. Our older musicians are not the best, but they are the main
musicians (pray for us). I can count on one hand the number of services
that they have played in sync and everything has gone perfectly. More
often than not, the drummer will get off beat in the height of the
service, and things will just crumble from there. Our previous choir
director had considered singing all A Capella songs because our
musicians were so pathetic.

Our pastor usually has to start from scratch when he begins to preach
because the musicians failed to create an atmosphere for him to begin
his message with ease. However, God has blessed us that his preaching
gets many more amens and shouts than the music does!