Pastors sitting the platform down.

[delta soundman]

I am hearing more and more that pastors are sitting down the platform musicians and singers. Has this happened in any of your churches?

[seguidordejesus]

Are you going to air ALL your dirty laundry here?

[delta soundman]

Originally Posted by seguidordejesus

Are you going to air ALL your dirty laundry here?

What do you mean????

[CC1]

I am expecting any day for Pastor Hardwick to sit down the Christ Church choir, band, and brass section and start having praise and worship with an acoustic guitar and a battery powered amp.

[seguidordejesus]

Originally Posted by CC1

I am expecting any day for Pastor Hardwick to sit down the Christ Church choir, band, and brass section and start having praise and worship with an acoustic guitar and a battery powered amp.

Get 2 former pastors to attend and you'd have a real recipe for church growth

[SDG]

Originally Posted by CC1

I am expecting any day for Pastor Hardwick to sit down the Christ Church choir, band, and brass section and start having praise and worship with an acoustic guitar and a battery powered amp.

Of course, he'd do it to show everyone that he's in control ...

[CC1]

Originally Posted by seguidordejesus

Get 2 former pastors to attend and you'd have a real recipe for church growth

We occasionally have two of our three former Associate pastors back to preach!!

They also came back a few months ago for Pastor Hardwick's wedding. Paul Russell, Phil Goldsberry and Dan Scott all three conducted the wedding.

Originally Posted by delta soundman

I am hearing more and more that pastors are sitting down the platform musicians and singers. Has this happened in any of your churches?

I have had the unfortunate responsibility to ask ministers (preachers, musicians, teachers) at various time to take a break from public ministry for a season.

Without going into details, after attempting to work through issues and shield people's poor judgement, it just fell that way. It broke my heart.

Oh.... if I need to qualify... it wasn't at all about control.

[Sam]

I went to UPC/ALJC churches from 1956 until about 1978

I've seen people "sat down" for the following

1 piano player sat down for cutting her hair
2 two musicians/preachers sat down for growing beards
3 song leader sat down for wearing a hair piece
4 two young men sat down for growing beards

1 the piano player left the church and as far as I know does not go to church anywhere.

2 the musicians go to non UPC/ALJC churches
one is an Episcopal priest, the other is with the AVC

3 the song leader left the church and I'm not sure where he went or what he did but years later was not going to church anywhere

4 one of the young men goes to a Vineyard church, the other does not go to church anywhere