Comments on: Subtle worship distractions.

By: BB

BB — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 05:52:02 +0000

All the above distractions seem quite common, here are a few that may be more subtle but are catastrophic to worship.
A. Worship team is acting. (Let me show you how it’s done) raising hands every song, closing their eyes at just the right moment in a song, and trying to get everyone to do the same.
B. Interrupting the Holy Spirit just as He is taking over, or by interpreting what the song is saying.
C. Repeating the chorus in order to get the flock rallied up so that they can say “God” was sure moving today!
D. How about singing songs that sound wonderful yet don’t contain a whit of genuine scripture or Truth beyond the anecdotal sayings of a family channel movie.
E. Loud music and vocals that only highlight the lead singer/worship leader.
F. Songs that make you feel totally in adequate as a talker let alone a singing worshiper i.e.;words are tongue twisters or are so fast that you feel like your at an American idol style panel audition.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:26:43 +0000

The one distraction that has bothered me since childhood and makes me grind my teeth is when people drop (or slam) their hymnals into the pew rack during prayer. That alone is a good reason for putting the words on the screen. Another one is when people start gathering up their things, zipping their Bible covers shut, shuffling papers, etc. before the sermon is over, during the invitation, or during prayer. And tearing out a check during the prayer before the offering is fairly distracting also. Oh, and the kid who ALWAYS has to leave to use the restroom during the sermon. He has 15 minutes between Sunday school and the service during which he has nothing better to do.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:57:08 +0000

My worship distractionS today were the three babies that cried throughout the service. Then there was a bug crawling around on the power point project. I kept waiting it to stop and become the dot for the I!

By: AKT

AKT — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:08:19 +0000

unto the kingly turtle!

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:52:26 +0000

The lady in second row taking photos of her & her baby with her camera phone. True story.

By: Luvs2Dance

Luvs2Dance — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:23:13 +0000

The "During Church Massage" appears to be a staple at churches nowadays. What about when your pastor is preaching passionately about something and a small gob of spittle settles on his lower lip and no one in the congregation has a subtle way of telling him to wipe it off?

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:27:20 +0000

"Manicure Man" (+2 points) — we have a guy that occasionally forgets to clip his nails during the week, but somehow remembers to bring his nail clippers to CHURCH!!! He must have some long nails, because it lasts almost the entire service.

Add 2 more points if you are a portable church meeting in a public place such as a SCHOOL. (This is true of us as well!) I'm pretty sure it's against the sanitation rules, especially since we're in the cafeteria

By: Victoria

Victoria — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:40:06 +0000

How about "Spot the nosepicker"…it's its own punishment…Double points if its an adult, triple points if its your pastor.

By: Kay

Kay — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:11:46 +0000

Sometimes the pastor's waterbottle will be waiting for him on the pulpit and the bass will be so loud that if moves the waterbottle to the edge. It always gets to the point where it will just ALMOST fall but then it never does…

By: Nancy

Nancy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:56:29 +0000

We went to a church that had a cricket infestation certain times of the year. Watching crickets jumping across the stage can be VERY distracting.