Sabra, I say look inside yourself and weigh the pleasure of singing against the responsibility of practicing. God sacrificed His son so you would not have to sacrifice, but could be blessed. Maybe the blessing of singing with the Worship team will outweigh the responsibility. Pray about your decision.

Dots, Yes, we do have words on the screen and I agree it is easier than with the hymnals, but even then only a few people stumble through the words. Most just don't sing. The worship team practices the songs so they know them and maybe they forget that it is the first time the congregation has ever even heard them. Even if we sing them every single Sunday, it takes months to learn them well enough to enjoy singing them. Also, the lyrics and melodies are either extremely repetitive or very difficult to learn.

There seems to be a difference between praise songs and gospel songs. Gospel meaning the good news. I guess I just love hearing the "good news" over and over.
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