Comments on: Dangerous Decibels http://www.worshipministrycatalyst.com/2010/01/dangerous-decibels/ A networking resource for all worship leaders and worship team members. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:13:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eric Rasmusen http://www.worshipministrycatalyst.com/2010/01/dangerous-decibels/comment-page-1/#comment-7507 Eric Rasmusen Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:58:17 +0000 http://www.worshipministrycatalyst.com/?p=1060#comment-7507 "The week before I had about 15 people come up to me and express that the sound was too quiet and that they didn’t want to sing out because they didn’t want the people around them to hear them singing." People don't like that, but that's what corporate worship is all about--- worshipping together. It's why we don't sit at home with headphones watching TV worship services. If the sound is so loud that you can't hear the person next to you singing, then what you have is a concert, not a worship service. Each person can be worshipping personally, just as they can at a concert while silently listening to music and praising God with their thoughts, but it's not the same as a church service. “The week before I had about 15 people come up to me and express that the sound was too quiet and that they didn’t want to sing out because they didn’t want the people around them to hear them singing.”

People don’t like that, but that’s what corporate worship is all about— worshipping together. It’s why we don’t sit at home with headphones watching TV worship services. If the sound is so loud that you can’t hear the person next to you singing, then what you have is a concert, not a worship service. Each person can be worshipping personally, just as they can at a concert while silently listening to music and praising God with their thoughts, but it’s not the same as a church service.

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