STREET RHYTHMS
29-09-2016
*SINGING FROM THE PROGRAMME 'SHEET' - A REALITY*
Within the week, I was at a special service in one of the churches in Tema.
The rendition of the closing hymn brought 'confusion', as to who was singing the right thing:
# The liturgist, who sacrificed his copy of the outline, was moderating the service, reading from his handwritten original copy.
# The pastor, who was the liturgist and who also gave out the hymns for the service, sung from his hymn book.
# The person who printed the programme outline, printed 3 stanzas out of the 5-stanza-hymn, with slight difference in the text. He numbered them stanza 1, 2, & 3.
# The liturgists insisted all stanzas of the hymn be sung.
# In the middle of singing the first stanza, the projector-screen went blank, until the fourth stanza.
# Some of the choristers were singing from the programme outline while others were singing from the hymn book.
# Most of the congregation were singing from their hymn books, because the programme outline was meant for only the leaders. The singing groups had copies by luck.
# The organist, who was relieved of his duty by a guest organist, was singing from his tablet. The text in his e-hymn book was slightly different from the original hymn book, as well as the printed one in the programme outline. He was also singing through the microphone of the bassists.
You can imagine how the 'confusion' was.
I strongly believe that, where there is a hymn book for a church, the choir should sing from them.
The choir leads the church during congregational hymn singing and are looked upon for corrections, etc.
Kingsley J.E.K Acheampong
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