5 Common Worship Mistakes

During my fourteen years in the worship leading circuit, I saw everything from fog machines and lighting boards to Church of Christ minimalism. And while there are many things I would consider mistakes, worship is a highly subjective experience and much of it boils down to personal preference. But I've come across five that seem relatively common.
Singing too high
Unless you live in Nashville, your congregation probably sounds terrible. Not because they're such awful singers but because they're either straining their voices like worship time with Animal or they're playing peek-a-boo with the octaves trying to land a comfortable pitch.
One reason why this is so common is that traditional worship music (i.e. hymns) was initially harmonized in four parts with the melody being given to the higher, female voices. So before the advent of contemporary worship music, every vocal range had a reasonably comfortable part in which to sing. But with contemporary worship came contemp…
Singing too high
Unless you live in Nashville, your congregation probably sounds terrible. Not because they're such awful singers but because they're either straining their voices like worship time with Animal or they're playing peek-a-boo with the octaves trying to land a comfortable pitch.
One reason why this is so common is that traditional worship music (i.e. hymns) was initially harmonized in four parts with the melody being given to the higher, female voices. So before the advent of contemporary worship music, every vocal range had a reasonably comfortable part in which to sing. But with contemporary worship came contemp…