Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Our Most Embarrassing Moments...III

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I just couldn't resist!  Yep, the laughs just keep going.  I enjoyed pulling together the first couple posts on our most embarrassing moments in music ministry, that I just had to put another one together.  What a gift to be able to laugh at ourselves!  And what a greater gift is His forgiveness of our blunders!  Enjoy.

If you're like me, you will likely find these painfully familiar, especially the last one down below (ugh!).

Ring-a-doodle-do!
"The bass player at my last church accidentally left his phone on stage turned on with a chicken clucking as his ringtone. Well it started ringing during the sermon much to the pastor's surprise, and my friend's embarrassment!"

Breathtaking!
"At my small rural, traditional Methodist church we were doing a hymn sing service where I let the congregation request any hymn from the hymn book. Someone requested "How Great Thou Art". As they tend to enjoy this type service, they really get passionate and into the singing and so do I (and keep in mind we are really laid back and comfortable with each other on Sunday nights). So when we got to the end where you would put in the fermatas, I really held them out long.



I saw one of the lady members about my age kinda motion to me when we were done singing and seemed to be panting a bit. I wanted to....heck, I don't remember what I wanted to do, I think I just wanted to be conversational with the folks in between the songs. So when I saw her motion and pant after the song, I held my hands and arms out in front (to signal to fill up your lungs) and said, "Big breaths, Martiele!"

Only in my southern drawl and the fact that it was spoken fast, it didn't sound like I said "big breaths". I'll let you figure it out from there. And BTW, Martiele just happens to be a sizeable woman.

I still cringe and get that "hot all over" feeling when I think about that one. As I back-peddled and stepped all over myself to explain what I had really said, everyone just laughed and laughed..............."
-moosicman

"New Faith, New Faith"
"This is one that an elder in Nurnberg Germany was telling me happened about 2 weeks ago.

Paul Wilbur was playing at their church and it was packed out with many visitors and quite a few were Americans living in Germany. There came a time towards the end where they invited people who needed prayer to come to the altar and this elder was standing there when a rather overweight American woman walked up to receive ministry and simply said she was "struggling"

Now...you should understand that there is no "th" sound in the German language so it's not an easy thing for them to translate. Often the "th" sound is translated as either a hard "t" sound or an "s"

So the elder begin praying that the Lord would give this woman a new faith...but it came out as "Oh Lord, give zis woman a new face"

She was not amused."
-yod1948

Where's the Nearest Hole I Can Crawl Into?
"Once when playing guitar I couldn't hear myself, so I attracted the sound mans' eye, pointed at my acoustic and then pointed up, indicating 'turn me up'.

Sadly, I was holding a pick with my thumb and first finger, and used the next available finger: my middle finger.
Yes, I pulled the fingers, in church, onstage, in front of about 500 people."
 -bbrunskill

What are yours?
What is your most embarrassing moment in music ministry?  Dare to share!

Related Posts:
Our Most Embarrassing Moments II
Our Most Embarrassing Moments...
May God Bless the Leaders of Song!
Prayerful Song: The Gift of Confidence
Prayerful Song: Refocus

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Ron said...
November 24, 2012 at 3:51 PM

Oh man, these were hilarious! My most embarrasing moment has been forgetting the words, but that seems pale in comparison to some of these, lol!

I remember though, one Sunday- I believe it was easter- my choir director came to church wearing this "Coral" -colored suit.....pink, in other words. As he approached the front the band started to play the theme from the Pink Panther. :O)

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