[rodgersorganusers] Pleasing folks

This is an area that I have a real problem with & I have a hard time deciding 
what is the best answer.  My church has two services on Sunday morning, one 
contemporary in which I play (reluctantly) a couple of keyboards joined by 
piano, guitars, drums etc.   Some of the contemporary choruses that we do have 
a wonderful message and a very pleasing melody, and I can see from my vantage 
point that lots of people in the congregation are participating in worship.  
However, many of the others are just not pleasing to the ear, and the rhythms 
and melodies are too difficult for the congregation to participate.  I do not 
believe that many of these will stand the "test of time," and if we, as worship 
leaders, cannot encourage our congregation to participate in worship of our 
Creator, then are we really doing what God has called us to do?  In the 
traditional service where I am playing the organ and using music that means 
something to the vast majority of the congregation, I feel more like I am an 
aid to worship.  What's the right answer to this question?  I don't know the 
answer, but for myself, I want to accomplish two things:  play for an audience 
of ONE, and endeavor to help my congregation worship that audience of ONE.  I 
can only pray for ministers of music that emphasize one particular style, and 
not let them forget the hymnology that has meant so much to so many people over 
the years.
Ronnie Johnston
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