What not to do in church!
What you don’t know about me, is that I spend every Sunday morning at church. Mo sings and I play guitar in the band. We always alternate because only Mo and I know anything about mixing the sound and the lighting. Funky eh? Yes, we have a very modern church and we are, basically a ‘Christian Rock Band’ That said, here’s what happened today.
Mo’s was singing in the band this morning.
I am getting really ‘into’ the music and tapping on the side of the mixing desk cabinet, when I get a prod in my side, which jolts me back to reality. I turn and there’s this chap sitting at the computer. He hasn’t been coming to our church very long. He says “Every time you tap you shake the computer” Can you believe that? Was I using a sledge hammer? No! I was tapping with my fingers on a very solid, heavy wooden cabinet that the computer sits on. How much shaking can that cause? I was not happy,
You have to realize that I consider that area of the church all mine! I advised our church on the computer set up. I purchased it, I set all the system and software up, I take it home periodically and overhaul it. I am in charge of the mixer desk and Mo the lights. How dare some whippersnapper come along and tell me not to tap to the music, because I am shaking the monitor!! I am not pleased at this point … but, as a good Christian lady, I stop tapping.
Music over, Mo comes and sits next to me at the mixer desk, as we do every week. She turns to me and whispers “How did it go this morning?” I say “Good” she says “That’s good, I tried to make it different this week.” I said “Oh….” A few moments later I tap her and whisper “What did you do different?”
Well! The look on her face just had to be seen! Shocked indignance! Her mouth shot open, her eyebrows met her hairline. That was it! There we were trying not to giggle, but finding it impossible. Mo has a fan sitting on the top of the stand, about a foot from her face. She’s OK she can hide behind her fan. On the other hand, I am in direct line of sight of our pastor, and only about 15 ft away! I am giggling like mad and every time I think I have it under control, my face just falls apart again and uncontrollable giggling rises up. I raise something in front of my mouth and try, desperately to stop my my shoulders from bouncing up and down, and my eyes from laughing. Can you do that? Stop your eyes from laughing when you are giggling uncontrollably?
Slowly we regained our composure. I was glad about that, now I could get all indignant and tell Mo about the whippersnapper!
A “whippersnapper” is an impertinent young person, usually a young man, who lacks proper respect for the older generation.
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