A Church Pianist’s Most Embarrassing Moment!
I think I just had my most embarrassing moment as a church pianist during the morning service today!
After the music portion of the service….I usually have to make a bathroom stop and then back into the auditorium for the preaching.
The morning service had flowed a little different since it was Pastor’s anniversary Sunday.
As I was coming out of the bathroom it hit me….oh no! I forgot to accompany the vocal special which comes right after the offertory.
I almost ran into the female vocalist who was heading to the bathroom to check on me. I confessed my memory lapse 😉
I felt like crying…feeling so bad for the singer. She said she had gone up to the pulpit and waited for me a few seconds. Poor girl!
She was SO sweet and understanding!
Her vocal special would have gone SO well with the Pastor’s message too! I was happy when Pastor had her sing at the end of the service. The timing actually worked out because the song just re-emphasized what Pastor had preached! Hmm…maybe I’ve started a new order of service!
Anyone else have a humorous story to share? (Of course I wasn’t feeling too humorous this morning!)
Wow, I can relate to the bathroom timing! During the sermon I keep wondering if I have time to go, then he starts on his “last point”, but goes on and on. LOL
My usual mistake is to forget what verse of the hymn we are on. We like to sing all the verse and when a song has 5 or 6 verses, I lose track.
Our congregation is very forgiving 🙂
It’s good to know we’re in this together! 🙂
How funny! I love it. I’ve had many embarrassing moments.
I was playing Rudy Atwood’s song, Onward Christian Soldiers, and someone decided to turn on the fan above me (it is never turned on) my sheet music blew all over the place.
Oh my goodness! How embarrassing for sure!