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your calling within the church
Posted On 08/22/2012 03:25:20 by dora14674
i am a ward pianist. i am truley grateful for the calling that i have as i am able to serve others, express my love forr the lord through music and also develop my talent and share it to others.i love my calling though it may not be as easy as i thought but recently i have been having problems with the chairman. our muusic chairman added extraa people to play with me at the same time every sunday. me being on the organ and one of the 4 primary children assigned to pay with me, on the piano. ii als have a assistant pianist so overall that maks 6 of us. i feel that the 4 primary kids are not yet ready to perform on the sunday sacrament meetings. i pleaded witth the bishop conerning my thoughts but he approached it in a diffferent way. he told me that, that is the way the 4 primary kids can learn how to play. i accepted his councel and caarried on with me calling. they are not perfect, constantly making mistakes wwhen wwe play on sundays. i alsoo constantly hear complaints from the church members is that #### we make mistakes it chases the spirit away. when i offer suggesttons to the chairman i feel that he disreards them and tosses it aside. its really hard to cmmunicate with him because he dosent really understand english and i am not really fluent in my lanuage. there is aalways a onstant mix up in whos playing and when they are playing. sometimes i dont feel the spiirit to ccomplete my calling............

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From: pam
08/26/2012 23:42:02
Personally I think it's inappropriate. Hymns are designed to promote the spirit not take away from it.

Why can't these children be assigned to do a musical number at some point during Sacrament meeting instead of playing along with you?


From: dora14674
08/23/2012 03:19:47

Nellie wrote:
Talk to the counselor over music in the Bishopric and let him know that as a muscian, you feel it's your calling to set the spirit by preparing and performing appropriate prelude and postlude. The music chairman is way out of line and having the kids play is not appropriate. I'm 62 and have been playing the organ since I was 12. I would simply tell the chairman -no - it's my responsibility as the organist to play, not the children in the ward. She is so out of line on this. Get a copy of the music handbook and read to her what it says about prelude. Stand up for yourself - it's your calling and she's stomping all over it.


thank you very much for the advice:) i discussed this with the bishop and he said that thats how the kids are going to learn, i didnt want to argue against him, but when i was younger i too played with the ward pianist while i was in priimary. i was encouraged to play at a young age because the ward pianist thought that i was on a certaain level appropriate enough to perform for saccrament on sunday. when i express my concerns to the bishop he always said " this is how you started playing, its the same thing that the little kids play with you like what you did when you were younger" i tried to express to him that they are not at a certain level to perform but he said that its how they learn and become good? thank you for your comment it plifts my spirit. i will try again to discuss this matter with a member of the bishopbric. thanks again.


From: Nellie
08/22/2012 08:39:35
Talk to the counselor over music in the Bishopric and let him know that as a muscian, you feel it's your calling to set the spirit by preparing and performing appropriate prelude and postlude. The music chairman is way out of line and having the kids play is not appropriate. I'm 62 and have been playing the organ since I was 12. I would simply tell the chairman -no - it's my responsibility as the organist to play, not the children in the ward. She is so out of line on this. Get a copy of the music handbook and read to her what it says about prelude. Stand up for yourself - it's your calling and she's stomping all over it.


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