Cleanliness is next to godliness

I understand that most church musicians are volunteers with real lives, kids, mortgages, etc… but I don’t think it’s too much to learn the music and rid the stage of clutter.

As I see it, when we have the songs embedded into our hearts and minds we can be more effective as worshippers. Time spent fumbling around with music stands and sheets of paper, staring at the pages, along with the dependency most church musicians that do this have on their music, adds a unnatural distraction to what should be a very natural act.