I play in one of the several worship bands at church.  And, normally the bands play a little prelude before the service.  After the prelude, the venue pastor offers a greeting and then we sing 3-4 songs.

But recently, the church decided to try something different.  Instead of a prelude, the church has decided to have a 10 minute timer.  This timer is projected on all of the video screens through out the church.

The idea is that people will look at the screens and know when church is going to start.  Then, when they see that the service is about to start, they will enter the venue and sit down.

But, in reality, it doesn’t work.  People are too busy talking to look at the screens.  Plus, they are used to entering when they hear the prelude.  So, no prelude, no people.

Some of the venue realize this and play a prelude anyway.

It will be interesting to see just how long this last before we all go back to playing a prelude.