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(47,245 posts) Sat Jan 14, 2012, 02:43 AM Jan 2012

Anyone else have any fond (?) memories of singing in church? [View all]

Yes, I am being sarcastic.

I grew up in a UCC church, and when we'd sing hymns, first off, they were so

Then there'd be someone within earshot who tried singing the hymn from memory, but they'd screw it up.

And the loudest singer in the congregation was always the one who sang the worst.
Off-key at best.

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Anyone else have any fond (?) memories of singing in church? [View all] Archae Jan 2012 OP

actually, I do grasswire Jan 2012 #1

I was in the church choir as a teen. bluedigger Jan 2012 #2

Well, not church ... surrealAmerican Jan 2012 #3

Mainly I remember the air filling up with stale coffee breath Gidney N Cloyd Jan 2012 #4

No. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #5

the only thing I "miss" about church mzteris Jan 2012 #6

I have great experiences singing in church NOW Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2012 #7

We chanted and sang in Latin. I remember sort of enjoying it. trusty elf Jan 2012 #8

My wife was in the choir when I first began dating her. I have very fond memories of that. hunter Jan 2012 #9

I do. Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #10

Folk Mass. Buck Turgidson Jan 2012 #20

Yeah, lots. Not fond ones though. I always faked it and lip synched. Populist_Prole Jan 2012 #11

I was persuaded to sing in front of 300 people. Neoma Jan 2012 #12

Try singing along to the stodgy tunes of the Unitarian nature... WCGreen Jan 2012 #13

No. I actually hated going to church. Taverner Jan 2012 #14

All my fond church memories involved loud farts reverberating off of wooden pews Generic Brad Jan 2012 #15

I remember that too. Archae Jan 2012 #17

oh. sarcasm. never mind. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #16

As a devout agnostic, I do like singing in church. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2012 #18

Oh hell yeah. Try a big old gospel sing sometimes. It'll knock your socks off. nolabear Jan 2012 #19

you went to the wrong church... handmade34 Jan 2012 #21

Being ordered NOT to sing many a good man Jan 2012 #22