{"id":462,"date":"2008-10-17T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T20:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/?p=462"},"modified":"2008-10-17T14:00:14","modified_gmt":"2008-10-17T20:00:14","slug":"whats-with-all-the-standing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2008\/10\/whats-with-all-the-standing\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s with all the standing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went to chapel today at an area Christian school. They have a very strong worship band and invited us to stand. We stood through four sets of music sung many, many times. I noticed that a growing number of the worshiping students stopped clapping and singing. They were tired. I know I wanted to sit, but I&#8217;m an old guy. Do high energy worship leaders ever think sitting is a good position for worship? When? We used to use an * to let folks know when they should sit or stand, but that&#8217;s when we also used paper bulletins. 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