The service at 15th Avenue in Rock Island had elements of praise worship, but also contained traditional musical elements as well - the handbells were great. I can complicate this a bit more by adding that the preaching at East Moline was traditional - Pastor Dorsey is a dynamic preacher. And here Ivan Fuller also preached a tremendous sermon in our blended service. We were blessed. It seemed to me we offered something for everyone.
Some people come for prayer, others for music, while others the sermon alone.
There is even a portion who are quite comfortable if nothing takes place as long as communion is celebrated. Let's look at the actual time involved in each of the services. I think the praise music probably took half the service at East Moline, about 25 percent of the 15th Avenue service and a little less at the service here. The total time we were together in worship in that six weeks time period was probably seven hours. According to my calculations that means about 15 percent of our time together in those six services was used for praise music.