That tells me that having notes would be useful. I do have several of the songs from the greenbook....I think....printed out here...but since the only rehearsals are only right before the service, there is little chance to catch the feel of how you folks sing it, keys aside. I'm not a great player, I need time for that kind of thing. Even if we practiced the song a week or two ahead...that would give me (or whoever else) time to work out the bugs (rhythms, runs, skipped over parts, etc) in the song so there stood some kind of chance of it sounding decent from a note playing stance. Being that I have spent time both in the pew and in front of the people, I can also tell you that folks have repeatedly said that it would be nice if they had notes to sing by. I don't think it's strictly a player issue. Whatever. It's your group. You are the leader...so I guess if this has been a problem in the past, is a problem now, then it will be in the future....and that really is just a shame.

Michelle