Acoustic in a small Church

[KY Ratshooter]

Does any one else play mostly amplified acoustic in a small church setting.  My church is about 50 people in a building 75'x75'.

The average church in America only has 125 members, so there must be more of us out there.

We can not leave gear in our facility so we do not drag tons of equipment around.

[jlynnb1]

i do when it's our Breakthrough Prayer, Campus Ministry, Small group or intimate student worshp type event. the rest of of the time though i'm the lead electric player/band leader at church. i have 3 other guitarists (1 acoustic, 2 more electric), bass, keys, organ, drums, pads/horns and usually some type of perc loop running.

[gtrdave]

I've done a lot of small gathering worship leading on acoustic even though our normall Sunday morning is 450+ and I play electric.
Wednesday nights I lead for the youth group on my acousitc and there's about 40 to 50 kids there.

Not having a place where you can keep a permanent set-up is a hassle, for sure, but I do know of several friends who have had that sort of situation for years and done it with a full band; set-up, rehearse, service and tear-down all in one day. It can be done but it takes a rather large pool of volunteers to assist.

[lilBB]

nice pic gtrdave!

[mt_spiffy]

I play organ for two small churches.  The churches I play guitar for are larger.

[ro]

I've used my ovation in a church setting for slow tempo worship song. the sounds of an acoustic can drastically set the mode for worship compared to a harsher sound