What is the most awkward/embarrassing moment you’ve ever experienced as a worship leader or part of a team?

I was in a music group that traveled to a different church just about every night over the summer. Most churches are easy to figure out how to get around backstage and the like - but we had a spinaltap moment one night.

At a usual place in our worship set, the band would leave the stage while the piano player would play a solo. We usually left the stage and hung out backstage until we came back on stage.

We headed out the door (all 5 of us) off stage. I was the last one out the door. When I got through the door, all the lights were out and I heard a voice from inside the door say, “Go back out! Go back out!” I couldn’t figure out what was going on - why did we have to go back out? Then I figured it out.

The entire band had left the stage through a door that was identical to the backstage door. But this door went into a small storage CLOSET. We were crammed in there together in the dark.

The worst part - everyone from the church at the concert knew exactly what was behind the door - a closet. We exited the closet to a thunderous applause. We all took a bow…then exited stage left.

From that moment on, we checked out all the doors on the stage at every church. Just in case.