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CHURCH — Music is integral to church services for many denominations.
Singing is one way that congregations honor their deity and express different feelings such as gratitude and desire to give and receive comfort. But studies also show that singing is a bonding experience.
"Group singing not only helps forge social bonds, it also does so particularly quickly, acting as an excellent icebreaker. We've also shown that community singing is effective for bonding large groups, making it an ideal behavior to improve our broader social networks," according to research done at UC Berkeley.
So it's no wonder that music continues to be a part of congregational worship. Some churches extend their music reach further and add various instruments or even a band to create a celebratory feel during worship or maybe to attract younger people to services.
Whatever the reason, all we have to know right now is that one church drummer is the star of this article because of how a certain spirit moved him.
In the video, the drummer is playing a regular beat while he keeps looking into his phone to see if he gets any Facebook Live viewers. It turns out he's actually waiting for his very first live viewer ever — exciting stuff!
Once that very first viewer pops up, the drummer goes into a more complicated riff in celebration. But the spirit moves him a little too much (the spirit of excitement anyway), and he experiences a little whoopsie daisy on his live feed.
You'll have to watch the video to see exactly what that means.
This wasn't in the middle of an actual church service, but the few people milling about definitely had a good laugh, including some fairly intense and entertaining cackling.
