I don't think anyone has disagreed that rocking services, with loud music, shouting, dancing, etc are awesome and even essential in today's churches. I love those kinds of services and thankfully, go to a UPC church where they are pretty common. However, my only problem with some of the posts here is they imply that without the loud music, shouting, dancing, etc, then the church is 'dead'. There are times when the music in our service is slow, some with only a piano (gasp!) and yet deeply powerful. . .it's the WORDS of the songs and not the beat that drive the praise. People weep before the Lord during these slow times, and some are driven to their knees at the sheer power of God's presence. And when I leave a service like that, I feel as if I've had church just as much as if I had danced my way around the entire building with 'Can't stop Praisin' His Name' being rocked out by the musicians and praise singers.