CEDAR RAPIDS, IA — Volunteer AV technician Bryce Noonan, 22, reportedly ran the incorrect worship slides for approximately twenty consecutive minutes during Sunday’s service at Harvest Point Church, projecting the lyrics to “How Great Thou Art” while the worship team performed “Good Good Father,” a discrepancy that not one of the 340 congregants present chose to address.

“I noticed around minute three,” said longtime member Gayle Frederickson, 67, who was seated in the fourth row. “But Bryce is new, and he’s trying, and I didn’t want to be the one to say something. So I just closed my eyes and pretended it was intentional.”

Frederickson was not alone. According to a post-service survey conducted by the church’s communications team, 94% of attendees noticed the error, and 100% of those who noticed elected to remain silent out of what respondents variously described as “grace,” “midwestern politeness,” and “fear of making it worse.”

“I made eye contact with Pastor Dan during the second chorus. We both knew. Neither of us moved. It was like a hostage situation, but with hymns.”

Worship leader Tanya Riggs, 31, offered the above comment, adding that she briefly considered ad-libbing the lyrics to match the slides but “didn’t want to learn ‘How Great Thou Art’ in the key of G on the fly.”

Noonan, who was operating the slides from a laptop in the sound booth with his headphones on, told reporters he “thought the set felt a little long” but attributed it to “the Spirit moving.” He has since been assigned a mentor.

At press time, the slides had advanced to next week’s sermon outline, which three congregants were reading silently and one was taking notes on.