BOISE, ID — Worship leader Chad Renner, 29, of Ridgeline Fellowship Church, reportedly added a seventh consecutive chorus of the song “One More Time” during Sunday’s service after feeling what he described as “a clear leading of the Spirit,” a leading that apparently went unconfirmed by every other person in the building.
Witnesses say the congregation began showing signs of fatigue around chorus three, with several members discreetly checking their watches. By chorus four, nursery workers had rotated shifts. By chorus five, the sound engineer, Phil Becker, 41, had removed his in-ear monitors and was staring at the ceiling with what one congregant described as “the thousand-yard stare of a man who has seen too much.”
By chorus six, Deacon Roy Pittman, 58, had quietly ordered a Panera delivery on his phone and was tracking the driver’s progress in real time.
“I looked to my left and I swear Ed Morrison had more gray hair than when we started. I’m not being metaphorical. The man aged.”
Bass player Tom Ohara, 35, told reporters he had “accepted his fate somewhere around chorus four” and was now simply “living inside the groove, untethered from time.” He added that he had mentally composed a grocery list, planned his week, and forgiven his brother-in-law during the extended vamp.
Pastor Jim Haywood attempted to signal Renner from the front row by making a cutting motion across his throat, but Renner’s eyes were closed. “They’ve been closed since the second verse,” Haywood confirmed. “He can’t see any of this. He’s in the zone.”
At press time, Renner had transitioned into an acoustic rendition in the parking lot, and three congregants were still swaying involuntarily.



