i am an offering

Remember to always pray.  Pray that God would provide, and pray that you would have the wisdom to rest in Him when He might not.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of an occasion of a church with no piano player, but I’m sure it has happened.  Here are some ideas:

• Find great songs that work accapella.  Sometimes there is nothing more glorious than listening to God’s people sing without anything else accompanying them.  A great many hymns work extremely well for this.  There are also several newer songs that work well.
• If you have a guitarist, teach them to play melodically.  Most guitarists are rhythm guitarists, not lead guitarists, so we (myself included) have a hard time playing melodically.  Teach them to finger pick, teach them to be able to play a solo line as an intro or outro.
• Help the bass player be confident.  The piano covers all the octaves, so when there is no piano and perhaps you have a guitar and bass, if the bass isn’t confident on the low end it will stand out and be distracting.  Even if it’s being able to play whole notes with confidence, teach them to play confidently.
• Help your singers be able to hear.  The singers will have to tune themselves to the guitar, since there is no piano, so help them get used to that.  Spend time in practice without the bass and drums.  Make sure that the bass and drums are not overpowering the guitar, so the singers can hear it.
• Enjoy your organ!  Perhaps you don’t have a piano because the church isn’t ready for that transition yet.  Pray that God would give you patience and that He would give you great joy in worshiping in a traditional style.  If we rely on style to be able to worship God, our foundations of what worship is have not been laid properly, and will crack and crumble when styles change.