If you work full time, you really don't have time to learn new stuff all the time. My plan with our 3 Piece was, we learn about 30 songs, then mix and match three 10 song sets so it isn't the same show every gig. maybe throw in a new tune or two as we go to switch it up. learning new song all the time is alot of work.I undestand a church gig though is probably a different set every week but the same thing could apply ,learn a bunch of songs to have most of them committed to memory ,then mix it up every week, adding one or two new ones. My thing is, I dont want to sound unprepared and unprofessional in front of an audience, I dont care if I'm playing a voluntary gig, i want it to be good. I played a cancer benefit and musicians are like "it don't matter we aren't getting paid" I said it does matter there are people watching and listening.
so basically it should get easier over time, the hard part is learning the bulk of the 30 or so songs.
