[martymart]

They could call up divine intervention.

Do have the number? And, would that be divine 48V phantom

In my experience churches are the worst for random people popping random
batteries in and out, seldom having a pair of batteries of similar vintage
or even type (" I just put in what was rolling around the bottom of the
cupboard").

A strict regime of replacing with known-new batteries and disposing of (or
recharging) old is called for.

Absolutely. That's why they decided to run a wire instead!
Marty