raise your hands if your sure

I remember back in Byron Center Michigan when I was in the 7th grade we had a new family came to our church. They were the Stoudt family from New Era Michigan. They had 5 or 6 kids that I can remember and all ended being exceptional athletes. He was a school teacher and his wife looked like she came off the set of "A Little House On The Prairie" Kind of willowy and tired from raising 6 kids. Anyway on one Sunday evening during the hymn sing I was sitting next to mom and my brother Mike when all of a sudden Mr and Mrs Stoudt raised their right hands up toward the ceiling. I looked at my brother Mike and said "holy crap" I could just imagine that they had a box full of rattlesnakes in their basement. I'm sure there were a whole bunch of christians feeling a little uncomfortable that evening. Anyway many moons later I am in a church where raising hands up high or extending hands outward or pointing your finger upright is the norm for allot of the folks. My wife Hazel does the right hand up like she is taking an oath or else thinks she's Sitting Bull. It just makes me think. What is the right hand gesture for the right occasion or song or feeling. Is there a more worship position or a total depravity position or a hey this is what I am comfortable with position. I am sure a few friends of mine are thinking that they would like to use their hands to strangle me right now. I remember one time in our church service we were singing "Awesome God" by Michal W Smith and I raised my right hand kind of sheepishly at first and then right up straight in the air. After the service a guy came up to me and said "I saw that you are spiritual and I think you should be on our Evangelism Explosion team. I have never raised my hand again in our church. Its just all that CRC conservatism haunting me. I know that next time I think about using hand gestures in worship I will be sure!