There’s always the joke (?) of people asking pastors what they do during the week… Most people simply have no comprehension of the hours of planning, preparation and implementation that it takes to make weekend worship services happen. For churches with a high production emphasis, it’s even trickier. Stage shows and concert tours spend months preparing and do the same show over and over again. Churches have a different service every week – it’s basically a continuing cycle of plan, implement and review, plan, implement, review, etc… with multiple different services always in various stages of production.
I’ve had three “career paths” in my life – I worked in business as a corporate buyer, I was a teacher for 5 years, and I’ve been a creative arts pastor for about 15 years. This is by far the hardest of the three. There needs to be a strong work ethic just to survive, much less to do a good job for any length of time. The great thing about it is that we have God’s help in what we do, if we ask, and hopefully the blessing of being able to see that life change that can occur – it’s not a trite answer, it’s the honest truth. It’s when we forget that that things get really difficult. It’s my prayer for you that God offer reminders throughout this season.
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I'm a Christian, a husband, a dad, a son, a pastor, a consultant, a musician, a writer, and bits and pieces of a bunch of other things. My work life has followed three main phases - business to teaching to church. I was the Weekend Services Pastor for nine years at Northview Church, an awesome church in the Indianapolis suburbs. I used to work for Willow Creek, another awesome church in the Chicago area. Plus I've written for various magazines and websites, and other freelancy sorts of things... My life mission is to help the church be as excellent as it can be.
Oh yeah - the name's Greg. Greg Wallace. But not the race car driver or the major league pitcher or the British celebrity chef. Just the creative worship guy. Hi.
It's my hope that these ideas, musings, rants, raves, etc... will inspire you. They're just my opinions - but again, I hope that they'll help to inspire you. Because the church really, really needs inspired creative types. If you're a creative type (and most people are, deep-down), ask God for help. Then take any ideas that are useful to you - borrow them, nab them, use them, adapt them - and make them into something greater...
You can head over to my Instagram site for an abundance of shorter posts: creativeworshipideas. If you're looking for consulting - especially on weekend services, team leadership or multi-site strategies - I'd love to help. Just message me here, and I'll be in touch - Greg
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