I’ve been around the block – in other words, I’m getting older. There are good and bad sides to this, but one thing that I really feel is that we have a responsibility to those coming next. Experience is hard to get, and we almost never get it on our own – we only ever got good at anything because someone gave us a shot and let us try it.
Several people have been instrumental in helping me to grow as a leader and as an artist. I continue to meet people who are willing to help me grow, without any sort of compensation, or anything being “in it for them.” I’m trying to pay it forward by doing the same thing – we’re going to start hosting brown bag lunches (thanks to Nancy Beach for the idea) every few months for area worship and tech folks. We just had our first one, in fact, due to the kindness and openness – and mentoring spirit – of David Crowder, who did a free 2-hour Q & A session for 75 Indianapolis worship leaders. Good stuff!
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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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Mentoring is essential to developing the next generation. We have so lost that part of our community here in western culture. Glad to see it happening in your area. 🙂