Interestingly, I’ve found that that those of us involved in church tech work are susceptible to a strong desire for “stuff.” We could do so much if only we had (blank) to make it work the way it really should (like the church we saw in the magazine). Amazingly, that desire doesn’t go away as the church grows. We are in a very large church with a very large tech budget, and I still find myself (and my team) falling into the trap of “stuff.”
Don’t get me wrong – I’ve seen too many churches who were incredibly under-resourced, yet still had expectations upon them to match the staging of Cirque du Soliel. However, I’ve also seen (and been guilty of ) the “been there, done that” school of equipment use: “Well, we already used that thing, so now it’s time to get something new.” We have a responsibility to steward well the resources that we’re given, and that includes figuring out ways to use “stuff” over and over, in a variety of ways. Now I just have to get that speech to sink into my own brain…
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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...
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