Note to certain young worship leaders (you know who you are)…
Hillsong United do not offer the only template for effective worship. Neither does [insert favorite artist here]. Virtually every church has a diversity of people that make up it’s congregation – it makes sense to offer variety in how worship functions. Be multi-ethnic. Be multi-generational. Change up the look. Change up the style (for example, I am NOT a country music fan, but we do go down the country road from time to time – stylistically). I have my favorites – but that doesn’t mean that they are the most effective ways all the time to reach a very diverse congregation. As Rick Warren says, it’s not about me, so I need to change it up to reach as many people in as many ways as possible – because that’s what we’re here for!
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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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