Our church (Northview) is very contemporary in our expressions of worship. However, every once in awhile we do a hymn. Or use some more traditional looking staging. Or use the interior (or exterior) of an old, beautiful church on our big screen. We are committed to speaking to people in their language. That’s why most of what we do is modern. But we also want to acknowledge that we are part of something bigger. Something that’s been around for a long time. We’re here because of God’s grace, but many times through the means of the work and sacrifice of those who have come before us.
We recognize (usually) that Northview is A church (ie. a gathering of believers) – not THE church. We have thousands of people on the weekend, but we’re still a very small part of the “big C” church. We do what we can to connect and partner with other churches – in fact our Lead Pastor is solidly behind an initiative in Indianapolis called Partnership of Churches – it’s a group of suburban churches that are partnering with churches in the inner city to make a difference. We’re part of something bigger than ourselves, and it’s good to remember that once in awhile…
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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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