From the JUST SO CRAZY THAT IT MIGHT ACTUALLY WORK files…
How about a night of worship at your church – literally? All night long, I mean. Not somebody with an acoustic guitar – I mean full-on, full-production worship. You would probably need to do it during the summer, so that your crazy youth group could form the backbone of the people there, lol. Pitch it as an endurance test, something “manly” to get the guys behind it. Have rotating groups of worship and production team. Maybe have people sign up for the time they are going to come. Vary the style. Let the more seasoned member of the church know that there will be a couple of hymns sung at 4am, and they’ll be there. Vary the intensity, vary the style – maybe part of it is just one person with an acoustic…
It’s possible. I know of a local church [Heartland Church in the Indy area] that is doing something similar, and know of a number of churches that have done 24-hour prayer. It’s also something that a normal person can take part in, something that people can do as a family, something that says “I am willing to push a little harder to show that I believe God is worthy of our eternal, unceasing worship.” We don’t have the capacity or stamina to worship unceasingly now, but 10pm-8am let’s say? It’s doable…
An all-night worship event may be the catalyst to fire up the worship temperature of your church.
Hmmm - well, let's see...
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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