A short one today – probably short because it deals with a time I messed up [I tend to not want to dwell on those for some reason, lol]…
We had a service where we needed to have a holiday family dinner table set up as a visual tie-in for the message that day. We got everything we needed – table, dishwater, glasses, silverware, tablecloth… Ah, the tablecloth. We were pressed for time, so we popped over to Target or somewhere similar and bought one. So it’s day of, and we are setting up before rehearsal – I walk into rehearsal and it’s all set up very nicely, except the tablecloth – having just come from the wrapper – was un-ironed and the places where it had been folded were very visible….
It was my fault – and too late to fix it. I was the weekend service producer, and – even though I didn’t set it up – I was responsible to make sure that things were the very best that they could be. Was it a huge deal? No, it wasn’t going to cause the earth to spin off it’s axis and hurtle into the sun. However, it was a miss – a potential distraction. There’s no reason that it needed to be that way except that I hadn’t been thorough in my prep work.
Part of doing things with excellence is making sure that the little things are taken care of.
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...
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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