It’s the beginning of September, but it won’t be long until…
Love this shot. It’s a volunteer doing a job. A non-glamourous job. Not every job is glamourous. And EVERY job has its non-glamourous parts. It’s when we are dealing with those details – the parts of our job that we don’t like – that our character and integrity come through.
Because those non-glamourous jobs need to be done. The annoying little details have to be handled. The hard conversations need to be had. Etc…Etc…Etc… I’ve dealt with those by using checklists. The lists make sure that I don’t conveniently “forget” to do the jobs I don’t like – and there’s at least the satisfaction of being able to check off the little box.
This is especially true for service planning – we want to do the brainstorming and come up with the awesome ideas, but when it comes to the implementation, sometimes the process grinds to a halt. So get busy – make those checklists – implement. Even the non-glamorous parts…
A leader is willing to do the non-glamorous parts of the job.
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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