The jobs need to be fulfilled in that order – however, the leading of the people can’t be ignored. It’s not enough for a worship pastor to enter a time of personal worship, and ask the congregation to “come along.” Think of it this way – we are doing two things in church worship sets: directly worshiping God, and serving God and His people. That we should worship only God is obvious [or should be]. The service part is two-fold: we serve God by caring for and leading His people in worship, and we serve the people by caring for and leading them. It sounds like the same thing, and it is, for the most part. The thing that’s unique about the serving people part is that they are times when – rather than directly worshiping God – we encourage each other and remind each other about how great God is. That’s OK – in fact, it’s needed – otherwise, we could each simply worship God privately. Being there to support and encourage each other strengthens us all.
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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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