Let’s play a little game of “What If.” What if the male vocalist that you had planned to lead a song [or the whole worship set] wakes up with stomach flu? In that same scenario, what if every other available vocalist on the worship team that weekend is female?
Two things: 1) Always have a backup vocalist who knows the melody, and 2) Be ready to change the key. Don’t just memorize the song, memorize the structure – that will enable you to keep things going, even in a fairly serious “punt” situation. Capo, if you have to – in fact, it’ll be easier for guitarists [who can capo] and for keyboardists [who can hit pitch transpose], than for poor bass players like me…
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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