I wrote recently about the need for variety in who is leading worship from our platforms. Today, I’m going to talk to you senior pastors…
I am a firm believer that there needs to be one primary preaching voice for a church. The congregation needs to like and/or trust you. In addition, they need to be able to tolerate the music and know that their kids are taken care of well, but the preacher is the primary church touch point in most people’s lives. That being said, if you are the only one who EVER preaches [minus a vacation week here and there], your church will be in SERIOUS trouble when you retire, or if something happens to you.
If your congregation won’t let you take time off, that’s a problem. If YOU won’t take time off, that’s a different kind of problem. In either case, you need to resolve that to have a healthy church. I am sure that you are a wise individual, but one person’s wisdom only goes so far. Plus, sometimes you can bring in an “expert” on a particular topic or section of the Bible that will help your congregation to go deeper. P.S. You don’t have to announce in advance if you’re going to be gone for a weekend…
Take a break occasionally – for your sake and the congregations.
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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