Working with schools can certainly be a challenge. Set up/tear down church in general is an exhausting endeavor, and I know that it can be made even more difficult when schools put lots of rules and restrictions on you. However, let me give some insight from the other side. I was a teacher before I became a pastor. Like ministry, it can be very challenging. Like ministry, you don’t have much money. Like ministry, there’s an endless list of things to do – for people who sometimes are not very appreciative.
Be one of the ones that IS appreciative. Make sure that you put things back EXACTLY as they were. The last thing a teacher needs is to “rebuild” his or her room on Monday morning because the church teams ignored the agreed upon setup plans. Leave a thank you gift on the teacher’s desk every once in a while [not your leftover donuts from Sunday]. And consider a permanent goodwill gift – perhaps leaving theatrical lights when you move out in thanks for them allowing you to hang them and not have to set them up every week.
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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