A piece of wisdom that I read recently: “Remote work is not all sunshine and yoga pants.” This particular tidbit came from the folks at Trello, but I think it’s something universal that we are learning in one way or another. Some things are easy to do remotely – some aren’t. Online services – especially the music parts – aren’t very easy if you don’t have people skilled in online presentation. They’re not impossible – just not easy…
Thankfully, meetings are something that can be done remotely without too much difficulty. A couple of quick tips: Keep your “Zoom” meetings short. Set a maximum limit, but not a minimum limit. Work usually expands to fill whatever time frame that you give it, so an endless time frame is not a good choice… The social interaction part is a big deal now, maybe the most important part. Focus on that, and handle the nitty-gritty details by e-mail. Lastly, give EVERYONE a chance to talk – in fact, insist on it. It’s easy for introverts to hide in zoom meetings, especially since the extroverts will be overwhelmed with joy simply by the fact of being able to interact with other grownups. Make sure the whole team has a chance to tell you how they’re doing.
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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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