Pastors – a hard truth for you today. There is no “silver bullet.” It’s human nature to want to seek solutions, to find just the right worship order, or staffing structure, or whatever. The reality of many situations, however, is that there will be ongoing tensions – they are not situations that can be “solved” by developing a set of practices and then repeating – and repeating – and repeating…
First off, doing the same exact thing over and over is rarely a good plan – it encourages stagnation. I get it – in the midst of COVID, we are longing for routine, but the danger of that routine is that it VERY easily slips into autopilot. You may long for the predictability of days gone by, but be honest – was “ministry as usual” really working that well in the first place? Humans are weird creatures, and pastors and church staff are human – we simultaneously thrive on and resist change. However, the ability to change and adapt is absolutely critical to anyone in leadership. And – truth be told – it’s just not that hard if you don’t overdramatize, get lazy and/or become too enamored of your own solutions.
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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