Take a look at this team. Notice something wrong? No, you don’t. Something, in fact, may have been going wrong at that very moment, but you don’t notice it because NO ONE IS MAKING A FACE! A vocalist may have come in too early, backing tracks may have crashed, the drummer may be off the click, but it’s not a crisis until you make it into one. That especially goes for you, worship pastors – 95% of the time, no one in the congregation will realize there’s a problem if you don’t visually freak out. You need a different way to communicate to the band or production team if something is wrong than a hyper-dramatic look of horror. Keep your cool – everything will be alright… : )
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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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