I am a pastor. This Covid thing has been hard for us pastors. Especially our egos. You see, many of us pastors have developed have developed messiah complexes – we can become so wrapped up in pointing people towards God, that we start thinking that our pointing is the essential part of the equation. It’s not.
This was hard, because it was a reminder of just how little control we actually have. Of how expendable we are. And we are expendable. Nothing we build, envision, strategize, develop, etc… will last. Think about your great grandparents. Can you name them all? Can you name ANY of them?
Don’t get depressed, that’s actually unbelievably good news. It means that you’re not personally responsible for saving the world. It’s just your job – as a senior pastor, or worship pastor, or groups pastor, or church secretary, or parking lot volunteer – to say “yes.” To say “yes” to God when He puts His desires into your heart. Then just do your job. Don’t try to do His. My friend Randy Frazee gets it: “I don’t know about you, but I would rather rest in the fact that I am a child of God than wear myself out trying to be God.” #creativeworshipideas
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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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