How are you maintaining and growing your skills? One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that there will – or should – come a day when we will be “done.” When we will have arrived. When we will have all of the leadership skills that we need. Or all of the musical skills. Or all of the technical skills. Etc…
That day will NOT arrive. Developing a “continual learner” mindset is one of the things that sets apart successful people, in my opinion. When you stop seeing the work that it takes to personally grow as a negative, and start embracing it [and even enjoying it], doors often open in ways you might never have expected. Figure out ways to keep “input” switched on in your life, and the “output” may not seem so draining…
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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