One of the more unique Christmas looks that we did in the past was also one of the most visually simple – real trees wrapped with lights. A local golf course had cut down several trees to clear space. We approached them and they were happy to give the trees away
It took awhile to wrap them, as you might expect, but the real issue here was safety. Being real trees, they were very heavy, and could have potentially caused injury if precautions were not taken. After checking them thoroughly to make sure that they were structurally sound, the trees were strongly secured to the floor AND supported from above – as long as the building was still standing, those things weren’t moving…
They worked especially well for us, since at that time we had a new building with an 80-foot backscreen – the mixture of the physical set [on the sides] and shifting virtual sets in the middle was a great combination.
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...
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