One of the most valuable things that you can give to your team members is time. Your time and their time. When I say “their time,” I mean making sure that team members have an adequate amount of time to finish projects. For example, giving worship team members the set list a day before rehearsal [and expecting them to have it memorized] isn’t realistic – or necessary. It assumes that they have nothing else to do for those 24 hours except cram to learn the music because you don’t have your act together. If memorization is expected, music should come a MINIMUM of a full week out [2-3 weeks is really where it should be]. Similarly, expecting production and video teams to consistently function “last minute” shows fairly profound disrespect and reflects poorly on the leader…
When I say “your time,” I mean time to meet together and talk. This needs to be focused time. Time when you are actually paying attention to what is said to you, rather than listening just enough to respond or make your point. One of the main characteristics required is humility – a realization your time is not the only consideration. It’s the difference between efficiency and effectiveness – quick, surface-level conversations that are really more directive-giving sessions may be efficient, but if they don’t help the church in the long run, then none of that speediness matters – and can actually do a lot of damage in the long run. #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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