I have been blessed to work in several cultures that were excellence-driven. It may sound surprising to hear that, for – in our current culture, at least – excellence-driven is often equated with “high stress.” While it is true that there may be seasons of stress in such environments, it can actually be LESS stressful… Think of it this way. Which is going to stress you out more: 1) Heading in to church, knowing you’re going to have to work hard, but also knowing that things are being done well and people are being impacted because of it, or 2) Heading into church, and heading home that same day knowing in your heart that nothing moved forward because you worked for 15 minutes each hour and “recovered” for the other 45?
The potential issues are not just work ethic-related. Some come from the leadership side, particularly when the “win” is not clearly identified. For any team to be successful, everyone on it must understand where they are headed – and why. More on this in the days to come…
“The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.” – Benjamin Mays
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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