I like to be prepared. I like to have my ducks in a row, etc…. In my ideal world, things would be perfect before a weekend service ever went in front of people. However, this isn’t an ideal world. Senior pastors don’t have 40 hours a week to work on and prepare their messages. Worship leaders (most of them) don’t have Grammy-winning band members that they can call on at any time. Time, money, volunteer support, etc… are all limited commodities…
At some point, you need to say: “OK, this is the best I can do with what I have” and put it out there. God can do amazing things with our imperfect efforts. Make sure that it actually IS the best you can do, though. Don’t let the fact that it can’t be perfect stop it from being good…
“All glory comes from daring to begin.” – Eugene F. Ware
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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