It’s funny, in all of the years that I’ve served in ministry, one thing has been consistent. Birds of a feather DO tend to flock together. I’ve served in several large churches, and at “all-staff” meetings you could be pretty sure of one thing – the worship people would be at their own table, the youth staff at theirs, the production team at theirs, etc… In some ways, that’s a very normal thing – shared experiences and passions breed familiarity, and familiarity usually equals comfort. However – unless the church takes steps to encourage intra-team interaction, not much of it is likely to happen.
Note: this is ESPECIALLY true in Multi-site environments.
Some advice, regardless of your church staff role: build relationships outside of your department. No team operates independently, and ultimately, we all have the same goal. The more we know each other – and know about each other – the more we’ll understand how our teams can support each other. More on this in the days ahead…
P.S. Worship and production people aren’t really part of two separate teams, anyway – they’re all part of the Weekend Services team…
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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