Jumpstarting Creativity
Derrick Bassett
Stuck. Everyone has been there; writing a paper, designing a set for the church easter production, planning VBS and all of a sudden all the ideas….gone! Nothing is more frustrating that needing to get a project finished and not being able to take a single step forward. Perhaps, you are “not the creative type”, but as a pastor or youth leader at a small church you are required to be. Continue reading →
Dealing with Creative People
Benjamin Eggers
You are a pastor. You have a growing church. You want to expand your arts ministry, maybe add a worship team or a drama team, but then it seems like everything falls apart. Your worship leader wants the entire service to revolve around the singing and your drama leader can’t seem to show up on time for anything and has a bad attitude when you talk to him about it. What do you do? Do you give up the arts altogether and wash your hands of the whole affair? Do you let your arts leaders just do whatever they want and stay out of the way? Do you “beat” your leaders into submission and make them do what you want? It seems like there is no easy solution. Fear not, there are some good ways to deal with creative people.
How to Foster Creativity
Benjamin Eggers
You want your church to grow creatively or you would like to see your worship team start writing their own music, or maybe you are starting a skit writing team or you want to have a different Christmas production from every other mind-numbingly dull year, but you are at a loss as to how to begin. One of the most important steps in allowing your Creative Team to grow is to stimulate creativity. How do you do that, you ask. Well, it’s very easy (and very difficult).
