Planting a church was the hardest thing he’s ever done, but worth it. You MUST be called to do it.
-when you have money, sometimes you’re not as creative
-we need to close the gap between the crowd and the stage
-you’re end goal shouldn’t be to have a big church
-we need to close the gap between point A to point B with creative solutions
-God is the ultimate Creator and He’s placed creativity in each of His creations. So we’re all creative.
Innovation – doesn’t mean that you can’t do what someone else is doing, we’re one big church so we don’t have to well up with pride and try to do everything different
Examination – let’s examine our process
Disturb and Disrupt -it seems many people
Ezekiel 37:1-14
Each and every Sunday, as worshipers, we’re standing in front of dead bones and are to prophesy to life. (Ezekiel 37:1-14)
How can your obedience in worship (like Ezekiel) give life?
Creativity and our intimacy with the Creator go hand in hand.
Children have a relationship with God the Creator in a much bigger way then we do as adults.
What problems do you see with people trying to be innovative and creative?
Innovation does not mean cool lights…it’s having something new
-t-shirts, hoodies, jeans and tats are not innovative, it’s just the new “suit and tie”
-Are we trying to be hip? Or innovative?
*There is one absolute in church…Sunday’s coming!
*things can get stale if we don’t watch out
*What is something that you’ve always done one way, that you can do new (different) this week?
“Flickering Pixels” book to pick up
-do we have an evaluation time?
*during these times, don’t sit down – no chairs…it will help you not waste time
Was it fun?
Was is excellent?
Was it helpful?
Make sure that you are constantly “Exploring”
-this will help feed your creative bucket
– collect ideas (can put them in Evernote)
–stop and purposely observe what’s around you (put ideas in your “bucket”)
