People who attended have a name for themselves: they call
themselves, “creatives.” I liked that,
although my spellchecker doesn’t.
I could never pass for a “creative.” Although nobody pointed it out, I felt
strangely conspicuous with my Dell and my old-school flip-phone. Nothing I had started with a little “i” or
ended with “pro”.
There’s more technology out there available for churches to
use than I ever imagined. And many
churches are doing some incredible things with it.
There is this thing called the “creative mandate.” The idea that God is the most creative person
in the universe, so that if we are made in his image and born of his Spirit,
shouldn’t we make creativity one of our key church values?
We must be the largest church around without a professional
communications person on staff. I was
blown away by how many larger churches have a well-developed communications
team. And how important those folks are to the churches they serve. We need a Director of Communications at the
executive level. Know anybody?
These folks are incredibly passionate about creativity,
technology, and making the church relevant, effective, and fun. They are trying to contribute their talents
and gifts with humility and wisdom.
The media team I accompanied from Fairhaven got more and
more jazzed about their work with each passing workshop. The creative energy barometer was amazing. That’s priceless.
Leadership teams that don’t have a creative at the table are
planning with half their brain. I didn’t
make that up, a workshop leader from holycowcreative.com said it, and I now
believe it.
The MinistryCOM conference in Dallas next year is a
no-brainer for our team. Maybe I’ll at
least have an iPhone by then.
