Taking Flight With Creativity: Worship Design Teams That Work

Pastors and church leaders in many congregations have attempted to form teams for the purpose of planning, or designing, worship. Getting a group of people together in one room is fairly easy. But whether large or small church, staff or volunteer, most discover that it is difficult to form a team that actually works.

Using the metaphor of early flight, this resource analyzes how to be a part of a worship design team that works. Major sections include discovering a strategic approach to worship, tips for team composition, a look at how to overcome a series of obstacles that frequently keep teams from finding success together, and some of the usual “mechanical difficulties” that keep teams grounded.

Len Wilson is the Creative and Communications Director at Peachtree Presbyterian, a large church in Atlanta. His core audience and calling is to creatives in (and out of) the church and those interested in the intersection of creativity and Christian faith. In service to this calling, he has written nine books; spoken at hundreds of conferences and seminars; pioneered an innovative brand of visual storytelling in worship; co-founded two worship media micropublishing houses; and for a brief period acquired leadership books at a major religious publisher. He has written nine books including Taking Flight (Abingdon Press, 2009) and The Wired Church 2.0 (Abingdon Press, 2008). He blogs at lenwilson.us.