Getting Beyond The 52

We ran across a blog entry that we thought helped explain some of the challenges that those of us in the performing arts ministry experience each week. Here at MinistryHub.com we state the obvious truth in ministry at the top of our website, "Sunday Comes Every Seven Days!" Brian Petak of Heart, Soul and Might entered a blog labled, "The Arts Movement ." where he writes about the opportunity he had to sit in on a "think-tank" with Nacy Beach at Willow Creek for their most recent Performing Arts Conference, "Thwonk!" In that brainstorming session they discussed how the local church struggles each week "getting beyond the 52."

Brian Petak writes:

Some of what we talked about concerned typical challenges of church worship/arts ministries that are doing their best to be creative in the midst of a demanding weekly schedule. We called that challenge “getting beyond the 52″ - a reference to how often Sundays come around each week. One of the biggest challenges revolves around the almost universal need for a more effective creative planning process. This is seen most vividly in the reality that the worship/arts team needs a LOT of planning and a LOT of time to creatively communicate, while often the teaching pastor finds himself behind in message preparation. In Utopia, all message content (at least big ideas) and every creative element (music, drama, video, dance, etc.) would be planned out weeks in advance to allow for the greatest creative synergy possible for the most effective communication. We all know Utopia doesn’t exist! This is a challenge we brainstormed around, seeking to effectively address it not only at the Arts Conference level, but ultimately at the local church level.

It is our desire that MinistryHub.com will greatly aid churches to get beyond the 52 hour crunch that we experience week after week. It's simple, the less time it takes to find the perfect idea for your service or series provides you more time to pull it all together.

The MinsitryHub.com Team