{"id":2802,"date":"2013-09-20T17:55:47","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T22:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/?p=2802"},"modified":"2013-09-20T17:55:47","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T22:55:47","slug":"creatively-creating-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc\/2013\/09\/creatively-creating-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Creatively Creating Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Today\u2019s post is written by Jessica Perez, Worship and Creative Arts Director at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadscolorado.com\" target=\"_blank\">Crossroads Church<\/a> in Loveland, CO.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>What is the culture like on your team? Are you frustrated by it? Happy with it? Proud of it? I read a blog a few years ago that stuck with me:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.benarment.com\/history_in_the_making\/2010\/12\/you-create-the-culture-punk.html\"><i>You Create the Culture, Punk<\/i>,\u00a0<\/a>by Ben Arment.<\/p>\n<p>Read it! As leaders, we need to own the culture we&#8217;re creating. If you&#8217;re not happy with how yours sits right now, go after it and fix it. There&#8217;s no time to waste\u2014without change, you risk losing those you most want to keep around.<\/p>\n<p>Second, and not-so-heavy, question: Do you share your Sunday set lists week-to-week? Are you a blogger? One thing I\u2019ve found to be fun and informative, to our church and my social media followers who LOVE worship music, is to share our weekend experience each week through my blog. I get many requests asking about specific songs; sharing the set list weekly has helped our team to direct people to the post. I am able to include links for videos that we\u2019ve done, a link to the service page on our church site (where the podcast, notes, and video are posted weekly), the songs with the writer information, and a fun piece of my blog that I call \u201cBloggyBits\u201d (where our behind-the-scenes culture really shows up\u2014more on that at the end).<\/p>\n<p>The reason on bring up culture first is because I&#8217;m so proud of my team and the culture we\u2019ve created. Yes, we audition all participants and the skill level is high\u2014a certain level of ability is required. But the cultural \u201cfit\u201d is also important, and we talk about that as people join the team. We have a climate and culture that is fun and relaxed; people have great attitudes, we serve one another, we are highly skilled (instrumentally\/vocally), and we are ultra-prepared. We work hard and prepare hard; in our down time, we&#8217;re laughing uncontrollably and playing hard together.<\/p>\n<p>Culture doesn&#8217;t have to mean a specific age or style, either. We are a multigenerational, multicultural team. We have teens through 60-somethings, a psychologist with a PhD, a former Billy Graham worship leader, a stay-at-home mom, educators, IT and computer programmers, gigging professional musicians, married couples serving together in the band, self-taught musicians, and people with Masters degrees in music. You want a relaxed, fun team with amazing camaraderie. The culture starts with you\u2014you set the attitude and expectations; you own it and lead the way.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Back to the blog&#8230;<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i><\/i><\/b>A fun way that I share our culture and weekly serving experience on my blog is called\u00a0<b>\u201cBloggyBits.\u201d<\/b>\u00a0These are simply wild, fun, random moments behind the scenes of our weekend together. I&#8217;m going to share some with you, in the style of my BloggyBits. These are highlights of this year:<\/p>\n<p><em>The epic roof shot&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"528535_10150694613514267_216365042_n\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/528535_10150694613514267_216365042_n-300x300.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><em>Family pic with some of choir too..<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_4315.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4315\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_4315.jpeg\" width=\"480\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eating together during a service, missing our friend &amp; team member who was out of town&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_5542.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5542\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_5542.jpeg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Sometimes I take &#8220;Players of the Weekend&#8221; pictures &amp; post them. Love every one of them&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_6635.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6635\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_6635.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_9761.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9761\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_9761.jpeg\" width=\"480\" height=\"492\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_0179.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0179\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_0179.jpeg\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_2192.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_2192\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_2192.jpeg\" width=\"519\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Half of the band sneaking away to Sonic, seeing if they can do it in time &amp; texting me the pic&#8230;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_0777.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0777\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_0777.jpg\" width=\"604\" height=\"453\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Having a birthday party for our sound man and friend, Josh!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_2219.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_2219\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_2219.jpeg\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><em><em><em><em>Seeing who can still do a handstand\/cartwheel in a upstairs, back hallway during first&#8230;<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_3172.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_3172\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_3172.jpeg\" width=\"559\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Family pic in the photo-booth last Christmas&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_3360.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_3360\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_3360.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Eating together at my house. Of course, we HAVE to do this way more often. Andrew, our worship leader had just found out about his cancer&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_3987.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_3987\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_3987.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>So, he missed Christmas but came to one of the services&#8230;family pic with Andrew!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_4137.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4137\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_4137.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Praying for Andrew in all of the services&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_4462.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4462\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_4462.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Now we&#8217;re rocking his WITT-Strong bands&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_4813.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4813\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_4813.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>So is choir as we group picture around his guitar while he was out getting treatments&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_4913.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_4913\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_4913.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_5037.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5037\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_5037.jpeg\" width=\"563\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Crossroads band rockin&#8217; a mega BLIZZARD!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_5532.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5532\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_5532.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_5536.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_5536\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_5536.jpeg\" width=\"528\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Electric guitar player, smashing one of those weird cysts on our violin player&#8217;s wrist on Easter. We were SCREAMING laughing!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_6282.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6282\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_6282.jpeg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Tailgating in my new RV out back before I flipped it&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_6514.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6514\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_6514.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Yay!! This tech team had problems ALL weekend long &amp; fixed everything with smiles &amp; skills!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_6938.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_6938\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_6938.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>There may be beef jerky in my piano on stage&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_0199.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_0199\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_0199.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The band&#8217;s green room &#8211; my RV now glamorously flipped!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_9557.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9557\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_9557.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_9559.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9559\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_9559.jpeg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_9561.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_9561\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_9561.jpeg\" width=\"529\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>I always include others&#8217; instagrams or facebook posts in the bloggy bits &amp; now many people on our team will send me their pics from the weekend for the blog&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_98911.jpeg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[2802]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_98911\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2013\/09\/IMG_98911.jpeg\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>You should think of doing this! One tip that helps me, is if I post the songs portion before the weekend so that I can gather pics &amp; commentary after church on Sunday &#8211; then share. &#8230;AND lastly, don&#8217;t underestimate how a culture shift can impact your team &amp; ministry&#8230;lead the way!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wc?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=2802&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s post is written by Jessica Perez, Worship and Creative Arts Director at Crossroads Church in Loveland, CO. 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