Arts Blog : Nancy Beach

Every Little Step

Nancy Beach — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:34:00 GMT

My husband and I took our older daughter this evening to a special cinema where they were showing the documentary, Every Little Step. The film portrays the casting process for the revival a couple years ago of the Broadway show, Chorus Line. What a tremendous...(read more)

UNITED IN PRAYER

Nancy Beach — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:00:00 GMT

Pam Howell, our Director of Training for the Arts (we call her the Wonderologist ) organized an hourly prayer campaign today for the Wonder Arts Conference next week. Starting at 6:00 this morning, many of us began a journey of prayer together at the...(read more)

DISINVITING TEAM MEMBERS

Nancy Beach — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:20:00 GMT

I just got off the phone with an arts leader from a church in western Canada. He is trying to take his music worship team to the next level and believes that some of the faithful current team members do not possess the music skill required. Of course...(read more)

FRIENDSHIP NOT OPTIONAL

Nancy Beach — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:53:00 GMT

I'm speaking next weekend on the pursuit of friendship in our church services - so I've definitely got friendship in the forefront of my mind. I am working hard to be sure the message has urgency, and doesn't just feel like a casual, lightweight...(read more)

GOD AT WORK IN BRAZIL

Nancy Beach — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:49:00 GMT

As I write, Rory Noland is teaching over 300 church artists and pastors here in Sao Paulo, Brazil. We have experienced such an outpouring of God's power in this 2 day event. I am humbled and grateful for the opportunity to cast vision for the power...(read more)

OFF TO SERVE CHURCH ARTISTS IN BRAZIL

Nancy Beach — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:02:00 GMT

I fly tonight with Rory Noland to Sao Paulo, Brazil where we have the privilege of leading a 2-day Arts event. I've never been to South America before, though I've met many of the Brazilian church artists who have made their way to my church for...(read more)

BOOMERS STEP ASIDE?

Nancy Beach — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:47:00 GMT

Last week's edition of Newsweek magazine included a 2-page article at the very back, written by long-time columnist Anna Quindlen. For 9 years, Anna has been writing "The Last Word" piece every other week for that magazine. While I don't...(read more)

AN OUTPOURING OF GENEROSITY

Nancy Beach — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:42:00 GMT

Yesterday we received two offerings at Willow Creek - the regular one about 20 minutes into the service, and a second offering at the end. One hundred per cent of the second offering will go directly to the under-resourced in Africa and Latin America...(read more)

GOING FOR THE "BOLD" AT ORANGE

Nancy Beach — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:22:00 GMT

Yesterday morning at the Orange Conference in Atlanta, Francis Chan challenged all of us to be far more bold for Christ. I got to test out my own boldness in the late afternoon main session when I spoke about the issue of women leading in the church....(read more)

A NEED FOR A RESPONSE

Nancy Beach — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:19:00 GMT

Yesterday I participated in my first audio webinar for Worship Leader magazine . I have done some video kinds of training, but this was the first time I had to simply speak into a phone receiver and communicate essentially without seeing any faces. At...(read more)

SOLIDARITY WITH THE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY

Nancy Beach — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:16:00 GMT

Our church launched a 3-week Celebration of Hope campaign yesterday, with a focus this year on serving the under-resourced who are both hungry and thirsty. The campaign includes several aspects, including 17,000 volunteers packing food bags to go to Zimbabwe...(read more)

LESSONS FROM SUSAN BOYLE

Nancy Beach — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:30:00 GMT

By now, most of you have probably seen the You Tube video from Britain's Got Talent featuring a singer named Susan Boyle. If not, please do check it out. Before this 47-yr-old woman began to sing, I would guess that most everyone, including me, had...(read more)

Walls For Easter

Nancy Beach — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:30:00 GMT

For the past several Easters, our creative team at Willow Creek has sought to find an image that we could leverage to help tell the Easter story and to provide a visual anchor for the entire service. I think this practice dates back to the year we created...(read more)

He Could Have Called It All Off

Nancy Beach — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:48:00 GMT

On this Good Friday, as I read through the Scripture account of that dark day long ago, I am struck by the words of Jesus to his disciples who wanted to get a little reckless with their swords, fighting off the arrest. Jesus said, "Do you not think...(read more)

Transitions

Nancy Beach — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:57:00 GMT

Yesterday, I took my good friend and administrative assistant, Ann Keefer, to lunch. It was a good-bye of sorts, because Ann is leaving our staff after a decade of faithful service. I can't imagine my life without her. She is the one who posts these...(read more)