You Lead Worship. You Pastor Creatives. You Carry More Than People Realize.
The deadlines. The pressure. The lack of clarity. You feel it all, and still show up.
Most people don’t see the weight you carry.
We do.
📌 Join 3,000+ church creatives learning how to lead well, grow spiritually, and stay connected to Jesus for the long haul.
This Isn’t Theory. It’s What We’ve Actually Lived.
We spent years leading global worship and creative teams…
Cass as Global Creative Pastor, Rich as Australian Creative Pastor at Hillsong Church.
Thousands of volunteers.
Sunday after Sunday.
Deadlines, pressure, feedback, disappointment, politics - you name it.
We’ve lived it.
Now we help people like you lead creative teams with clarity, courage, and a deeper connection to Jesus.
Today, we pastor a new church in Sydney called The Local, and we coach worship and creative pastors around the world.
We love sharing our experience, diving into the reality of ministry life, and helping you imagine new ways forward.
Most Church Creative Are Told to Just Work Harder and Suck It Up.
Sound familiar?
❌ “Push through, it’s for the Lord.”
❌ “Sunday’s coming. Figure it out.”
❌ “Just keep the senior pastor happy.”
❌ “Creativity’s nice, but it’s too expensive.”
You’ve heard those things. Maybe even said them. But deep down, you know there’s more to this calling than deadlines and expectations.
We Believe Something Better Is Possible.
✅ That worship and creative teams need pastoring - not just rostering.
✅ That the goal isn’t excellence - it’s transformation.
✅ That you can lead well and stay spiritually healthy.
✅ That creativity isn’t a luxury, it’s a reflection of God’s image.
That’s why The Hopeful Rhino exists:
To help you lead and live with intention, not exhaustion.
To offer tools, rhythms, and reminders that this calling is sacred, and can be sustainable.
To show you how to grow others without losing yourself.
What We Show Inside The Hopeful Rhino
We share real strategies and patterns of thinking that work…
not hype, not oversimplified “life-hacks.”
You can expect:
✅ Personal stories from decades of leading and pastoring worship teams, creatives, and church creatives around the world that you won’t find anywhere else.
✅ Bible based reflections and direction.
✅ Tools, practices, rhythms, and strategies that don’t rely on outdated thinking and flaky “self-help” techniques.
✅ Behind-the-scenes real-life experience to help you grow, mature, and outwork a lasting creative faith.
1️⃣ The Free Plan
✅ The Monday Motivator - a Bible based reset to help you live with more clarity, faith, and creative focus.
You can stay on the free plan forever... Or you can get the real roadmap.
The free plan will inspire you. The Crashers Collective will transform you.
Because we all need trusted voices to listen to and share with.
(Hint: that’s one of the steps 😊)
And a group of rhinos is called a ‘crash’… that’s why we invite you into…
2️⃣ The Crashers Collective (Get a holistic plan)
We dive deep into creative leadership and spiritual formation. We don’t just talk about what you need to do, but actually how to do it.
Inside our paid membership, you’ll get:
✅ The Monday Motivator Plus - Go deeper with weekly step-by-step practices and creative prompts.
✅ Workshop Editions - Breaking down what to start, stop, and double down on to develop your creative spiritual life.
✅ Regular Guest Deep Dives - Learn from those you admire. Get access to their “Creative Essentials” and the wisdom that’s fuelled their journey.
🔥 PLUS - Free access to devotionals, Bible reading plans, case studies, resource guides, and self-assessment tools as we release them.
This is for creative leaders, worship pastors, and ministry creatives who are serious about growing in Christ and ready to imagine their way forward.
Becoming like Jesus doesn’t happen overnight.
Growth is a slow, daily process.
Built through:
Small choices
Honest reflection
Spirit-led obedience
It takes time.
It takes grace.
It takes others walking beside you, calling you forward.
But it begins with a yes.
📌 Your growth isn’t about talent or trying harder.
It’s about trusting the Spirit to lead and guide you.
Because over time, with the right encouragement, tools, and spiritual practices, you’ll find yourself becoming:
More connected to Jesus
More emotionally and spiritually mature
More creative in your faith
More aligned with who God made you to be
And less stuck, less burned out, and less unsure of your place in the story.
The decision to start?
That can happen in a moment.
👋 Let Us Introduce Ourselves
We’re Cass and Rich Langton - pastors, creatives, and communicators with a passion for equipping creative pastors, worship leaders, and their teams to boldly live out their calling… helping them step past fear and bring their God-given ideas to life.
We spent years leading creative teams at Hillsong Church:
🔹 Cass as Global Creative Pastor
🔹 Rich as the Australian Creative Pastor
Together, we developed teams and pastored incredible worshippers and leaders across the globe.
Today, we’re pastors at The Local Church in Sydney - a brand-new startup that’s as fresh as it is exciting.
Cass is a storyteller, encourager, and visionary who thrives when helping people imagine their way into the story of God.
Rich is a creative leader, preacher, and passionate pastor who loves equipping those who lead others, innovation, and seeing people align their creativity with the Kingdom of God.
Together, we believe:
🔹 Creativity reflects God’s heart
🔹 The Church should be the most hope-filled, brave, and imaginative place on earth
🔹 Spiritual maturity and creativity are deeply connected
And through The Hopeful Rhino, we’re here to:
Inspire, challenge, and equip you to grow your faith, become like Jesus, and live a more creative way.
⏰ What are you waiting for?
Join us and the other “crashers” for a journey that none of us should do alone!
Subscribe now. (And don’t forget to reply to the first email you’ll get in just a minute or two - we can’t wait to meet you!! 👍)
Grace and Peace,
Cass and Rich
PS… Leading creatives doesn’t have to mean confusion.
Following Jesus isn’t complicated, but it does require intention. You don’t have to “wing it” or wait for your “breakthrough moment”.
With the right heart, tools, rhythms, and some Holy Spirit guidance, you can grow deeper, lead stronger, and live more creatively in your faith.
We’d love to partner with you as you step up and into all He has for you.
