by Michael Bayne | Sep 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Spending the next two days here at the STORY Conference. STORY is a conference dedicated to the creative process and those who are trying to communicate the Gospel to this generation. This is not your typical lineup of communicators and the crowd has been limited to...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 22, 2010 | youth ministry
Great 2 days at REFUGE 2010. This is my travel week this fall and I am headed back out of town in the morning to go to the Story Conference in Chicago. With more tiem on the road coming in the morning I wanted to get these thoughts out tonight from REFUGE. Thanks...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 20, 2010 | youth ministry
I am headed to spend a few days at an event called Refuge put on by the team at Student Life. What is goal? The intent is to gather youth leaders together to worship, listen to, and connect with God. It is that simple and I am so stoked about having that one goal for...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 17, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
My friends at Rethink have a new site for you to check out. MarriedPeople is an organization that hopes to help churches help marriages! Helping people have healthy marriages may be the best gift we can give children and teens that are plugged into our ministries. The...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 16, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
Can youth ministry begin to connect with mom and dad and home? We think the answer is one huge YES. When you process connecting with parents you need to shift your thinking to the idea of partnering. When a teenager is living in a home you will find a parent who...