by Michael Bayne | Dec 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Just want to say a quick Merry Christmas to any of you who follow my blog at michaelbayne.net or on Facebook. It has been an amazing year of ministry at Grace Community and in the Bayne home. As I look back I am a little overwhelmed and thankful for what God has done...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
This fall Cross Street (our kids ministry at GCC) decided to join the NETWORK project and help compassion international to buy mosquito nets for kids in Africa where malaria kills so many kids. Mosquito’s spread malaria so if you stop them you help stop the...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
This week at Grace Community we get to say THANK YOU to our volunteers! Sunday from 9:30-10 and 11-11:30 we have a Christmas reception / open house / breakfast / whatever you want to call it planned in the gym for all of you who serve at GCC. There is no way we could...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 18, 2009 | leadership
Taking volunteer leadership to the next level takes work…and yes we are constantly working on it. Our normal view of volunteers in the church/non-profit world is of a “worker” not as the leader or vital supporter of the mission. What we have found at...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Volunteers can make or break the ministry/church you lead. Really, they are the foundation of everything you do since they set the tone for so much of what happens in your ministry. For our family ministry (preschool, k-5, and student ministry) volunteers greet kids,...
