by Michael Bayne | Jul 9, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership
I have a confession to make. I have not looked at my Facebook timeline in over 9 days. Yes I have responded to messages on Facebook through messenger and replied by email to comments on posts and posted to my wall through Instagram and Twitter but I have stayed away...
by Michael Bayne | Jul 8, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry
After 2 weeks away from the blog I am back and ready to go! Excited today to be able to officially announce that Chelsea and I have joined the ParentMinistry.Net team. A few months ago we wrote a new version of this tool to focus on families with kids in Kindergarten...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 21, 2013 | Grace Community Church
The next seven days I have the chance to volunteer in the ministry I founded six years ago! I am really pumped about having the chance to serve with high school students from Grace Community this next week at SERVE camp in New Orleans. Serve Camp is a combination of...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 20, 2013 | children's ministry, Top 5, youth ministry
We have all heard this when a staff member leaves our team…”God is calling me away.”. I have no doubt that is true because God has moved my family several times over the course of 14 years of ministry. God calls people away, but there are factors...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 19, 2013 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
No matter what you lead, where you lead, or who you lead the natural tendency is to allow the immediate needs of the organization to consume your attention. Taking time to think, learn, and listen takes a back seat to handling those 60 emails that are in your inbox,...
