by Michael Bayne | Jun 12, 2013 | leadership
Am I improving? It’s a question that I hope I never stop asking myself. In the age of focusing on our strengths many times we tend to simply excuse away what we are not good at as a weakness to ignore and not worry about. If we are not careful I think we can...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 11, 2013 | family ministry, leadership
It’s hard to watch people walk away from Jesus. We know it’s going to happen and it still hurts. We invest hours and hours into our weekly environments for teens and kids. We train group leaders to mentor their small groups. We work diligently to craft...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 8, 2013 | family ministry, youth ministry
I have spent the past six days at our middle school and kids camps getting some time to step back and focus. It just takes a short time around this crowd to really be reminded of what matters most about what we do in ministry. When you take people and you surround...
by Michael Bayne | May 31, 2013 | children's ministry, youth ministry
It’s summer time so it’s probably getting close to time for camp. If you work with kids or teens you know the power that a week away from home can bring. No matter what your camp format looks like when you get anyone out of their normal flow and surround...
by Michael Bayne | May 29, 2013 | family ministry, Parenting
This is a picture of Kozbi’s first science project back in 1st grade. You can see the masterpiece above, it was good. When I went to the parent meeting the teacher told us DO THIS WITH YOUR KID…NOT FOR YOUR KID! Science projects are meant for kids to...
