by Michael Bayne | May 20, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry, youth ministry
It’s an age old question if you create a worship experience for any age group. Are they engaging? Is worship happening in the worship experience that we have worked so hard to create. When you look around the room do do you sense people are going for it?...
by Michael Bayne | May 16, 2013 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
We can all talk about reasons we have for leaving the ministry/church we lead! Come on, be honest…you know there are things that drive you crazy about your position. Many times when we talk about finding the right environment to serve in we talk about moving to...
by Michael Bayne | May 15, 2013 | family ministry, volunteers, youth ministry
Helping volunteers know our goal is crucial. Our teams need the “win” defined consistently if they are going to be effective. One of the questions we keep asking, one goal we have for our team here is this… What have I done to help someone have a...
by Michael Bayne | May 14, 2013 | family ministry, Orange, Parenting, youth ministry
What does it look like for student and children’s ministry leaders to partner with mom and dad? We are always trying to find ways to make this happen but the best starting place for this discussion is asking what parents need from us? Until our ministries meet...
by Michael Bayne | May 13, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry
Baby Dedication…every church has some form of it. Here at our church we did it for years in autopilot. We liked it. We enjoyed seeing families on stage. We prayed over babies and it was a special time but we never slowed down long enough to move beyond cute. I...
