by Michael Bayne | Feb 11, 2013 | family ministry, leadership
The hardest day of the week for me is no doubt Monday. Don’t misunderstand, I love hitting the office on Monday. Love getting to start a new week with different projects. The struggle with Monday for me is that my brain is swimming with evaluation over Sunday...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 8, 2013 | family ministry, Orange
This week bloggers all across the country have been processing the orange strategy online and I wanted to gather my favorite 10 posts from the week. I also want to give away an incredible book called Leading Change Without Losing It by my friend Carey Nieuwhof. This...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 7, 2013 | children's ministry, Orange, youth ministry
Creating a healthy student and kids ministry never happens by accident. Health is birthed from a healthy team with a vision that honors God. In 2010 I had the opportunity to blog from the Orange Conference for the first time and I had the chance to hear Perry Noble...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 6, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry, small group
The past few years at our church we have been asking a pretty difficult question in how are we serving families with special needs kids? It’s an issue that Chelsea, my wife, who is a former special education teacher has helped us work through. I wish I could say...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 5, 2013 | family ministry, leadership
Six years ago I moved back to Clarksville to become the “Family Pastor” at Grace Community Church. When I arrived I brought with me a year of children’s ministry experience and 9 years of investing in teenagers and zero seconds of leading an entire...