by Michael Bayne | Jan 24, 2013 | family ministry, small group, volunteers
Recruiting volunteers is a continuous battle and many times it drives us to not pay attention to the need to retain great people on our team. Retaining volunteers is just as important as getting new leaders to jump on the team. Losing team members is difficult for you...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 23, 2013 | family ministry, leadership, volunteers
Delegating and empowering volunteers is critical for every leader, but delegating and empowering the wrong people will kill momentum. Just think back to the time and effort you had to put into handling the mess caused by the last time you empowered the wrong leader....
by Michael Bayne | Jan 22, 2013 | communication, small group, youth ministry
A student pastor that is thinking philosophically and programmatically about their large group environment and about the small group approach to relational ministry needs to ask these two questions: 1. How can small groups enhance the large group student ministry...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 21, 2013 | communication, production, youth ministry
This week my mom was hanging out with my daughters and took them to WalMart to let them pick out a new DVD. My youngest decided she wanted a some kind of stuffed animal instead so she got it and then was allowed to go and pick a DVD out of a sale bin. The choices were...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 17, 2013 | leadership, youth ministry
This week we have been reminded about the power and destruction that lies can cause. Early in the week we learned Lance Armstrong was going to confess to lying about his use of performance enhancing drugs and yesterday we learned of a possible lie involving a pretend...
