by Michael Bayne | Oct 29, 2012 | youth ministry
What does a healthy student ministry look like? Is it the numbers a ministry runs every week? Is health found in fun events that attract a crowd? Is success linked to the number of small groups we have? Is it all about the number of teens baptized? Truth is that...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 26, 2012 | family ministry
It’s one thing to talk about partnering with parents but it’s another thing to actually put the idea in motion. One of the keys to effectively partnering with parents is to have a plan. I am so excited about working with the team at ParentMinistry.Net to...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 25, 2012 | free stuff
We are always looking for ways to promote events at Relevant Student Ministry and each year we try to do something a little different. This year we decided to us some of our favorite commercials and voice them over to promo one of our fall retreats. Here are two of...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 24, 2012 | Parenting, small group
Every child becomes a teen and at some point those teens begin to pull away from Mom and Dad. It’s in that moment when every parent begins to pray that other adults will help them guide their teen through the maze of middle and high school. When parents widen...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 23, 2012 | leadership, youth ministry
No one takes on a new role at a church dreaming about the day when you need to leave. When we begin we are full of hope and fueled by our call to a new adventure. My prayer is that we have more leaders staying plugged into their church as long term leaders but there...
