by Michael Bayne | Apr 19, 2012 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
In student and children’s ministry there are just days when you want to walk away. There are times we look at what we are doing an wonder what is happening here? Is God working or not. Moments like these…when only 2 out of 10 kids show up for small...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 18, 2012 | family ministry, high school ministry, leadership, middle school ministry, serve, youth ministry
What can a teen do? Just about anything if they have people around them who believe in them. Teens can accomplish so much and student ministries and the church are in the perfect place to help teens make an incredible difference in this world. Why is that? We already...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 17, 2012 | children's ministry, family ministry, Parenting
Most teens and adults I know tell me they have a hard time making time to read the Bible. It’s so common that I am beginning to believe we are simply waiting too long to help people start incorporating God’s word into their lives. We convince ourselves...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 17, 2012 | children's ministry, family ministry, Orange, youth ministry
This month I am going to be blogging about some curriculum thoughts we have here in our family ministry at Grace Community Church. Six years ago we linked arms with a group of writers who had a new idea of how curriculum should function. After six years of working...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 12, 2012 | leadership, staff development
I am reading through the book The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker this month. This week I was reminded about our need to serve those who lead us. We invest in our leaders by serving them and helping them push the organization forward. When we do more complaining...
