by Michael Bayne | Jan 31, 2013 | change, family ministry, leadership
One of my favorite apps on my mac, iPhone, and iPad is Evernote. I use it everyday, multiple times a day. If you use the application very long you will notice that they have frequent updates. It seems like every month (sometimes every other week) they are tweaking...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 14, 2012 | change, children's ministry, family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
Numbers, we love them and hate them. When they are going up we celebrate. When they are lower we go into evaluation mode. When we talk about the ministries we lead we tend to mention them to our friends. Numbers are a factor for all of us but they can never be allowed...
by Michael Bayne | Jul 9, 2012 | change, high school ministry, youth ministry
This summer our team is trying to rethink some of the aspects of high school ministry. We love serving high school students, and we are having success reaching them, but we feel like it is time to change a few of our strategies so we can make a bigger impact. We have...
by Michael Bayne | Jul 5, 2012 | change, family ministry, Orange, vision
What is family ministry? Great question! After five years of leading our family ministry team at Grace Community Church I have been asked that questions often by people who see my title or hear our staff talk about serving families. Today I am going to join a ton of...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 27, 2012 | change, family ministry, high school ministry, youth ministry
Our team here at Relevant Student Ministry is rethinking lots of different aspects of student ministry and one of those issues revolve around camp during the summer. Reaching teens in high school has become more and more difficult for us. Jobs, athletics, academic...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 13, 2012 | change, family ministry, high school ministry, youth ministry
I am right in the middle of our high school summer camp at Relevant Student Ministry and we are having an incredible week here at BigStuf Camp in Panama City. Even in the middle of an event I find myself in the RETHINK process when it comes to how we serve high school...
