by Michael Bayne | Oct 24, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership, Parenting
For the past 6 years I have been blogging here at MichaelBayne.Net and it has been such a joy to share what I have been learning in ministry. I blog because I want to share what God is teaching me. This week I wanted to announce that for the next year I am going to...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 4, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership
We all got problems! We all have challenges that we know are right around the corner in our ministry and many times we avoid them so we can keep getting ready for the next Sunday. Sometimes we feel that if we ignore them for long enough they will figure themselves...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 20, 2014 | family ministry, Marriage
How can your church build marriages that last? It starts with doing more than a sermon series…develop a plan to invest in marriages! There is not a week that goes by that our staff at Grace Community Church doesn’t hear news of a marriage that is...
by Michael Bayne | May 30, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, Parenting, youth ministry
It only took me 13 years of serving kids, teens, and their parents for me to figure out that I actually needed to slow down and create parent strategy if the ministry I led was actually going to be capable of partnering with parents. I served parents of teens and kids...
by Michael Bayne | May 1, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry
One of my favorite children’s ministry voices is Craig Jultila and today I had the chance to catch him at The Orange Conference talking about 5 things he wished someone had told him about kid’s ministry. My first role serving in the church was as a...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 23, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, Parenting
Today is the DAY! Once we launched ParentMinistry.net for Kids last year we were bombarded by requests to create a Rites of Passage Experience for Preschool Ministry. After 6 months and over 1000 hours of work we are excited to share it with you. Here are the Rites...