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...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 14, 2014 | family ministry, serve
At the end of March our church sent out our first family based team on a mission experience in St. Louis. This was an experiment and I am so excited to say with no hesitation that families serving together on mission trips is not a good idea, it’s a great idea!...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 5, 2014 | family ministry, Parenting
This week our family had an unexpected winter blast hit on the first week of March. School was out, I cancelled meetings at my office, and we all bundled up for a day of snow and sledding. My oldest daughter is getting older and I am learning to cherish unexpected fun...
