by Michael Bayne | Jun 6, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
Last week we experienced an amazing week at NEXT middle school camp but it would have never happened without the picture above. This is a picture I took last year on the last night of our middle school camp (we were at a Student Life camp) where our team locked the...
by Michael Bayne | May 24, 2011 | family ministry, youth ministry
Who are you investing in? Investing in and mentoring other people is slow and time consuming and usually does not make the top list of things we can do to help our church or ministry move forward.
by Michael Bayne | May 18, 2011 | family ministry, Parenting
One thing I know about families today is that we are busy. If you have kids then your life is so much more busy than the pre-kid days. We now have 2 girls and our pace of life just keeps getting more hectic. One of the best books I have ever read as a parent is The 3...
by Michael Bayne | May 16, 2011 | family ministry, youth ministry
We might not admit it publicly but when we have low attendance nights it is hard to deal with. Our teams put tons of time and effort into setting up our environments to make the maximum impact and when students are gone we all struggle. I was reminded last week there...
by Michael Bayne | May 11, 2011 | family ministry, Parenting
Word’s are powerful. They shape who we are, how we feel, the direction we are headed in life. Have you though about the words you are communicating to your children on a daily basis. Your words as a parent have the power to mold the heart of a child. They are...
by Michael Bayne | May 9, 2011 | family ministry, leadership
Finding time to meet as a Family Ministry Team is difficult. Our team all works on the same floor here at the Grace Community Church office so we interact and connect daily but also set aside a monthly meeting to allow us to block our time to look ahead as a team....
