by Michael Bayne | Oct 23, 2012 | leadership, youth ministry
No one takes on a new role at a church dreaming about the day when you need to leave. When we begin we are full of hope and fueled by our call to a new adventure. My prayer is that we have more leaders staying plugged into their church as long term leaders but there...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 22, 2012 | leadership, youth ministry
When things get hard at work every human being thinks one thought…I wonder if it’s time to find a new job! It’s no different in ministry. Many leaders get settled into a role only to find out that many of the same issues they faced at their previous...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 16, 2012 | leadership
You need young leaders in your organization and you need to start empowering, listening to, and pushing them forward now and not later. Truth is I’m not a young leader anymore and really I hate to type that! We have some amazing young leaders on our team and I...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 10, 2012 | leadership, team building
One of the foundational elements of a healthy organization is trust. When your parents, students, volunteers, or other staff members think of you and the ministry area you lead do they believe the best? Do they believe the ministry you lead is one that will be able to...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 4, 2012 | leadership
Maintaining momentum and motivating our volunteers is a constant battle that every leader has to give attention. This week we hit fall break here in our community and it is a good reminder to look around an evaluate how we are doing in motivating our team . Last year...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 26, 2012 | family ministry, leadership
Meetings…we need them but so many of us seem to be drowning with them at the same time. They control our schedule to the point we have little time to get the work done we just met about with some leader, board, committee, or group. We are a church that is seven...
