by Michael Bayne | Apr 27, 2012 | change, family ministry, leadership, serve, vision, youth ministry
How do we develop a healthy culture inside our staff and volunteer culture? We ask that question often if we lead any size team. We read books about it, we lead training to encourage it, and we find ourself frustrated when people don’t get it. This morning Andy...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 26, 2012 | change, family ministry, leadership, Orange, orange 12, vision
Leading change is one of the hardest things any leader has to do. Most next generation leaders love change. We love change because we know it will help the ministry grow. The people you lead are not always as excited about change because you are changing their...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 26, 2012 | leadership, Orange, orange 12, vision
Tonight Reggie Joiner opened up the Orange Conference and even as I type this I am trying to wrap my mind around he full weight of his talk tonight. The truth is that what we do in family ministry is messy because the Gospel is messy. You can’t serve teens,...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 25, 2012 | family ministry, leadership, team building
As a family pastor there is nothing harder than helping our team stay aligned. My job is to help our preschool, children’s, youth, and college leaders fight together for a common vision instead of just for the ministry they lead. Our team at Grace Community is...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 19, 2012 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
In student and children’s ministry there are just days when you want to walk away. There are times we look at what we are doing an wonder what is happening here? Is God working or not. Moments like these…when only 2 out of 10 kids show up for small...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 18, 2012 | family ministry, high school ministry, leadership, middle school ministry, serve, youth ministry
What can a teen do? Just about anything if they have people around them who believe in them. Teens can accomplish so much and student ministries and the church are in the perfect place to help teens make an incredible difference in this world. Why is that? We already...
