by Michael Bayne | Oct 18, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, staff development, vision
If you are not a fan of the University of Tennessee then you have no idea who this guy is. His name is Matt Sims and he stepped in for our injured starting quarterback this week against the #1 team in the country. Things really didn’t go well for Matt because of...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 17, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, volunteers, youth ministry
This past weekend I went with my family to Sky Top Orchard in South Carolina and we picked apples. Sky Top was amazing. We got a few baskets and went out into the orchard and started looking for apples. We are late in the season so the closest trees had been picked...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 12, 2011 | change, leadership, youth ministry
What’s next in youth ministry…the church…children’s ministry? I get asked that question often and I think about it constantly. I can’t help it. I was a young leader trapped in churches designed for a past generation for years. When I got to Grace...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 10, 2011 | leadership, youth ministry
Great chance to sit down and have lunch with Doug Fields last Friday…check out Doug online here. Doug has been a distant mentor to me over the years, distant in that I have read all his books about three times each and he has been a huge encouragement to me over...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 5, 2011 | change, leadership, planning, production, youth ministry
This week if just a little different…well it is simply crazy. I call it the week of chaos and these weeks tend to show up once or twice a year. I have a friend who suddenly got the news that his fiance was in a car wreck and passed away. I have another friend...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 4, 2011 | change, family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
Growth is good. I have never met a leader who didn’t want to see growth in their ministry. Growth means more people are discovering Christ, finding community, and serving others. Growth is also relative. Relative in that each year God gives us a new perspective,...
