by Michael Bayne | Mar 3, 2009 | community, leadership, youth ministry
Why do we care so much about people committing to and attending the environments we lead? We care, stress, and worry when people are missing because we care about them and we believe in what we are leading. It matters to US very much! That Bible study, youth ministry,...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 2, 2009 | leadership, serve, youth ministry
Maybe this is a student ministry phenomenon but so many of us get caught in the…WHO WAS NOT HERE mindset of ministry. It is almost like at every event, gathering, retreat our minds move right past all of people who chose to come and dwell on all the folks...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 23, 2009 | change, leadership
Here is some advice from a cooking pro…NOT…if you put the wrong ingredients in when you are cooking your cookies will not taste good. More on that in a minute! The principle applies to anything we do in life. When we do the wrong things, add the wrong...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 9, 2009 | leadership
Have you ever said that? I know you have thought it! I was reminded this week that most of the time we are responsible for that frustration. Ok, hear me out on this one because some of you out there have terrible supervisors and work in terrible environments that you...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 8, 2009 | leadership, vision, youth ministry
What are some of the dreams you have for the student ministry (church, organizations, etc.) you lead? What are you praying your students will become? What kind of vision of you casting for your teens to go after? I think many of our dreams for the student ministries...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 31, 2008 | leadership
Yesterday it was 68 degrees, YES, 68 degrees so there was no way I could not go play golf on a 68 degree day on December 30, wow! It was great. Larry Parks, my father in law, came to Clarksville and went with me. Again, it was great! Enough about the greatness of...
