by Michael Bayne | Mar 23, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
I just upgraded to the iPhone 4 and I have to say, I am very impressed. Just 4 years ago I was the guy happy to have a Motorola Flip and just had started texting. Today I love having a small computer in my pocket as my phone. We now have the iPhone 4, the Motorola...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 17, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
I’m new to the church and I want to plug in to your ___________ ministry. You fill in the blank. When you lead in a church setting you get asked this question often and it’s a good question to be asked! We love new volunteers but we always want to make...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 15, 2011 | family ministry, youth ministry
Want to help make generosity, missions, giving, or sacrifice concrete for teens and kids? Show them what they accomplished quickly. This past month we challenged our childrens ministry to raise 1,500.00 so we could build a playground in Guatemala at an orphanage we...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 2, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
19 “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God. Acts 15:19 NIVWhat is amazing to me about ministry is how we make it so hard for normal people to come be a part of our ministries and churches. So many...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 1, 2011 | family ministry, relevant student ministry, youth ministry
When we first launched our student environments here at Grace Community we developed a website for the ministry. We wanted an online presence to be the face of Relevant Student Ministry. We just got done launching our site for Aqua College Ministry and we could not be...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 16, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
Seth Godin is one of my favorite blogger, speaker, writer people out there and one of the few blogs I have emailed to my email inbox every day. This morning he wrote on his blog that making big plans is the only way to make big things happen. I think this principle...