by Michael Bayne | Jan 18, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
This week our kids ministry and small group ministry worked together to have 2 events going on in one area of our facility on the same Sunday. They worked out the timing, the space usage, the lighting, and then both events pulled off with success. It took some careful...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 12, 2011 | Grace Community Church, relevant student ministry, youth ministry
We have had Christmas, New Years, bowl games, and lots of snow but tonight RELEVANT student ministry kicks back into full speed ahead mode with THE MIX (our middle school service) and REMIX (our high school service) kicking off. As we start the new year we could not...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 12, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
You never know where you are going to be inspired. This week inspiration came from my daughters and their friends in our neighborhood. We didn’t quite get the amount of snow we wanted but what did the girls do…they made the most of what they had. They...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 6, 2011 | family ministry, youth ministry
What is the missing element for many teens when it comes to faith? I believe it is relationships of significance. For many teens their faith is connected with an emotional moment, a camp, a night, a speaker, or a retreat. When those emotional feelings are gone then...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 4, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
I am back after a blogging break over Christmas, the New Year, a short vacation to celebrate 15 amazing years of marriage with my wife. As I get back to work this week I am consumed with setting goals for our family ministry, myself personally, my family, ministry...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 22, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
In the past I have been “that guy” who made fun of people with the new year resolutions and goals. I just avoided the entire process and decided that I was just going to work hard in the coming year and see what happened. Why did I need goals? I learned...
