by Michael Bayne | Sep 16, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
Can youth ministry begin to connect with mom and dad and home? We think the answer is one huge YES. When you process connecting with parents you need to shift your thinking to the idea of partnering. When a teenager is living in a home you will find a parent who...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 25, 2010 | youth ministry
New is fun. Everyone loves a new shirt, car, cd, or laptop! That same principle holds true with new environments inside our ministries. Every summer we intentionally stop our weekly student gathering so we have a NEW LAUNCH every fall. New brings excitement. We...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 23, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
What is your greatest need in the ministry you lead? You may automatically say more volunteers. What you need more than just more volunteers is MULTIPLICATION. You need your key leaders developing other new leaders, multiplying. We need our existing leaders investing...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 6, 2010 | youth ministry
Every year the first time guest experience in your environment should be evaluated. When a student walks into The Mix or Remix for the first time we want the experience to be great and we want them to know we are pumped they are with us. Most of the time teens come...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 5, 2010 | production, youth ministry
Want to take the communication in your student environment to the next level? Get a plan. Something happened when we finally discovered the power of planning and partnership at Relevant Student Ministry…our communication with students and parents got so much...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 4, 2010 | production, youth ministry
Over the past few years Nate Edmondson and I have tried so many different things when worship planning for fall. Picking songs and planning the worship flow helps set the tone for the rest of the year. In our city fall sets the tone for the rest of the year so it is...
