by Michael Bayne | May 26, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
Last week we gathered our Remix small group leaders for an end of the year gathering to help them prepare for this summer and to celebrate the end of the school year. My favorite part of the night was hearing the stories of life change that happened in their small...
by Michael Bayne | May 25, 2010 | Grace Community Church, youth ministry
Today is the day…the Class of 2010 starts graduating school by school here in Clarksville. I have 2 little girls and thinking about them graduating from high school almost makes my stomach sick. I also remember what this day felt like when I was graduating from...
by Michael Bayne | May 24, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
Reading The Slow Fade by Reggie Joiner, Chuck Bomar, and Abbie Smith right now and it is helping me process what it looks like to reach people as they move into their twenty’s. I am not surprised that college students and young adults walk away from church. Are...
by Michael Bayne | May 18, 2010 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
This past week we had our final student gathering (REMIX) and family experience (Cross Street Live). At both experiences I still got nervous! Why? Why am I nervous about a weekly/monthly experience where some of the most talented people in our city are involved in...
by Michael Bayne | May 13, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
Whatever you do…there is always room to make it better. Jarret and Jeanne Stevens are in the process of planting Soul City Church in Chicago. A few months back they launched websites and their social media presence as they gathered their core group. I love that...
by Michael Bayne | May 11, 2010 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
Do you have fun at work? I know work is work but I am the kind of guy who has to enjoy who I am with and what I am doing if I am going to stick around for the long haul. At the Drive Conference this year fun was brought up in the main sessions and in many of the...
