by Michael Bayne | Apr 8, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
If you are the only person on your staff thinking about how to reach the next generation you probably won’t reach the next generation. Here is what might happen…You will have no support to take the risks needed to reach the next generationYou will miss...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 22, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
One of my favorite conferences to be a part now is The Orange Conference. If you are a student, children, or preschool leader out there then this conference is for you. I know we are used to have conference experiences where we separate teen and children leaders into...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 18, 2010 | youth ministry
When we launched Relevant Student Ministry three years ago we had a major problem…we did not have a place to meet. That is kind of a big issue when you are dreaming about how to reach teens in a city. We needed a quality environment to pull off what we were...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 17, 2010 | leadership, youth ministry
What difference am I making? That is a question all of us ask no matter what organization we work for. Is what I do every day for 50 hours a week really making a difference? Josh Griffin, the high school pastor at Saddleback Community Church posted this graphic on...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 4, 2010 | Grace Community Church, youth ministry
It is one thing to think about telling a stranger a few facts about who Jesus is and what Jesus did for them but it is an entirely new level of pressure when it comes to talking about Jesus with our friends. This week at REMIX we asked teens to consider what it might...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 1, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
Who takes your back when someone says something untruthful about you or the ministry you lead? Recently a trusted volunteer came to one of co-pastors and informed him that someone had said some hard things about our student ministry and a decision we made months ago....
