by Michael Bayne | Feb 23, 2010 | youth ministry
Ryan Millard and I had the chance to create three worship environments for teens last week…Yes I said that, 3 different environments. Thanks to the supportive teams we work at with Onechurch and Grace Community Church we were able to gather resources (lights,...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 18, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
I think it is so important for those of us leading student ministries to help our small group leaders have opportunities to be PRESENT when teens make big life decisions. Tonight we helped sponsor a city wide student event and tons of students took the step to follow...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 17, 2010 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
Why go to a conference? Good question! The children’s pastor on our team here at GCC is away at the C3 Kids conference at Fellowship Church this week and I have been reminded of all the reasons I think it is important for people leading in preschool, children,...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 12, 2010 | youth ministry
A few weeks ago 2 students set up a meeting with me and told me about an idea they had to raise money for the Red Cross and the Haiti relief effort. They needed help with sound for a concert event they wanted to do. Guess who has sound equipment…our ministry...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 11, 2010 | leadership, youth ministry
Sure the Colts and the Saints got to the Super Bowl, but what got them there? That sounds stupid because we know they won a bunch of games and that landed them in the big game at the end of the year. Most of the time with most organization we look at their...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 4, 2010 | youth ministry
When I talk about tracking student attendance I am not talking about counting who is in the room. I have never met a student pastor who doesn’t know every week how many kids are in the room. We always want to know that number, heck our pastor might ask us and we...
