by Michael Bayne | Jan 26, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
If you want to partner with families who have teens…get ready to make it a priority. Talking about the big idea and actually following through with a plan are two different things. Relevant started to work our plan in 2009 and half way through we are finding...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 25, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
Chelsea (my wife and an amazing leader) and I have been evaluating our effort to connect with, empower, inform, and partner with parents at Relevant Student Ministry. What have we concluded? IT IS HARD! I think this is why student pastors stop striving to partner with...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 22, 2010 | leadership, youth ministry
This week our dryer stopped drying our clothes and that is a problem in our house! Thursday morning I got up and starting trying to figure out what was going on. Like any man not gifted in anything mechanical I started searching on Google. Anything you need to know,...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 20, 2010 | youth ministry
MERGE is our winter retreat that happens right here in our own city. Yea, we retreat but we retreat to huddle with our small groups in homes for the weekend and pray our plans for life and God’s plans come together. We pray our lives MERGE with what God is...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 19, 2010 | leadership, youth ministry
Two of my favorite pieces of technology in my life are my Ipod touch and Iphone. Honestly I love them both…I am sold, completely over on the Apple train. One of the issues that has been out there was a lack of accountability software for both the Itouch and...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 14, 2010 | youth ministry
Who is NEXT when it comes to leading the ministries we currently lead? Not sure if you have thought about this BUT the kids you lead each week in your teen or kid environment are the NEXT leaders we are equipping NOW. We are equipping them even if we have not thought...
