by Michael Bayne | Apr 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Night one from the Orange conference was incredible for our entire team. On facebook some folks are asking me what this orange thing is, for that go to http://www.theorangeconference.org and check out where I am at. Thursday and Friday are going to be 2 incredible...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Our family ministry team is headed to Atlanta to our favorite conference of the year. I have been to tons of conferences in my time in ministry but none that fires me up more than Orange. This is the one conference that brings together youth, children, preschool, and...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
First time to read anything from Tim Irwin. I think I picked the book up from the Catalyst pack that we get every quarter. Finished as I was traveling last week and loved Tim’s insight into leadership, the people he has connected with in his career, and his...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
from www.morehthandodgeball.comPastor Rick shared some thoughts at Catalyst West today – he was on stage with Andy Stanley at the same time (which was awesome in and of itself) and shared some thoughts about pace and margin. Here’s the 3 thoughts, follow...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Had a great 2 days last week in New Orleans prepping for SERVE new orleans in July with a group of GCC high school students. God opened some great doors for our team to partner with a local church and serve in the 7th ward.Saturday we got to go to Elliot Watts 60th...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
My little girl turned three today! Kelyn I love you and maybe down the road you will look back on dad’s blog and see what I said about you today. You are the joy of our house! You are a beautiful little girl,you cal three “free”, you are super smart,...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
It is so amazing to watch God work in the lives of our volunteers. One of the secrets to having great volunteer team is to support them, serve them, and live life with them. I love our volunteers at GCC and there is nothing better than watching them grow spiritually....
by Michael Bayne | Apr 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
Our volunteers directly reflect our leadership. I really believe this idea is true. I also believe that everyone can improve in their leadership ability with volunteers. You have to live and learn but you can improve. So how do we get better at leading our volunteer...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
I have been thinking about volunteers the past few weeks. The next few days I am going to talk a little about what I have learned about leading volunteers. We serve in this thing called the CHURCH and since its beginning people have volunteered to make a difference in...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
Cross Street Live was great last night! It never gets old seeing kids and parents worship together. Our entire CSL team did an amazing job. We have have one more CSL this spring. May 17 will be our last one until September 2009.The Rivers and Spires Festival was...
