by Michael Bayne | Nov 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Great weekend here, just have been thinking a few thoughts today as it wraps up…Praying for Katrina Watts our director of grace acres here at GCC…she lost her grandmother this weekend. Praying for her and her family, Katrina is doing an amazing job with...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
14 But I will always have hope. I will praise you more and more.15 My mouth will tell about your righteousness, about your salvation all day long. Even then, it is more than I can understand. Psalm 71:14-15 GWTThis summer I began to question, why do we need more...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
Ed Stetzer wrote on his blog…The message of the gospel is too important to be spread through just one strategy–and if God leads you and your church to a certain strategy, you should use it. Door-to-door methods can be and are used to reach people. At my...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
One of the wild things about Grace Community is that we do our best to empower people with ideas and then give them support so that they can go carry out that idea. A few months ago, a few people passionate about adoption came to our team and asked about hosting an...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 5, 2008 | Uncategorized
We all know who our next President will be now. For many of us our “guy” did not win the election. for some of ya you got the “win”. It is wild how we walk away from every election day with some feeling thrilled and some devastated. I love to...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 5, 2008 | Uncategorized
This weekend we pulled off our second CRAVE weekend of relevant student ministry history (that sounds official!). The band (Matt Blair led!) did great, Jay Strother did an amazing job speaking, but the real difference makers in the weekend were our lifegroup leaders....
by Michael Bayne | Nov 3, 2008 | Uncategorized
Ok, I was gone on Halloween getting setup for our Crave Retreat last weekend. This is a picture of my girls at a Halloween party that our friends put on. WOW, are not cute. Our kids love Halloween and they are the ones dressed up in the hat and purple ballerina dress....
by Michael Bayne | Nov 3, 2008 | Uncategorized
Yes we go vote in the morning. Chelsea and I are going to take turns hanging out with the kids so we can both go and vote. It is very exciting to see so many people passionate about this election. If you know me then you know I love a little political action. It has...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 31, 2008 | leadership
I still have so many notes from Catalyst and now I am going back and listening to the pre-conference sessions I missed. You need to hear Reggie Joiner’s pre-conference talk! If you did not go to Catalyst this year go check out their conference experience pack....
by Michael Bayne | Oct 29, 2008 | youth ministry
Woke up at 5:20 this morning just trying to get out of bed and head to this men’s gathering and small group environment called Men’s Fraternity. The first thing that popped in my head was a small whisper saying, you have remix tonight, does it really...
