by Michael Bayne | Jun 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
We are experimenting a little this week here at GCC. At www.gcomchurch.com we will have a daily blog leading up to this weekends message in the gathering. Yea, we are hoping that some of you will go there each day, think through the book of Ester and then check out...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
It has been a great weekend here. not much going on and we are in a little break from camps and trips with the student ministry. Get to be at GCC for the next few Sundays and then we have our Mission trip to New Orleans. The camp experience is so great but man it is...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
Have you ever been in a meeting at church and heard people ask…How do we close the backdoor at our church? Translation – HOW DO WE KEEP ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO COME FROM LEAVING? I have wrestled with this question for years at every church I have served at....
by Michael Bayne | Jun 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
Ok, I admit it this is from a fan’s point of view…the new album from Coldplay was worth the wait. Bought it on presale from itunes and got the first listen today as I worked. I have loved this band since a friend of mine let me here the song Yellow off the...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
Wow, i love being a dad. It is so easy in the busyness of life to forget how great it is to be a parent. There is nothing like looking into a kid’s eyes and knowing that they are God’s gift to you. This just goes for me but if at the end of my days my...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
There are so many times you find yourself just asking God why? Sometimes it is in the middle of problems and turmoil and sometimes it is just in the flow of normal life. Like why do we have to gain weight when we eat snickers…why could that not be like the...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
we have spent a ton of time here at GCC trying to built a web presence. The people that we are reaching always visit us online before they walk in the door. We made the top 50 church web sites this year. Here is the...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
Well I did it, i crossed a line. I bought my own name off of www.godaddy.com and have it pointed here to my blog. it is official, there is now a www.michaelbayne.net. Not sure what that means but at least I own my name on the web and I have it coming here to my blog...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 11, 2008 | Uncategorized
My friend Brando Reed posted this the other day on his blog (http://brandonreed.wordpress.com/) …great thoughts…My friend and colleague in student ministry was telling some other pastors around a conference table just the other day that his father prayed...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Just wanted to get these too books out to you. The Dip by Seth Godin and Crazy Love by Francis Chan have been great reads for me. Both are just great reads, go get them, read them s quick as you can! I think you will like them. Francis is an incredible speaker and...
