by Michael Bayne | Apr 23, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, Parenting
Today is the DAY! Once we launched ParentMinistry.net for Kids last year we were bombarded by requests to create a Rites of Passage Experience for Preschool Ministry. After 6 months and over 1000 hours of work we are excited to share it with you. Here are the Rites...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 25, 2014 | children's ministry, family, youth ministry
Are family mission experiences effective? This week a team from our church is going to find out as several families from our church head to serve together in St. Louis. My family is part of that team and we can’t wait to see how this experiment turns out. Our...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 24, 2014 | children's ministry, environment, youth ministry
Evaluation is one of the greatest tools we have as ministry leaders. The greatest thing we can do for the ministry or church we lead is to have the courage to step back every week and evaluate what we are creating. As ministry leaders we all create environments. It...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 13, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, Orange, youth ministry
There is a huge difference between launching a church with a family ministry model and transitioning a church toward that same model. Transitioning a church in a new direction can be filled with many many obstacles and many times those obstacles keep leaders from...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 31, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership, Orange
One of the greatest challenges for next generation leaders is to get synced up with the senior leadership of the church they serve. When we have a strategy to invest in families in our church that connection with the senior leader is always critical. Today I wanted to...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 18, 2014 | children's ministry
This week thousands of amazing children’s ministry leaders traveled to Orlando for the Children’s Pastor Conference. Honestly I hated to miss connecting with so many great leaders from around the country. I know it was an amazing conference and if you are...
