by Michael Bayne | Mar 7, 2013 | communication, high school ministry, middle school ministry, youth ministry
Speaking in any environment is challenging. Speaking to a room packed with wild middle school students is a entirely different experience. Every week all of us who lead teens face the same challenge of connecting with a generation that demands effective communication...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 30, 2013 | communication, multi-site, youth ministry
This month we redesigned and relaunched our ministry website for Relevantstudents.com and we could not be more thrilled with how it turned out. In 2007 when we launched Relevant through Grace Community Church we knew we wanted to focus all our communication energy...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 29, 2013 | communication, production, youth ministry
Today I am posting a guest post from Caitlin Little. Caitlin is one of the sharpest young female leaders I have met in a long time and I have the honor of having her serve as the Small Group Director in our student ministry at Grace Community Church. You can follow...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 22, 2013 | communication, small group, youth ministry
A student pastor that is thinking philosophically and programmatically about their large group environment and about the small group approach to relational ministry needs to ask these two questions: 1. How can small groups enhance the large group student ministry...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 21, 2013 | communication, production, youth ministry
This week my mom was hanging out with my daughters and took them to WalMart to let them pick out a new DVD. My youngest decided she wanted a some kind of stuffed animal instead so she got it and then was allowed to go and pick a DVD out of a sale bin. The choices were...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 9, 2013 | communication, Orange, youth ministry
The goal when we speak is never to impress. The goal when we have the opportunity to speak is to connect and communicate clearly the truth contained in the pages of the Bible. It’s pretty simple but when we allow our ambition to drive us to impress we often miss...
