by Michael Bayne | Nov 15, 2012 | family ministry, Parenting
One of the hard parts about partnering with parents in student ministry is that so many of the parents we serve do not attend our church. Sometimes we lock in our parent strategy on parents that are church members because they are the ones who most often provide...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 14, 2012 | family ministry, leadership
I am a big NFL fan and love the Tennessee Titans and one thing I have learned over the years is that we are never as good or as bad as I think we are. I also listen to many hours of sports talk radio every week and I know fans like me are prone to overreact every...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 6, 2012 | family ministry, leadership
Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, blogs, Instagram and whatever is created next are great tools in life and ministry but often I wish there were social media police to help next generation leaders use them with wisdom. Just sit back and watch what is said to people from...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 5, 2012 | family ministry, leadership
When you are leading any type of ministry you have to continually address problems that creep up from week to week. Sometimes it’s a resource problem and sometimes it boils down to a broken system. Often the hardest problems to confront are people problems and...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 31, 2012 | family ministry, Parenting
I know many of you know me as a “youth guy” but one of my favorite environments in our church is our preschool ministry called Wonder Warehouse. Every week our team of volunteers partners with parents and shares the message of Jesus with preschoolers. We...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 26, 2012 | family ministry
It’s one thing to talk about partnering with parents but it’s another thing to actually put the idea in motion. One of the keys to effectively partnering with parents is to have a plan. I am so excited about working with the team at ParentMinistry.Net to...
