by Michael Bayne | Jul 31, 2012 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
The best part about the Olympics is that they only happen every four years. Seriously, what makes the Olympics great is that there is such a large gap in between the games. The gap in between games gives us time to actually look forward to these 2 weeks. The space in...
by Michael Bayne | Jul 24, 2012 | book review, family ministry, Parenting
Summer is always a great time to catch up on some books that I need to catch up on and this summer I ran across a book every parent and family ministry leader needs to stop and read. I should have known that this was going to be a great read when I saw it was written...
by Michael Bayne | Jul 5, 2012 | change, family ministry, Orange, vision
What is family ministry? Great question! After five years of leading our family ministry team at Grace Community Church I have been asked that questions often by people who see my title or hear our staff talk about serving families. Today I am going to join a ton of...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 27, 2012 | change, family ministry, high school ministry, youth ministry
Our team here at Relevant Student Ministry is rethinking lots of different aspects of student ministry and one of those issues revolve around camp during the summer. Reaching teens in high school has become more and more difficult for us. Jobs, athletics, academic...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 20, 2012 | family ministry, high school ministry, middle school ministry, youth ministry
We just wrapped up 2 weeks of summer camp here at Relevant Student Ministry and wisely I’m on vacation in the mountains with my family getting some rest and getting excited for the rest of the summer. Looking back on our 2 weeks of camp one things stands...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 13, 2012 | change, family ministry, high school ministry, youth ministry
I am right in the middle of our high school summer camp at Relevant Student Ministry and we are having an incredible week here at BigStuf Camp in Panama City. Even in the middle of an event I find myself in the RETHINK process when it comes to how we serve high school...