by Michael Bayne | May 9, 2012 | children's ministry, family ministry, production
For my first two years serving as family pastor here at Grace Community Church I made very excuse I could as to why we did not need a large group experience for our preschool environment. Let me try and list a few excuses that you may have embraced like I did. We...
by Michael Bayne | May 8, 2012 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership, staff development, youth ministry
Hang out with a group of children’s, student, or college pastors for a while and at some point someone will bring up the topic of their senior pastor. What’s discouraging is that most of the time when the issue is brought up feelings of frustration are...
by Michael Bayne | May 3, 2012 | children's ministry, community, family ministry, volunteers, youth ministry
One of my favorite things about leading our family ministry team here at Grace Community Church is getting to connect with our small group leaders at every level. Every week, in every environment, with every age group we have leaders who invest in others as small...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 27, 2012 | change, family ministry, leadership, serve, vision, youth ministry
How do we develop a healthy culture inside our staff and volunteer culture? We ask that question often if we lead any size team. We read books about it, we lead training to encourage it, and we find ourself frustrated when people don’t get it. This morning Andy...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 26, 2012 | change, family ministry, leadership, Orange, orange 12, vision
Leading change is one of the hardest things any leader has to do. Most next generation leaders love change. We love change because we know it will help the ministry grow. The people you lead are not always as excited about change because you are changing their...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 26, 2012 | family ministry, Orange, orange 12, Parenting
What kind of kids are we raising? That’s a question every parent, educator, and next generation pastor asks often. This morning we started the day off at the Orange Conference with Craig Groechel asking us that question. I know if you have kids or you serve kids...
