by Michael Bayne | Mar 9, 2012 | family ministry, Orange, Parenting, training, vision, youth ministry
Involving kids in mission work is vital to helping them understand the mission of the church. We try to get kids plugged into missions as soon as they hit Kindergarten and enter our kids ministry by serving as families in a yearly missions experience we call Operation...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 6, 2012 | change, family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
For years there has been a great divide between kids and student ministry. We each did our own thing and ignored the other. The good news is that churches are figuring out that this mindset is not really helpful for families or the church. The bad news is that all of...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 5, 2012 | community, family ministry, leadership, vision, volunteers, youth ministry
This month at Grace Community we are working hard to celebrate our volunteers. Every week volunteers make it possible for our church to reach people in our city with the message of Jesus. Volunteers at our church lead worship, serve in the parking lot to greet people,...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 2, 2012 | change, family ministry, high school ministry, middle school ministry, staff development, youth ministry
Mark Oestreicher, a distant youth ministry mentor of mine, recently wrote a post I hope you will read called the coming era of non-professional youth ministry. Things are changing in the youth ministry landscape. Not every church is opting to hire a staff member to...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 28, 2012 | change, family ministry, youth ministry
How do you know if an event has been successful? We have been trying to answer that question over the past few years and we are beginning to understand what our measuring stick is in order to determine if a retreat or event is a success. Yes, we measure and track...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 21, 2012 | change, family ministry, leadership, team building, volunteers, youth ministry
Getting better is hard! We all want to see improvement in the ministries we lead but it’s strenuous work. Raising the bar is difficult in any organization but it begins with raising the expectations of the people on your team. It starts with your key staff and...
