by Michael Bayne | Aug 21, 2017 | Grace Community Church, Greenville Community Church, leadership
Hello…again! It’s been three years since I have written regularly here on my blog. Three years ago I intentionally took a break from writing. What I experienced in the gap was incredible and beautiful and challenging all at the same time! Let me try to...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 18, 2014 | communication, Grace Community Church, leadership
One of the most important things we can do as leaders is become consistent story tellers. Our church culture and leadership culture will be shaped by the stories that are shared and we have to become the chief story teller. I met with an 80 year old member of our...
by Michael Bayne | Jul 15, 2014 | family, Grace Community Church, Parenting
I’ve been a little quiet on my blog the past few months and I really have a good reason. Our family has flexed from a family of 4 to a family of 10! Over the past few months we have sold a house, bought a house, and merged 2 families into one. It’s a lot...
by Michael Bayne | May 22, 2014 | Grace Community Church
This summer we will have people from Grace Community heading to Uganda and Ethiopia to serve. Every time people head overseas to serve we want to cover them with prayer and also help gather as many supplies for them as possible. That is where you come in Grace...
by Michael Bayne | May 20, 2014 | Grace Community Church, leadership
When we launched our church almost 9 years ago we made a critical mistake. We avoided talking about money. Our motives were really good. We had seen the issue of money handled poorly by the churches in our past and we wanted to handle it in a different way. The...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 16, 2014 | Grace Community Church
In just a few days we will kick off our 2014 Easter celebration here at Grace Community Church. We get really excited about Easter around here because it’s one of 2 times a year, Christmas being the other, where the entire world slows down to celebrate Jesus. We...