by Michael Bayne | May 16, 2012 | high school ministry, middle school ministry, relevant student ministry, youth ministry
Tonight is our last night of The MIX and REMIX of the school year and I am pretty much overwhelmed with gratefulness to God for how he worked this year. We change our summer schedule up so we can better serve families and teens in the summer with chaotic schedules so...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 18, 2012 | family ministry, high school ministry, leadership, middle school ministry, serve, youth ministry
What can a teen do? Just about anything if they have people around them who believe in them. Teens can accomplish so much and student ministries and the church are in the perfect place to help teens make an incredible difference in this world. Why is that? We already...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 3, 2012 | children's ministry, family ministry, high school ministry, middle school ministry, relevant student ministry, youth ministry
I know it does not sound like fun but our student ministry has a no pranks allowed policy for all our events and that has been my standard in every student ministry I have led over the past 13 years. Do I like pulling pranks…yes. Do I like having pranks pulled...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 22, 2012 | children's ministry, family ministry, high school ministry, staff development, vision, youth ministry
Had the chance to process ministry with some great friends last night. All of us serve kids and teens. All of us have been doing this for years. All of us have seen God do some amazing things in our family ministry here at Grace Community Church and Relevant Student...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 12, 2012 | family ministry, Grace Community Church, high school ministry, middle school ministry, relevant student ministry, vision, youth ministry
I have been serving teens now for 15 years as a volunteer and on staff at different churches and I still need to be reminded why youth ministry is important. I need to be reminded because the truth is that student ministry can be difficult. Many times it’s just...
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...
