by Michael Bayne | Nov 7, 2013 | family ministry, leadership, team building
Everyone makes mistakes but not everyone knows how to deal with them. We all try our best to avoid blunders but they seem to find their way to us every once in a while. Sometimes we make the mistake and other times people on our team mess up. How we handle the mistake...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 29, 2013 | children's ministry, leadership, youth ministry
This week Chelsea, my wife, was leading a webinar for ParentMinistry.Net and she had a great question come up. What do you do as a children’s or student pastor when you feel like you’re leading on an island and your senior leadership does not support you?...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 18, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership
It was such a honor to be here at the D6 Conference and get to hear so many great leaders talk about how the church can better partner with parents. If you want to check out ideas that were shared today at the conference check out the hash-tag #D62013! One of my...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 24, 2013 | family ministry, leadership
We are a generation that moves quickly! Because of our fast pace when it comes to communication we do more typing and less actual talking. The bigger your team becomes (staff or volunteer) the more need you will have to block out time for simple conversation. I am...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 16, 2013 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
The strategist makes a plan but leaders make adjustments. I spend every Saturday watching the Tennessee Volunteers. I have been watching the Vols since I was in 7th grade so I am pretty passionate about the team and I am fascinated by many correlations I see in how...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 9, 2013 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
Looking forward and planning for the future is a needed discipline for any leader, but I think there are times, REMEMBER WHEN MOMENTS, when we need to reflect back on what God did in the past. Remember when moments are simply the times we can look back and see where...
