by Michael Bayne | Apr 8, 2013 | leadership
Patience and change. The two don’t seem to go together and many times we try to push patience to the side when we lead though seasons of change in the name of progress. By the time we introduce change in our organizations leaders have been praying and processing...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 1, 2013 | leadership
You made it. It’s Monday and you survived Easter 2013. I know it’s wild and busy but for me it’s one of my favorite weekends of the year. I love seeing the crowded services. I love seeing parents dress kids dress up. I love watching families come to...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 28, 2013 | family ministry, leadership
Easter week is a busy week for anyone leading in any next generation ministry area of the church. There is so much to get done in order to make sure the most intense Sunday of the year goes right. I look around at at our family ministry team and I am blown away by the...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 26, 2013 | Grace Community Church, leadership
Like many of you my mind is filled with everything our staff needs to prepare for the biggest Sunday of the year at our church. The to-do list is pretty long as we all work hard to make sure everything is ready for the people who will worship with us this Sunday. Our...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 13, 2013 | family ministry, leadership
First impressions matter! The next few weeks I am working through some of my posts from 2009 and 2010 and re-posting what sane thoughts I had. Here is an idea I unpacked when we were rethinking our first impression factor at Grace Community Church… Today I had...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 11, 2013 | family ministry, leadership
Defining family ministry is difficult but one this I am sure of is that you can’t define it apart from the idea of team. When I talk about FAMILY MINISTRY at Grace Community Church I am talking about a team of leaders working together to accomplish the goal of...
