by Michael Bayne | Apr 25, 2012 | middle school ministry, Orange, orange 12, youth ministry
My first breakout from Orange this morning was with Tom Shefchunas and we looked at how to understand the middle school mind. I’m pretty passionate about middle school ministry because I have seen it shape the lives of many great leaders over the years. Here is...
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 4, 2012 | children's ministry, free stuff, middle school ministry, production, youth ministry
If you are like me you are always looking for a game to get things going with kids or middle school students. This idea came from one of our middle school students and it’s now free to you to check out and use. The game is called Pizza Face and the idea is...
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 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 8, 2012 | children's ministry, free stuff, middle school ministry, youth ministry
In our middle school service last night we played a game called Balloon Blob. Yea, it was pretty funny. we had 2 teams of three and we had guys go against girls. The goal was simple. Blow up as many balloons as possible and take them to one member of the team creating...
