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...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 29, 2012 | change, church planting, community, high school ministry, middle school ministry, vision, youth ministry
When I was growing up and when I did youth ministry in my 20’s every church had a youth section. Most of you leading in churches have the same thing. It’s that section of the church where all the teens sit during the Sunday morning services. Youth sections...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 22, 2012 | free stuff, middle school ministry, youth ministry
Everyone is always looking for a quick game for your middle school or high school environment. This is one we did last week in our middle school service called Just Say It. We used valentines day candy hearts that had messages on them and had teams put together a...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 13, 2012 | family ministry, high school ministry, middle school ministry, youth ministry
I’m a blogger and I follow many of other blogs written by some amazing leaders. I write because I love pushing myself to share ideas and get them onto my blog and out of my head. When I see that same passion on another blog I just want to follow along and learn....
by Michael Bayne | Dec 20, 2011 | high school ministry, middle school ministry, team building, youth ministry
Every year we do a Christmas event and for the past two years that event has involved dodgeball. Why dodgeball? I’m just allergic to traditional Christmas events. Really if I never go to another tacky sweater or white elephant gift party I will be just fine. Two...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 17, 2011 | free stuff, high school ministry, middle school ministry, production, youth ministry
I am always on the lookout for a great video idea to use as we promote events. I have a great video and a great idea for you to use to promote an upcoming event. We stumbled on a video called Guy on a Buffalo…I inserted it here in the post. It’s random but...
