by Michael Bayne | Mar 13, 2012 | family ministry, leadership, staff development, team building, volunteers, youth ministry
Every year you will have a season when you have to choose to change the pace of your ministry because the variables of your ministry change. We all have variables we face. School, sports, parents, and jobs are all variables and at different times of the year they come...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 21, 2012 | change, family ministry, leadership, team building, volunteers, youth ministry
Getting better is hard! We all want to see improvement in the ministries we lead but it’s strenuous work. Raising the bar is difficult in any organization but it begins with raising the expectations of the people on your team. It starts with your key staff and...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 17, 2012 | leadership, team building, training, volunteers, youth ministry
I used to be a young leader but now at 35 (one month away from 36) I look around and find myself surrounded by leaders who are younger than me. It’s an odd feeling but it’s also encouraging to see how God is raising up the next generation and using them in...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 10, 2012 | family ministry, Orange, team building, training, volunteers, youth ministry
In 2011 I went to the first pre-conference day I have ever been to at any conference. I never thought I would be a “pre-conference” kind of guy but it ended up being my favorite part of the Orange Conference last year. Session after session I was able to...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 8, 2012 | family ministry, Orange, staff development, team building, volunteers
2011 was a year that pushed our family ministry team to make some big moves. God used the Orange Conference to help us see the direction we needed to go, and God used a specific breakout, led by my friend Tom Shefchunas, to help me see we had to get better are...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 7, 2012 | family ministry, Orange, team building, training, volunteers, youth ministry
There is nothing like a conference with your team to inspire, refuel, and provoke change! With the Orange conference coming up in a few months and time to register, this is the perfect time to plan a conference for your team. We have done this several ways here with...
