by Michael Bayne | Dec 13, 2011 | family ministry, training, volunteers
What if there was a conference designed to encourage and equip volunteers? What would that look like? Now we know because that conference is called the illuminate conference and it’s coming to Nashville on February 18. The entire experience is scheduled, priced,...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 1, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, team building, volunteers, youth ministry
The best way to drive volunteers to quit your ministry is to not give them a real mission and real responsibility. Leaders in kids ministry get this because in order to function with kids they need multiple leaders with real responsibility. For some reason I see many...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 9, 2011 | community, family ministry, volunteers, youth ministry
Every youth ministry in the universe has some kind of retreat during the year. One or two weekends a year geared to get teens away from the normal grind and help them focus on Christ. What if you intentionally designed your retreats to enhance your small groups? Our...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 1, 2011 | communication, family ministry, volunteers
At our church we have been on the Facebook journey for several years trying to find ways to connect with people. Several years ago our team just realized that’s where people were spending their time online so we went there. We have had a group, a page, been...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 24, 2011 | family ministry, volunteers, youth ministry
If you want your church to be a place where teens want to be then you need to begin to find ways to help them serve. Think about all the amazing things teens do every week at middle and high schools across the country and then ask yourself this simple question. How...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 20, 2011 | family ministry, Grace Community Church, volunteers, youth ministry
Not sure about your church but at Grace Community we are trying to find new volunteers all the time. This week is our event we call ServeNow. We really believe that every teen and adult in our church needs a place to serve in our church and in the community if they...
