by Michael Bayne | Aug 15, 2012 | free stuff, Parenting, youth ministry
Helping dads of pre-teen and teenage daughters connect is not easy so when I find a good idea I have to pass it on. Every year we have a dad and daughter formal here in our area and it is a highlight for my girls. Some of my friends who run a web site called Stuff You...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 14, 2012 | change, children's ministry, family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
Numbers, we love them and hate them. When they are going up we celebrate. When they are lower we go into evaluation mode. When we talk about the ministries we lead we tend to mention them to our friends. Numbers are a factor for all of us but they can never be allowed...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 9, 2012 | youth ministry
Because we host an annual open house for new families in our community and new 6th graders entering our middle school ministry our team is forced every year to ask one big question. Why do we do youth ministry? I love that we are forced to revisit the question very...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 8, 2012 | free stuff, high school ministry, middle school ministry, youth ministry
My friends over at the Youth Cartel just released a great list of the top 25 youth ministry blogs. As I read the list I saw some new blogs I want to check out and some others that have been amazing resources for me over the years. You can go over to the Youth Cartel...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 7, 2012 | Grace Community Church, relevant student ministry, youth ministry
This past Sunday we released our first worship album as a church. This is a five song EP that captures the five songs that have shaped our church the past 2 years. I could not be more proud of our worship and tech team for putting in the hard work to make this project...
by Michael Bayne | Jul 31, 2012 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
The best part about the Olympics is that they only happen every four years. Seriously, what makes the Olympics great is that there is such a large gap in between the games. The gap in between games gives us time to actually look forward to these 2 weeks. The space in...
