by Michael Bayne | Oct 4, 2011 | change, family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
Growth is good. I have never met a leader who didn’t want to see growth in their ministry. Growth means more people are discovering Christ, finding community, and serving others. Growth is also relative. Relative in that each year God gives us a new perspective,...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 26, 2011 | family ministry, Parenting, serve, youth ministry
This past week we got to see over 1,200 volunteers serve our city in an event we call Operation Serve. We had parents, kids, teens, college students, senior adults, and even high school sports teams come out and serve together for one day and work to make a difference...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 21, 2011 | family ministry, Orange, youth ministry
Registration for Orange Conference 2012 starts this week so make sure you check out the new website and some of the details that have already been released. One of my favorite parts of the Orange Conference flows out of relationships that God has blessed me with over...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 20, 2011 | family ministry, Orange, staff development, team building, youth ministry
If you are in ministry then you lead some kind of team and how you lead that team is a great indicator of how effective you will be. I am a leadership junkie because I am always trying to get better at leading. One of my favorite speakers I have ever heard at the...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 13, 2011 | family ministry, Orange, youth ministry
When you serve kids, teens and college students you are serving moving targets. They are in constant motion. Their outlook is constantly changing. They influences are consistently morphing. This generation and all that will come ahead of us are moving targets. How do...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 12, 2011 | communication, family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
If you lead a ministry then you face challenge on a regular basis. There are always problems to work on and things to improve. There are also times when you feel like you are losing momentum and maybe even moving backwards. That’s a terrible feeling that we have...
