by Michael Bayne | May 16, 2011 | family ministry, youth ministry
We might not admit it publicly but when we have low attendance nights it is hard to deal with. Our teams put tons of time and effort into setting up our environments to make the maximum impact and when students are gone we all struggle. I was reminded last week there...
by Michael Bayne | May 10, 2011 | middle school ministry, planning, youth ministry
Summer break is just a few weeks away and for those of us who invest in teens and summer brings opportunity to mix things up. Seriously, there is no reason to not mix things up in your ministry every summer. I know some of you try to keep normal programming going but...
by Michael Bayne | May 5, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
Adding staff to your team has the potential to help your ministry advance or crash depending on who your hire. When I think about hiring or even choosing to add staff I advise to go slow. A few years ago I watched a bad hire (the wrong offensive coordinator) wreck the...
by Michael Bayne | May 2, 2011 | production, youth ministry
Monday morning is one of my favorite times of the week. On Monday morning I close my office door, pull out my guitar, turn up my iTunes, and begin to process the final tweaks for this the worship set for our student ministry and the plan for next week. I’m not a...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 29, 2011 | community, Orange 2011, youth ministry
Yea this blog title sounds like a title of a course at seminary but how we pull this off in our student ministries is a critical concern for every youth pastor out there. Helping teens grow in their faith in a way that impacts their everyday life is difficult and none...
