by Michael Bayne | May 24, 2013 | family ministry, youth ministry
What is family ministry? It’s a common question from children’s and student pastors. How can I really know what “family ministry” is? How is it different that what I am already accomplishing through the ministry I lead? Is this just a new buzz...
by Michael Bayne | May 20, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry, youth ministry
It’s an age old question if you create a worship experience for any age group. Are they engaging? Is worship happening in the worship experience that we have worked so hard to create. When you look around the room do do you sense people are going for it?...
by Michael Bayne | May 16, 2013 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
We can all talk about reasons we have for leaving the ministry/church we lead! Come on, be honest…you know there are things that drive you crazy about your position. Many times when we talk about finding the right environment to serve in we talk about moving to...
by Michael Bayne | May 15, 2013 | family ministry, volunteers, youth ministry
Helping volunteers know our goal is crucial. Our teams need the “win” defined consistently if they are going to be effective. One of the questions we keep asking, one goal we have for our team here is this… What have I done to help someone have a...
by Michael Bayne | May 14, 2013 | family ministry, Orange, Parenting, youth ministry
What does it look like for student and children’s ministry leaders to partner with mom and dad? We are always trying to find ways to make this happen but the best starting place for this discussion is asking what parents need from us? Until our ministries meet...
by Michael Bayne | May 10, 2013 | children's ministry, Parenting, youth ministry
There is always some new challenging issue parents have to deal with as their kids wander into the teenage years. The Social Media issue has been around for a while and we are all just now really beginning to feel the impact of being so connected all the time. There...
