by Michael Bayne | Feb 20, 2013 | family ministry, youth ministry
Next week the team at ParentMinistry.Net is hosting a free webinar for student and family pastors called Inside the Teenage Brain with Mark Oestreicher, better known as Marko to most us. Hope you will join several hundred student pastors online as we process the topic...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 18, 2013 | small group, youth ministry
Awkward moments lead to intimacy. I’m not saying that we enjoy awkward moments but just stop and think about this idea with your small group. Intimacy in the context of small group is born when someone is willing to ask the awkward question and someone else is...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 14, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry, youth ministry
This week a blog post called Top 10 Reasons Kids Leave Church got shot all around the internet on Facebook and Twitter because it’s a common struggle for church leaders across our nation. The issue taps into fear which we have been conditioned to respond to by...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 13, 2013 | children's ministry, free stuff, youth ministry
It’s Valentines Day week and I am pumped to give away this game idea for you to use in one of your environments. Caitlin Little came up with this little adventure for Relevant Student Ministry last week. With Heart Breaker it’s simple. Get a few boxes of...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 7, 2013 | children's ministry, Orange, youth ministry
Creating a healthy student and kids ministry never happens by accident. Health is birthed from a healthy team with a vision that honors God. In 2010 I had the opportunity to blog from the Orange Conference for the first time and I had the chance to hear Perry Noble...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 30, 2013 | communication, multi-site, youth ministry
This month we redesigned and relaunched our ministry website for Relevantstudents.com and we could not be more thrilled with how it turned out. In 2007 when we launched Relevant through Grace Community Church we knew we wanted to focus all our communication energy...
