by Michael Bayne | Feb 12, 2014 | family ministry, leadership, Orange, volunteers
You will always need more staff. The problem comes in funding staff! Some of you right now have a list of people you want to pay but you just can’t find money in the budget to make the move. Early on I learned that I had to find ways to build a staff before I...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 10, 2014 | family ministry, Marriage, Parenting
Right now we are in the middle of a series called Beautiful Mess that centers on learning from one of the greatest relationships God created…marriage. There is not a week that goes by that we don’t hear from someone in our community of faith that is...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 7, 2014 | communication, multi-site, youth ministry
The idea of having a teaching team rather than one singular teaching voice in a ministry or church is not a new idea. Many of you are in churches where you have a team of communicators but just most of you probably don’t live in this reality. No matter if we are...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 3, 2014 | book review
The hidden epidemic facing those trapped by poverty around the world is violence. In the wake of people struggling to find clean water, proper nutrition, work that will provide for their family, education, shelter, and basic health care violence functions like a swarm...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 31, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership, Orange
One of the greatest challenges for next generation leaders is to get synced up with the senior leadership of the church they serve. When we have a strategy to invest in families in our church that connection with the senior leader is always critical. Today I wanted to...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 18, 2014 | children's ministry
This week thousands of amazing children’s ministry leaders traveled to Orlando for the Children’s Pastor Conference. Honestly I hated to miss connecting with so many great leaders from around the country. I know it was an amazing conference and if you are...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 16, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, Parenting
Parenting is a difficult journey. It’s always been hard and it always has been an adventure! A few years ago many of us came to terms with the truth that the church would never be able to duplicate the spiritual influence that parents carry. We began to partner...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 8, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, Parenting
It’s always fun to hang around and connect with parents as they pick up their kids from our children’s ministry on Sunday mornings. I enjoy connecting with the parents and I love watching the interaction of our small group leaders and parents. If you...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 7, 2014 | leadership
It’s that time of year where you constantly hear about setting goals because of course…it’s a new year. I’m betting you have some goals. You made them personally or for work. Goals are great tools because they help us focus. With as much time...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 2, 2014 | leadership
I really believe that there is no better way to sharpen your leadership skills like slowing down to read. Reading forces us to do something that we don’t do well in 2014 and that is be still long enough to pay attention to a singular voice. I spend most of my...
