by Michael Bayne | Oct 22, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry, youth ministry
Last week I had the chance to connect and learn from my friend Dr. Jim Burns at Group’s Kidmin Conference. When it comes to investing in parents and Jim is teaching I just write as fast as possible. You can check out Jim’s ministry at Home Word and get...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 18, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership
It was such a honor to be here at the D6 Conference and get to hear so many great leaders talk about how the church can better partner with parents. If you want to check out ideas that were shared today at the conference check out the hash-tag #D62013! One of my...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 17, 2013 | children's ministry, youth ministry
So excited about the next 2 days at the D6 Conference. I get to hang out here all day Thursday and learn from some amazing leaders thinking about how to equip and partner with families. One of my favorite things about this conference is that they invite leaders from...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 15, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry, youth ministry
This coming week at the D6 Conference I am going to get to hang out with several thousand amazing pastors, leaders, and innovators who are all trying to partner with families. ParentMInistry.Net is a sponsor this year and we get to reveal Parent Ministry for Kids to...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 10, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry
This coming week at Group’s KidMin Conference Chelsea and I are going to get to hang out with several thousand amazing children’s and family pastors and we are so excited about all God is going to do the next few days. ParentMInistry.Net is a sponsor this...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 8, 2013 | children's ministry, small group, youth ministry
Every small group leader needs help…not random every once in a while help they need consistent help. One of the major battles for any volunteer is feeling inadequate for the the challenge they have signed up for. When people agree to come onto our teams as...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
We all have seasons in ministry when we try things and they simply don’t work. I know we use ideas like “if just one person heard about Jesus” to make ourselves feel better but the reality many times in ministry is that we fail. There are just times...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 4, 2013 | children's ministry, youth ministry
This week we launched Parent Ministry for Kids and we just can’t stop giving great content away. Parent Ministry founder Jeremy Lee took the time to create 7 amazing tip videos to help kids and students boost their parent ministry. We believe that...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 3, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry, Parenting
Today is the day! So excited to introduce everyone to Parent Ministry for Kids! We have been working on this idea for over a year and now it’s here and ready for children’s and family pastors all over the world to put this into motion in their...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 2, 2013 | family ministry, Orange, volunteers, youth ministry
A few years ago at the Orange Conference I had the chance to hear Sue Miller (former Kids Ministry Director at Willow Creek) talk about volunteers. Sue is one of my favorite leaders in the world and she understands the heart of leading volunteers! Sue reminded us that...