by Michael Bayne | Jul 9, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry, leadership
I have a confession to make. I have not looked at my Facebook timeline in over 9 days. Yes I have responded to messages on Facebook through messenger and replied by email to comments on posts and posted to my wall through Instagram and Twitter but I have stayed away...
by Michael Bayne | Jul 8, 2013 | children's ministry, family ministry
After 2 weeks away from the blog I am back and ready to go! Excited today to be able to officially announce that Chelsea and I have joined the ParentMinistry.Net team. A few months ago we wrote a new version of this tool to focus on families with kids in Kindergarten...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 21, 2013 | Grace Community Church
The next seven days I have the chance to volunteer in the ministry I founded six years ago! I am really pumped about having the chance to serve with high school students from Grace Community this next week at SERVE camp in New Orleans. Serve Camp is a combination of...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 20, 2013 | children's ministry, Top 5, youth ministry
We have all heard this when a staff member leaves our team…”God is calling me away.”. I have no doubt that is true because God has moved my family several times over the course of 14 years of ministry. God calls people away, but there are factors...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 19, 2013 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
No matter what you lead, where you lead, or who you lead the natural tendency is to allow the immediate needs of the organization to consume your attention. Taking time to think, learn, and listen takes a back seat to handling those 60 emails that are in your inbox,...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 18, 2013 | family ministry, leadership
I’m sure at some point you have worked on a project for a camp, retreat, or a conference intending it to be funny and then had someone watch it or read it and look you right in the eye only to say…that’s not funny. You immediately take it around to...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 17, 2013 | communication, leadership
Email, direct messages, and Facebook messages are great but at times I think they add stress to our lives instead of solving the eternal problem of effective communication. People today send you an email and think they have done their job in communicating their...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 16, 2013 | Parenting
“Dad”…it just has a ring to it. The first time you are called Dad you realize things have changed. There is just a different level of responsibility that seems to come over us when we finally step into this new phase of life. When we become dad we...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 13, 2013 | leadership, staff development
What are you dreaming about when it comes to the ministry you lead? A few years ago I heard Andy Stanley remind leaders at the Catalyst Conference that when the memories of the past are bigger than your dreams for the future the end is near. God works and breathes...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 13, 2013 | Grace Community Church, relevant student ministry
This Sunday at Grace you can make a difference in the life of a child in Africa. We are partnering with Project Yesu to collect items for kids in need in Uganda. In just a few days a team is heading to Africa to serve kids in Uganda and they will be taking the...
