by Michael Bayne | Oct 29, 2012 | youth ministry
What does a healthy student ministry look like? Is it the numbers a ministry runs every week? Is health found in fun events that attract a crowd? Is success linked to the number of small groups we have? Is it all about the number of teens baptized? Truth is that...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 26, 2012 | family ministry
It’s one thing to talk about partnering with parents but it’s another thing to actually put the idea in motion. One of the keys to effectively partnering with parents is to have a plan. I am so excited about working with the team at ParentMinistry.Net to...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 25, 2012 | free stuff
We are always looking for ways to promote events at Relevant Student Ministry and each year we try to do something a little different. This year we decided to us some of our favorite commercials and voice them over to promo one of our fall retreats. Here are two of...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 24, 2012 | Parenting, small group
Every child becomes a teen and at some point those teens begin to pull away from Mom and Dad. It’s in that moment when every parent begins to pray that other adults will help them guide their teen through the maze of middle and high school. When parents widen...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 23, 2012 | leadership, youth ministry
No one takes on a new role at a church dreaming about the day when you need to leave. When we begin we are full of hope and fueled by our call to a new adventure. My prayer is that we have more leaders staying plugged into their church as long term leaders but there...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 22, 2012 | leadership, youth ministry
When things get hard at work every human being thinks one thought…I wonder if it’s time to find a new job! It’s no different in ministry. Many leaders get settled into a role only to find out that many of the same issues they faced at their previous...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 17, 2012 | family ministry
Today I am revealing the new and improved MichaelBayne.net and I’m so excited to have a new platform to blog from. Hope you enjoy the new look and feel of the site. I moved to this format so I could connect with more leaders and allow for easy interaction. Hope...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 16, 2012 | leadership
You need young leaders in your organization and you need to start empowering, listening to, and pushing them forward now and not later. Truth is I’m not a young leader anymore and really I hate to type that! We have some amazing young leaders on our team and I...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 15, 2012 | multi-site
A few weeks ago we took a Sunday to reveal our next big adventure at our church. At our north campus we challenged our people to continue to move from one service to two. It’s so exciting to see our north campus continue to reach north Clarksville and get to see...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 11, 2012 | book review
Most ministries out there are plugged into some form of social media. Most of use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or have some kind of blog but the question you need to ask is are you using it effectively. The answer for most ministry leaders is no. Most churches, kids...
