by Michael Bayne | Feb 24, 2012 | environment, production, youth ministry
This weekend we have a big event and we worked hard on the environment. Every year we try to mix it up. Here is our room, where we started and where we ended today. We still have a few things to do but this will give you an idea of some things we made to change things...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 23, 2012 | environment, production, youth ministry
Environment is never neutral. Environment either enhances the experience of an event or hurts it. I know many of you think you should be able to play a guitar or open the Bible and teens be engaged but that is just not the way it works. Really it doesn’t work...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 22, 2012 | free stuff, middle school ministry, youth ministry
Everyone is always looking for a quick game for your middle school or high school environment. This is one we did last week in our middle school service called Just Say It. We used valentines day candy hearts that had messages on them and had teams put together a...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 21, 2012 | change, family ministry, leadership, team building, volunteers, youth ministry
Getting better is hard! We all want to see improvement in the ministries we lead but it’s strenuous work. Raising the bar is difficult in any organization but it begins with raising the expectations of the people on your team. It starts with your key staff and...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 17, 2012 | leadership, team building, training, volunteers, youth ministry
I used to be a young leader but now at 35 (one month away from 36) I look around and find myself surrounded by leaders who are younger than me. It’s an odd feeling but it’s also encouraging to see how God is raising up the next generation and using them in...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 15, 2012 | family ministry, multi-site, planning, production, youth ministry
In 2011 decided to add an iPad to my list of tech toys with one condition…I was going to find way to actually use it on a day to day basis. If I did not have a plan to use it I was not going to waste my money. I waited, planned, researched, saved up, and finally...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 14, 2012 | book review, family ministry, leadership, multi-site, youth ministry
What would happen in the ministries we lead if we began to stretch our leadership, our volunteers, our structure, and ourselves in order to make our ministry dreams a reality? Incredible is what would happen because we serve a God who desires for us to live in faith...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 13, 2012 | family ministry, high school ministry, middle school ministry, youth ministry
I’m a blogger and I follow many of other blogs written by some amazing leaders. I write because I love pushing myself to share ideas and get them onto my blog and out of my head. When I see that same passion on another blog I just want to follow along and learn....
by Michael Bayne | Feb 10, 2012 | family ministry, Orange, team building, training, volunteers, youth ministry
In 2011 I went to the first pre-conference day I have ever been to at any conference. I never thought I would be a “pre-conference” kind of guy but it ended up being my favorite part of the Orange Conference last year. Session after session I was able to...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
This is a picture my friend Sam Luce took last year at the Orange Conference. This may look like any other conference you have been to but it’s not. What you are looking at is an army of children’s, preschool, student, and college leaders TOGETHER. I have...
