by Michael Bayne | Oct 4, 2011 | change, family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
Growth is good. I have never met a leader who didn’t want to see growth in their ministry. Growth means more people are discovering Christ, finding community, and serving others. Growth is also relative. Relative in that each year God gives us a new perspective,...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 30, 2011 | leadership, staff development, volunteers
Giving away leadership opportunities is the best thing that has happened in my life this year. It is also the hardest! Hard because it demands I give away control. Hard because I have to trust other leaders to make the right choice. Hard because I have to embrace...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 28, 2011 | family ministry, training
Yea I know I am a “student ministry guy” but after spending the past five years leading a family ministry team here at Grace Community Church I have had the blessing of meeting many amazing Children’s Ministry leaders across the country. Today the...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 27, 2011 | family ministry, team building, training
I am so blessed to serve with 2 lead pastors that are passionate about reaching the next generation. From day one almost five years ago we were on the same page. We began our leadership journey together trying to think orange and we all three went to the first Orange...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 26, 2011 | family ministry, Parenting, serve, youth ministry
This past week we got to see over 1,200 volunteers serve our city in an event we call Operation Serve. We had parents, kids, teens, college students, senior adults, and even high school sports teams come out and serve together for one day and work to make a difference...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 23, 2011 | family ministry, Orange 2010, team building
There are conferences I hit alone so I can have some time to process and there are others that beg for a team to come. The Orange Conference is one of those that is a great fit for our family ministry team at Grace Community Church. Why do we go as a team? Why should...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 22, 2011 | family ministry, Orange, vision, volunteers
Ideas need ammunition if they are actually going to be able to wage the war it takes to make them become reality. When it came to family ministry…true partnership with home and church…I had tons of ideas but none of them ever were able to move out of our...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 21, 2011 | family ministry, Orange, youth ministry
Registration for Orange Conference 2012 starts this week so make sure you check out the new website and some of the details that have already been released. One of my favorite parts of the Orange Conference flows out of relationships that God has blessed me with over...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 20, 2011 | family ministry, Orange, staff development, team building, youth ministry
If you are in ministry then you lead some kind of team and how you lead that team is a great indicator of how effective you will be. I am a leadership junkie because I am always trying to get better at leading. One of my favorite speakers I have ever heard at the...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 19, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, Orange, volunteers
Volunteers make or break our ministry. So many times we spend hours getting volunteers without having a plan to empower and free them to actually do ministry when they show up. Volunteers want to spend their time doing significant things and we better have a plan. One...
