by Michael Bayne | Sep 7, 2011 | leadership, youth ministry
Head to any conference, listen to conversations around you, and you will soon discover that tons of senior pastors and student pastors have chaotic relationships. Sure they love each other and need each other but they often find themselves butting heads....
by Michael Bayne | Sep 5, 2011 | communication, Grace Community Church, leadership
This week I had the chance to speak at Grace Community as we started our series called Free. Sunday we checked out how we can break free from failure and looked at how Jesus helped Peter move forward after failure in John 21:15-19. Jesus stepped into an awkward moment...
by Michael Bayne | Sep 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
One of my favorite weeks of the year is the Orange Conference in April. This fall a one day version of the Orange Conference is coming to a city near you and it is called the Orange Tour. The tour is a great way to set aside time for your team (staff and volunteers)...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 31, 2011 | community, Grace Community Church, relevant student ministry, youth ministry
In life we all face loss. On Sunday night we found out that 2 teenagers (a senior and a college freshman) connected with our church and student ministry died in a car wreck. Watching our students deal with loss has been difficult. Our volunteer team has even struggled...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 30, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, team building, volunteers
This fall our Family Ministry Team at Grace Community partnered with the guys at Orange and hired in Joy Bowen to do some coaching with our team. We needed an outside perspective to help us process a staff realignment we were about to make. We called the guys at the...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 26, 2011 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
If you work with teens or kids crisis moments are things you work hard to avoid. We have policies, guidelines, safeguards, and checklists but still if you are reaching people then crisis will knock on your door from time to time. An accident, a volunteer mistake, a...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 24, 2011 | family, family ministry, Parenting, youth ministry
Balancing family and ministry is a constant struggle for parents in ministry. Chelsea and I both have leadership roles at Grace Community Church and the demand for us to balance home and church has become even more important. There are times both of us have...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 23, 2011 | leadership, production
Life comes with no guarantee. Life is a gift with given with a beginning and an end. What is most significant about life is what we do in the the process of living, the writing of our story, the choices we make. I watched this video today and was simply inspired. I...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 22, 2011 | communication, family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
A few weeks ago I went with a few of my friends to Atlanta to spend a day at the PGA Championship and play a round of golf together. We went to an older course in the Buckhead area. The course was in great shape and had a fun layout but it was lacking one...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 19, 2011 | family ministry, Grace Community Church, training, volunteers
Every August our Family Ministry Team at Grace Community hosts a conference for our volunteers who work with kids called the Revolution Conference. There is never a perfect time for a training event. We never get “all” our volunteers there, but we believe...
