by Michael Bayne | Nov 16, 2010 | family ministry, Grace Community Church, youth ministry
Right now you can sign up for a free series from XP3 Students and I hope you will check the FREE series out, it was one of our favorites here at Relevant. 3 1/2 years ago when we launched Relevant Student Ministry we had the chance to rethink youth ministry from top...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 15, 2010 | family ministry, Orange, Parenting
I am so excited to have Reggie Joiner guest posting on the blog today to talk about parenting. No other leader in the country has influenced our family ministry at Grace Community Church like Reggie. You can read more from Reggie at www.orangeparents.org and...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 15, 2010 | relevant student ministry
It has been a wild 5 days. When I can’t make it to the blog you know my life is insane. This past week was our fall retreat at Relevant Student Ministry. Here are a few shots from CRAVE 2010…
by Michael Bayne | Nov 10, 2010 | family ministry, Orange, youth ministry
When people talk about family ministry the first question that pops up is how we are able to get ministries aligned and working together? The beginning of the alignment process for our family ministry team started here at Grace Community Church with 2 choices. We...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 9, 2010 | family ministry, Orange, youth ministry
I dare you to try a new curriculum. I know some of you deal with curriculum just like I did in the past. You take your curriculum and you make the most of it. You argue that there is no perfect curriculum so why change. You use what has been used in the past in your...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 5, 2010 | Top 5
Two years ago I made the jump from a regular cell phone to a smart phone. If you read this blog you know I am an Apple guy so of course I went with the iPhone 3g. I am excited about upgrading to the iPhone 4 in 2011but even right now with my 3g I can’t imagine...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 5, 2010 | leadership, production, youth ministry
Our family ministry team here at Grace Community loves creativity but we have discovered thinking creatively is no accident. Ideas are easy and exciting to dream up. True creativity only comes to life when we embrace hard work and discipline. Today our student...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 2, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
Hit my fourth Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives location for lunch this past Saturday with my brother (and children’s pastor at Grace Community) at Athens Family restaurant in Nashville, TN. Any place that serves breakfast all day is my kind of place. On Triple D,...
by Michael Bayne | Nov 1, 2010 | leadership
Last night my girls had an amazing time trick or treating in our neighborhood. The first thing both of them did when they came home was run to our kitchen table and dump it all out and just stare at it. One massive pile of candy. When they were able to see it all out...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 27, 2010 | family ministry, Parenting
I could not help but laugh when I saw this. I needed this when I was a kid growing up (we prayed no matter what and no matter where we were…sometimes it got a little odd!). You have to check this video out. The video got me thinking…Why do we as a family...
