by Michael Bayne | Oct 12, 2010 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
What are you doing to develop yourself as a leader? Not the volunteers you lead or the people involved in your ministry…YOU. So many times we are so focused on serving others that we forget to make a plan to develop our own heart, leadership ability, ministry...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 11, 2010 | family ministry, Grace Community Church
We broke in a new set this week at Cross Street Live and added live video during the event…LIVE VIDEO is such a big help! We loved it. Just wanted to post three quick shots I got from our tech booth. So proud of our stage crew, tech team, dancers, worship...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 7, 2010 | family ministry, Grace Community Church
2 years ago we launched a FX (family experience, we call it Cross Street Live) here at Grace Community Church. When it comes to partnering with parents…setting them up to be an influence at home…I think it is one of the best moves we have made. A family...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 6, 2010 | leadership, multi-site
This week we announced we are going multi-site and launching our second campus at Kenwood High in early 2011. We gave out these Kenwood bracelets as a simple REMINDER for people to think and pray about this adventure over the next several months. This week we saw this...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 5, 2010 | Orange week 2.0
Today is the day! Today you can register your team for the Orange Conference and they are running a one day special for those of you who sign up TODAY (240 per person, CRAZY GOOD!). We know there are tons of options out there for your conference time but I think this...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 4, 2010 | family ministry, Orange week 2.0, youth ministry
The Orange Conference is one of those experiences that every leader who serves kids, teens, or college students need to check out. I don’t say that about many conference experiences but the Orange Conference is just different. It is the only places I have ever...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 4, 2010 | family ministry, Grace Community Church, Orange week 2.0
What is our team dreaming about these days when it comes to THINKING ORANGE? Multi-site ministry is what has consumed our team for several months. Today at Grace Community Church we announced that in early 2011 we will open our second campus at Kenwood High School in...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 2, 2010 | family ministry, Orange week 2.0
Mistakes…yea we have made a few in our journey toward implementing the Orange Strategy at Grace Community Church. We feel like if we are not making mistakes we are not living by faith. Innovation always involves risk and our team is constantly processing what we...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 2, 2010 | Orange week 2.0, youth ministry
What can make Orange Week 2.0 better…FREE STUFF. To celebrate the first day to register for The Orange Conference on October 5th, I am going to give away one of my favorite series from XP3 Students. The God View series shaped the lives of many of our students at...
by Michael Bayne | Oct 1, 2010 | family ministry, Orange week 2.0, youth ministry
The environments for our kids and teens went to a new level when we embraced the power of COLLABORATION. When we collaborate we have a better shot at producing sticky environments for kids, teens, and college students. Collaboration means we choose to create and at...
