by Michael Bayne | Aug 18, 2014 | communication, Grace Community Church, leadership
One of the most important things we can do as leaders is become consistent story tellers. Our church culture and leadership culture will be shaped by the stories that are shared and we have to become the chief story teller. I met with an 80 year old member of our...
by Michael Bayne | Aug 15, 2014 | leadership, volunteers
When it comes to leadership as a pastor or ministry leader inside a church so much of out life centers around helping people find places to serve and volunteer. We know serving helps people grow spiritually. We know our ministries need people to serve to make ministry...
by Michael Bayne | Jul 15, 2014 | family, Grace Community Church, Parenting
I’ve been a little quiet on my blog the past few months and I really have a good reason. Our family has flexed from a family of 4 to a family of 10! Over the past few months we have sold a house, bought a house, and merged 2 families into one. It’s a lot...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 25, 2014 | leadership
Rest and leadership are 2 ideas we don’t connect often. I have never evaluated how I am leading and connected my leadership potential with my need to rest. It’s almost like leaders are afraid to even talk about the need to rest because it sounds a little...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 19, 2014 | children's ministry, youth ministry
If you live in Middle Tennessee, you are anywhere close to Clarksville, TN, and you are a children’s, student, or family pastor I would love to buy you lunch and connect on June 25. Well, let me be honest. The D6 Conference is going to buy your lunch but I get...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 16, 2014 | communication, leadership
Change is hard but what I have discovered is that it’s the fuel of healthy growth and momentum for every church, ministry, non-profit, and family. Healthy living organisms change and we all hope the ministries we lead are living movements! We all resist change...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 10, 2014 | leadership, volunteers
One of the principles we always talk about with our team is that every Sunday matters because every Sunday is someones first Sunday at our church. It really does not matter what time of the year it is or what has been going on that week in our ministry areas we have...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 4, 2014 | leadership
This year I fell in love with the show Shark Tank. I know I’m late to the party but I’m huge fan of the show. I have a entrepreneurial spirit deep in my soul. I love to start things so the idea of people presenting their dreams to investors is so...
by Michael Bayne | May 30, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, Parenting, youth ministry
It only took me 13 years of serving kids, teens, and their parents for me to figure out that I actually needed to slow down and create parent strategy if the ministry I led was actually going to be capable of partnering with parents. I served parents of teens and kids...
by Michael Bayne | May 22, 2014 | Grace Community Church
This summer we will have people from Grace Community heading to Uganda and Ethiopia to serve. Every time people head overseas to serve we want to cover them with prayer and also help gather as many supplies for them as possible. That is where you come in Grace...
