by Michael Bayne | May 20, 2014 | Grace Community Church, leadership
When we launched our church almost 9 years ago we made a critical mistake. We avoided talking about money. Our motives were really good. We had seen the issue of money handled poorly by the churches in our past and we wanted to handle it in a different way. The...
by Michael Bayne | May 14, 2014 | leadership
It’s amazing how hopeful we are when we take on a new leadership challenge. In our excitement for the new opportunity we rarely slow down to evaluate the challenges we will face. Chances are that you were brought on the team and recruited based on potential...
by Michael Bayne | May 9, 2014 | book review, leadership, staff development
This past year was my first year leading from the first chair in our organization at Grace Community Church. I could never have imagined what a joy and what a struggle it would be to lead as one of our lead pastors. Along the journey in the middle of a difficult...
by Michael Bayne | May 1, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry
One of my favorite children’s ministry voices is Craig Jultila and today I had the chance to catch him at The Orange Conference talking about 5 things he wished someone had told him about kid’s ministry. My first role serving in the church was as a...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 30, 2014 | change, leadership, Orange
Most churches are built around investing in churched people. Think about that reality. It’s true and if you have thought about this idea much it can drive you crazy because our mission from Jesus was to help people outside the faith become followers of Jesus. We...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 30, 2014 | leadership, volunteers
Every church and ministry needs volunteers but very few churches and ministries have a strategy to deliberately create a culture that attracts volunteers. If you’re struggling to attract volunteers you may have a volunteer culture problem. Today I had the chance...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 29, 2014 | Orange
Excited about spending a few days with around 6,000 next generation leaders at The Orange Conference. One of the greatest tasks that church leaders have is to figure out how the church can partner with parents to help the next generation follow Jesus. For a the next...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 23, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, Parenting
Today is the DAY! Once we launched ParentMinistry.net for Kids last year we were bombarded by requests to create a Rites of Passage Experience for Preschool Ministry. After 6 months and over 1000 hours of work we are excited to share it with you. Here are the Rites...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 16, 2014 | Grace Community Church
In just a few days we will kick off our 2014 Easter celebration here at Grace Community Church. We get really excited about Easter around here because it’s one of 2 times a year, Christmas being the other, where the entire world slows down to celebrate Jesus. We...
by Michael Bayne | Apr 14, 2014 | family ministry, serve
At the end of March our church sent out our first family based team on a mission experience in St. Louis. This was an experiment and I am so excited to say with no hesitation that families serving together on mission trips is not a good idea, it’s a great idea!...
