by Michael Bayne | Mar 3, 2010 | family ministry, Parenting
I had a hard parenting night Tuesday. Ready for the truth…here goes…I lost my cool with my 3 year old and have been losing my cool with her in the past few months frequently. Our youngest is an amazing little girl who is confident and passionate about...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 2, 2010 | Grace Community Church
Our monthly family experience is one of the favorite things we get to do at Grace Community Church. There is nothing like seeing kids and parents come together once a month to worship. This month we are experimenting with our time for Cross Street Live by moving our...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 1, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
Who takes your back when someone says something untruthful about you or the ministry you lead? Recently a trusted volunteer came to one of co-pastors and informed him that someone had said some hard things about our student ministry and a decision we made months ago....
by Michael Bayne | Feb 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
Reading through the Bible in a year will lead you to some parts of Scripture that are difficult to embrace. The Old Testament is packed with moment after moment of WHAT IS GOING ON and WHO IS THIS GOD. These moments seem so disconnected from the picture of God we gain...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 26, 2010 | Grace Community Church
Cross Street Live is a family experience we make happen each month for families here in Clarksville. We have big news…we are moving the time of CSL each month to 1:30 on Sunday afternoons starting on March 14!!! We have been doing this monthly event at night...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 23, 2010 | youth ministry
Ryan Millard and I had the chance to create three worship environments for teens last week…Yes I said that, 3 different environments. Thanks to the supportive teams we work at with Onechurch and Grace Community Church we were able to gather resources (lights,...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 19, 2010 | relevant student ministry
We made it to MERGE weekend at relevant. We have more students signed up for this weekend than we ever have and for the first time we have both locations together for the experience. So pumped about what God is going to go! Just wanted to ask anyone who reads this...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 18, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
I think it is so important for those of us leading student ministries to help our small group leaders have opportunities to be PRESENT when teens make big life decisions. Tonight we helped sponsor a city wide student event and tons of students took the step to follow...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 17, 2010 | family ministry, leadership, youth ministry
Why go to a conference? Good question! The children’s pastor on our team here at GCC is away at the C3 Kids conference at Fellowship Church this week and I have been reminded of all the reasons I think it is important for people leading in preschool, children,...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 16, 2010 | Grace Community Church
We have heard people describe Grace Community Church as a “fun” place to go to church the past few weeks. This is how it goes…A GCC attender tells a friend that they are going to GCC then they drop the dirty word when it comes to talking about your...
