by Michael Bayne | Feb 1, 2010 | family ministry, Orange
The team at Rethink have done it again…they are asking us to journey with them as they plan the Orange Conference for 2010. You heard me right, you get to see the conference unfold right from your office over the next few months as you get ready to attend the...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 31, 2010 | Grace Community Church
We had to cancel services at Grace Community Church this Sunday because God decided to drop 7 glorious inches of snow on our city this weekend. My family has loved the snow and the time together but all of us agree…we will miss being with our spiritual family at...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 29, 2010 | Grace Community Church
A friend of mine here in our city messaged me on facebook last week and asked how Grace Community does outreach. In previous churches I would have a program answer for the guy like Evangelism Explosion, FAITH, Door to Door Visitation, but here at GCC we really do not...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 27, 2010 | relevant student ministry
We start a new series this week at REMIX called Can You Hear Me focused on prayer. Talking with parents and teens of all ages, prayer is a huge struggle for us all. Maybe it is our constant connection with those around us through technology that keeps us from talking...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 26, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
If you want to partner with families who have teens…get ready to make it a priority. Talking about the big idea and actually following through with a plan are two different things. Relevant started to work our plan in 2009 and half way through we are finding...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 25, 2010 | family ministry, youth ministry
Chelsea (my wife and an amazing leader) and I have been evaluating our effort to connect with, empower, inform, and partner with parents at Relevant Student Ministry. What have we concluded? IT IS HARD! I think this is why student pastors stop striving to partner with...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 22, 2010 | leadership, youth ministry
This week our dryer stopped drying our clothes and that is a problem in our house! Thursday morning I got up and starting trying to figure out what was going on. Like any man not gifted in anything mechanical I started searching on Google. Anything you need to know,...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 20, 2010 | youth ministry
MERGE is our winter retreat that happens right here in our own city. Yea, we retreat but we retreat to huddle with our small groups in homes for the weekend and pray our plans for life and God’s plans come together. We pray our lives MERGE with what God is...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 19, 2010 | leadership, youth ministry
Two of my favorite pieces of technology in my life are my Ipod touch and Iphone. Honestly I love them both…I am sold, completely over on the Apple train. One of the issues that has been out there was a lack of accountability software for both the Itouch and...
by Michael Bayne | Jan 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
When you get kids up on stage you never know what might go down. Even with teens crazy stuff can happen. Check out what went down with Clayton King when he brought his boy on stage…
