by Michael Bayne | Jan 2, 2010 | leadership
I took Chelsea and the girls to Opryland Hotel on January 1 to see the Christmas decorations so we took this picture. (using our camera timer and a rock to hold it up!) We had a great time grabbing dinner at Old Spagetti Factory and being together. It was a great way...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 31, 2009 | youth ministry
Every event (weekly gathering, retreat, camp, or whatever) I learn something new. One rule of event planning is keep learning and keep trying to take the event to the next level. When you think you have arrived that is the exact point where you go backwards. This is...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 30, 2009 | family
14 years ago my life changed. God allowed my best friend to become my wife. Chelsea Bayne is the most amazing woman I know. She is an amazing mother and amazing wife. She brings so much joy to our home and wow…keeps me on track. That is a miracle in itself....
by Michael Bayne | Dec 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
How packed is your student ministry schedule? Some of us feel like we have to constantly be pulling off an event to justify our staff position. The thought is that we can show the people we report too ALL THE GREAT STUFF WE ARE DOING. Here is a rule I have learned to...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 29, 2009 | youth ministry
I am speaking at a retreat for middle school students this week and it reminded me of some bad retreat mistakes I have made over the years. Student pastors are event coordinators! If you run bad events you will not gain momentum in your effort to connect with teens....
by Michael Bayne | Dec 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Just want to say a quick Merry Christmas to any of you who follow my blog at michaelbayne.net or on Facebook. It has been an amazing year of ministry at Grace Community and in the Bayne home. As I look back I am a little overwhelmed and thankful for what God has done...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
This fall Cross Street (our kids ministry at GCC) decided to join the NETWORK project and help compassion international to buy mosquito nets for kids in Africa where malaria kills so many kids. Mosquito’s spread malaria so if you stop them you help stop the...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 20, 2009 | Uncategorized
This week at Grace Community we get to say THANK YOU to our volunteers! Sunday from 9:30-10 and 11-11:30 we have a Christmas reception / open house / breakfast / whatever you want to call it planned in the gym for all of you who serve at GCC. There is no way we could...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 18, 2009 | leadership
Taking volunteer leadership to the next level takes work…and yes we are constantly working on it. Our normal view of volunteers in the church/non-profit world is of a “worker” not as the leader or vital supporter of the mission. What we have found at...
by Michael Bayne | Dec 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Volunteers can make or break the ministry/church you lead. Really, they are the foundation of everything you do since they set the tone for so much of what happens in your ministry. For our family ministry (preschool, k-5, and student ministry) volunteers greet kids,...
