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Author: Tom Pounder

Student Ministry 

the Monday Morning Debrief: Get Rid of the Formula

October 14, 2013 Tom Pounder 2 Comments forumla, model of ministry, predictability

Recently, I read an article about how Romantic comedies are no longer a genre movie studios are trying to make.

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Orange DC Tour Stop Main Session Highlights

October 11, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments carey nieuwhof, community, dc, life groups, love, mark batterson, orange, reggie joiner, small groups, thinkorange, washington

The Orange Tour Stops rolled through Washington, DC on Friday to share with over 500 Children, Student and Family Ministers

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A Public Service Announcement…

October 10, 2013October 10, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments facebook, outreach, postcards, social media, twitter, ups

Student Ministry wouldn’t be Student Ministry without a little fun.  So today, on my way to work, I came up

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Family Nights

October 7, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments counselor, dinner, family, night, potluck

Last night we tried our 2nd ever “Family Night”.  We promoted it as “a potluck dinner where teens and their families

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ORANGE WEEK: The Orange Tour

October 4, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments conference, orange, reggie joiner, rethink, thinkorange, tour, washington dc

I’ve been going to the Orange Conference for 3 years now and I’ve loved every moment of it.  The only

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ORANGE WEEK: The Orange Difference

October 2, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments andy stanley, College, conference, curriculum, elementary school, preschool, reggie joiner, teenagers, Teens, tour, Training, xp3

As a Youth Pastor for over 15 years and one who works closely with the Children’s Ministry at my church,

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ORANGE WEEK: What is Orange?

September 30, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments andy stanley, College, conference, curriculum, elementary school, preschool, reggie joiner, teenagers, Teens, tour, Training, xp3

If you have followed the previous incarnations of this blog (i.e “Not a Mega Church” and “Ministry Blackboard”) you will

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Making it Right

September 26, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments correction, discipline, football, ncaa, penn state, right, scholarship, wrong

On Tuesday the NCAA began to restore the number of scholarships it stripped Penn State’s Football program last year.  It’s

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A New Sidekick

September 22, 2013December 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments

Years ago, I started a blog entitled, “Not a Mega Church” that was designed to help offer strategy and resources

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BIG Day tomorrow at Orange!

September 17, 2013September 23, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments 252, books, children's ministry, orange, playing for keeps, reggie joiner, rethink, thinkorange, xp3

Tomorrow is a BIG day at Orange.  Tomorrow, they are officially launching Reggie’s latest book, Playing For Keeps, with a live

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