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Author: Tom Pounder

Student Ministry 

Chowtime – 3/20

April 20, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments bullying, good news, gospel, high school, influence, legalism, messages, middle school, overtime, quotes, roosevelt, stats, Students, teenagers

Catching up on the week?  Pull up some chow and chew on these tid-bits of information… Stat to Chew on…about

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Student Ministry 

POLL: When are you most effective in Student Ministry?

April 19, 2013December 11, 2015 Tom Pounder 0 Comments children, effectiveness, married, ministry, poll, single, student ministry

I’ve been in Youth Ministry for over 15 years.  I started off as a young, 22 year old, single Junior

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Dealing with Social Media Hack

April 15, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments facebook, hack, Instagram, social media, twitter

Have you ever had one of your social media accounts hacked?  I have…yesterday in fact.  Well, it wasn’t quite “hacked”

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Student Ministry 

Chowtime – 3/13

April 13, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments change, College, community, facebook, games, Instagram, patience, rejection, small groups, social media, tips, twitter

Here are some things you can take a bit out of… Stat to Chew on…73% of teens are on a

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Run Focused: Relationships that help

April 12, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments emotions, friendships, health, listening, ministry, relationships, run, venting, vulnerable

In the past, I have posted that in order to be truly effective in ministry, you have to be running

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Team Mentality

April 8, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments adapting, church, community, han solo, ministry, star wars, team work, unity, vision

Being apart of any church or ministry automatically puts you on a team.  You are a team member working together

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Student Ministry 

Chowtime – 3/6

April 6, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments communication, dating, email, facebook, Instagram, love, middle school, Parents, responsibility, social media, teaching, twitter, volunteers, youth workers

Here are some things you can take a bit out of… Stat to Chew on…14% of students have no idea of their

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Introducing your Student Ministry Minor League Team

April 4, 2013August 30, 2018 Tom Pounder 1 Comment student ministry

I love Major League Baseball (MLB).  Whether it is the long tradition, the impressive records, the feel of opening day,

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Student Ministry 

the Monday Morning Debrief: Now what?

April 1, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments easter, encouragement, following up, good friday, jesus, leaders, Strategy, vision, youth group

So, Easter has happened and tons of new people (or just the yearly Easter service goers) have come to your

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Chowtime – 3/30

March 30, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments chow, easter, eat, families, food, growth, health, marriage, martyr, ministry, productivity, resurrections

Catching up on the week?  Pull up some chow and chew on these tid-bits of information… Stat to Chew on…Did

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