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Author: Tom Pounder

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Are you really prepared?

July 30, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments backup plan, children, elementary school, kidmin, orange, plan b, preparation, rethink, storytelling

So you show up at church and 45 minutes before service starts you hear that there was a mix up

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Student Ministry 

Chowtime – 6/28

July 28, 2012 Tom Pounder 1 Comment bible, capernaum, disabilities, family ministry, inclusive, passion, pioneering, summer activities, youth ministry

In case you were too busy applying suntan lotion for your recent vacation, here may be some of the things

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

Staining a legacy

July 25, 2012 Tom Pounder 1 Comment joe paterno, joepa, legacy, penn state, psu, stain, tarnish

I’m going to be short and to the point.  You want to stain your legacy, even after you are dead…do

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

the Monday Morning Debrief: Building Momentum

July 23, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments marketing, momentum, new ideas, pepsi, uncle drew, viral videos, youtube

Did you see the Uncle Drew Pepsi Ads during the basketball season?  It was an online ad that featured Rookie

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

July 21, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments high school, inclusive ministry, kids in ministry, middle school, ministry, prom, split, Students

In case you missed it while you were taking students to amusement parks or seeing the awesome “The Dark Knight

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Student Ministry 

the Monday Morning Debrief: Making the most out of an opportunity

July 16, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments branson, entrepreneur, friday night, nzone, twitter, vbs, virgin mobile

Last summer, MySocialCloud.com had the opportunity of a lifetime.  Because they responded to a tweet from Richard Branson, Virgin Mobile

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Student Ministry 

Why No One Showed Up

July 12, 2012September 8, 2017 Tom Pounder 3 Comments calendar, communication, invite, leaders, Leadership, Parents, Planning, promotion, Strategy, Students, zero

Yep, that’s right.  On Tuesday, I did an event and NO ONE showed up.  Now, over my time in youth

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Student Ministry 

the Monday Morning Debrief: Following up the Bang

July 9, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments 4th of july, calendar, fireworks, fliers, independence day, outreach, volunteers

Last week, on the 4th of July many, many fireworks happened. Some were very good and some, like the San

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

Living in the Community

July 6, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments church, community, families, local, ministry, neighborhood

The other day I left work and I took my 4 girls to our community pool.  The intent was to

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

the Monday Morning Debrief: You don’t really need Vacation

June 27, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments beach, family, relaxation, time away, vacation

Student Ministers don’t really need vacations.  There is too much going on for you to possibly leave.  The fall is

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