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Author: Tom Pounder

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Book Review: Holy Parenting: Making the Common Sacred

May 31, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments amazon, babies, book review, children, father, kindle, mother, parenting, Parents

“I do have to confess: every chapter in this book is me trying to live into something that is not

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Monday Morning Debrief: Memorial Day

May 28, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments martyr, memorial day, persecution, remembering, united states armed forces

Today is Memorial Day in America.  It is the day we remember all that people who have fought so hard

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An Alternative to Traditional Sunday School

May 24, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments church, missional, outreach, sports, sunday school, upward

A few weeks ago I posted about New Life’s KidZone option to do a sports and recreation centered Sunday school

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Relearning

May 21, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments broncos, espn, Leadership, recruiting, tim tebow, Training, volunteers

When I was hired as the Family Guy at New Life, I went from leader and “doer” of Youth Ministry

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Chowtime – 5/20

May 20, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments believers, dad, dance, daughters, gay marriage, grief, north carolina, obama, stuffyoucanuse, youth ministry, youthmin

It’s been a few weeks but here are some things I’ve been catching up on in Student Ministry world: Joshua

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Trying something different this Summer: CAMP CREATE

May 16, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments camp, camp create, children, dance, drama, elementary school, God, music, performance, serve, service, sign language, summer, theater, vbs, volunteer

This summer, New Life Christian Church’s Family Ministry is doing something a little different.  It’s not a new idea (others

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Quit Overdoing

May 14, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments android, apple, google, ipad, iphone, quit, simplify, smartphones

This weekend I saw a short little article about the difference between Android based products and Apple based products.  It’s

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the BLACKBOARD: Honoring & Appreciating our Volunteers

May 10, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments appreciating, honoring, volunteer leaders, volunteers

We all know that volunteers are a precious asset.  We can’t live without them and it’s not just a matter

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the Monday Morning Debrief: reflecting on the fruit

May 7, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Christ, community, friendship, impact, kingdom, marriage, weddings

This past weekend I had the tremendous honor and priviledge to perform a wedding for some former students of mine.

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Sports-Centered Sunday Morning Programming

May 3, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 2 Comments church, families, ministry, outreach, relationships, sports, upward

This Sunday the KidZone at New Life Christian Church (my Church) is trying something new for our 3rd service. We

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