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Author: Tom Pounder

Student Ministry 

The Monday Morning Debrief: Friday Night Hangout

January 30, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments environments, field games, friday night, Teens, weekends

Ever since we have been in the nZone, New Life’s Student Ministry has been doing a thing on Friday nights

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What are you reading?

January 27, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments books, cs lewis, howard shultz, kindle, learning, seth godin, starbucks, teachable

I think I have read more book over the past year than the past 5 combined.  Now that I have

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Student Ministry 

Spicing up your Program

January 25, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments entertainment, mixers, programs, run-ons, skits, videos

Sometimes our youth night can become very routine and ordinary.  That is when we change things up to add a

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The Monday Morning Debrief: The Who’s Who in Student Ministry

January 23, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments bo boshers, doug fields, gq, mark devries

I live in the Washington, DC area.  I’ve lived here my entire life.  Politics, Government and the Redskins rule the

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

Who is in charge?

January 20, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments development, Leadership, poc, Training, volunteer leaders, volunteers

On Jan. 8th we started a regular hangout with youth at the nZone called…”the hangout”. Yeah, real original, I know.

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the BLACKBOARD: Making an impact in the Community

January 18, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments community, great commission, matthew 28:19-20, nzone, outreach

Last weekend, the nZone (owned by New Life Christian Church where I work) had it’s grand opening. This was a

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The Monday Morning Debrief: Do we always have to tear down?

January 16, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments broncos, tebowing, tim tebow

There is a saying that you should never talk about politics or religion because it will always stir up conflict

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The benefits of volunteering in the schools

January 12, 2012September 4, 2021 Tom Pounder 1 Comment student ministry

As a father of elementary school aged children, I have tried to make it a priority to be a volunteer

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The Monday Morning Debrief: Recognizing Trends and Acting on them

January 9, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments adapting, changing, evolving, film, kodak, photography, trends

Really?  Can this REALLY be happening again? Back in October it was reported that Kodak, the maker of photography film for

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What Netflix’s Downturn has to do with Ministry

January 5, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments business model, business plan, customers, management, netflix, nflx

On July 13, 2011 Netflix stock hit an all-time high at $304.79! It appeared that Netflix could do no wrong

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