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Author: Tom Pounder

Student Ministry 

What I’ve enjoyed most about being back in Youth Ministry

December 1, 2011 Tom Pounder 1 Comment excitement, Leadership, passion, vision casting

In October 2010 I was hired by New Life Christian Church to be the “Family Guy” to oversee the Youth

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Student Ministry 

The Monday Morning Debrief: Letting Leaders Lead

November 28, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Leadership, rethink, thinkorange, volunteer leaders

This past Sunday we had a Game Night for the students instead of our normal group.  The purpose of the

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Student Ministry 

The Monday Morning Debrief: 3 Ways to Achieve Longevity in Youth Ministry

November 21, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments adapting, burnout, changes, coach k, joe paterno, wins

Last week, Coach K, Head Coach of the Duke Blue Devils NCAA men’s basketball team, became the all-time wins leader in

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Student Ministry 

5 things I did in Starting Over

November 17, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Leadership, parentss, Planning, Strategy, Support

For the past year I have been known as the “Family Guy” at New Life.  My job was to oversee

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Blog 

Firetrucks and Backup Plans

November 14, 2011February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 2 Comments backup plans, emergencies, plan b, plans

So last night was my 1st night back at the helm of a Youth Ministry program in over a year

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Blog 

Some Lessons Learned from the PSU Scandal

November 10, 2011February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments grand jurys, joepa, lavar, paterno, penn state, psu, sandusky, scandal

Growing up with my parents who were both from PA and tons of family still living there, all I heard

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Blog 

The Monday Morning Debrief: The Big Game

November 7, 2011February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments alabama, bcs, college football, crimson tide, games, lsu, preparation, Strategy, super bowl, tigers

In case you missed it or just don’t like college football, the BIG GAME this past weekend was the #1

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Blog 

A Ministry from the “Losers”

November 1, 2011October 5, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments compassion, freebies, leftovers, world visionc

Every year there are winners and losers of the big championship games/series.  On Friday, Major League Baseball crowned it’s new

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Some Ministry Lessons Learned from the Battle of Gettysburg

October 27, 2011 Tom Pounder 1 Comment battles, civil war, gettysburg, war

A few weeks ago, some of the Leadership Team from New Life went to Gettysburg, PA for a few days

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Orange’s First Look Music CD review

October 26, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments cd, first look, music, preschool

Recently, the Children’s Ministry at New Life got the “I Count on You” worship CD to try out for our

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