Tom Pounder, Author at YM Sidekick

Youth Ministry Q of the Month: Mission Trip, Summer Camp, both or neither?

It’s getting time for summer trip decisions that need to be made. So the question is will you take a

At my previous church, my girls participated in a children’s “choir”. They would meet every week during the “Sunday School”

Here are 5 Questions to ask yourself, reflect on and/or change from this past week: What is something you have

For over a year and a half, while serving in full-time youth ministry, I wrote regular posts on Not a

Call it a sin but I have a soft spot for the movie “RoadHouse” starting Patrick Swayze. The reason why

Here are 5 Questions to ask yourself, reflect on and/or change from this past week: What is something you have

Yesterday I was sitting outside with a friend talking and enjoying the nice weather when all of a sudden this

When I first started in youth ministry over 13 years ago, I remember we used to communicate with our leaders

Here are 5 Questions to ask yourself, reflect on and/or change from this past week: What is something you have

Recently bullying has come back into the national spotlight because of the Rutgers student who jumped off a bridge after