Tom Pounder, Author at YM Sidekick

Volunteer Leaders Retreat

This past weekend, my leaders and I went on our annual Leaders Retreat. For the past 5 years, I have

This is a continuation from an earlier post. To look up part 1, look under Recent Posts or click here.

Ministry and Parenthood are two extremely challenging jobs to do successfully by themselves. How, then, can you possibly even think

A few months ago, a Youth Pastor friend of mine wrote on his Facebook status line something to the extent

I just got back from one of our best, if not the best, youth mission trip we have ever done

Have you ever heard a graduating senior ask you, “now, what do I do?” or “where do I go now”?

Over the years I have been doing youth ministry I have heard of and experienced many different kinds of summer

I had an opportunity a while back to go to a meeting at a mega-church in my area. I had

Summer has officially begun in Northern Virginia. Depending on your county, Thursday or Friday was the students last day of

Years ago, and I mean years ago, like 1960 to 1980s years ago, there was a youth ministry theory called