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Author: Tom Pounder

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“Building a Year Long Event Strategy for Students” Notes

April 27, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments events, family ministry, small groups, Strategy, student ministry

This  You Lead pre-Orange Conference breakout sessions was lead by Ashley Bohinc. She is a Middle School Ministry veteran and their session

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“10 Ways to Focus Your Student Ministry around Volunteers this Year” Notes

April 27, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 1 Comment encouragement, family ministry, ministry, online ministry, student ministry, volunteers

One of the You Lead pre-Orange Conference breakout sessions was lead by Ben Crawshaw and Kevin Ragdale. Both Ben and

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Orange Conference Day 1 Recap

April 27, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 1 Comment conference, family ministry, notes, orange, recap, student ministry

Day 1 at the Orange Conference is in the books and it was a great one! This year’s theme is

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How to create a Summer Internship Program

April 26, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments family ministry, interns, internships, recruitment, resident, student ministry, summer

Having summer interns would be every minister’s dream. But a lot of detail and background works goes into it in

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How Privatized Social Media can benefit your Ministry

April 24, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments family ministry, online, snapchat, social media, student ministry

I have a love/hate relationship with change. I LOVE it but also take my time to SLOWLY adapt to it.

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How to Capitalize on Big Sundays

April 19, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments communication, easter, facebook, family ministry, Instagram, student ministry

Easter has come and now Easter is gone! You put a ton of work into it as you prepared for

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Take vacations for THEM not YOU

April 17, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 2 Comments family, family ministry, student ministry, vacation

When I was in my younger adult years, I didn’t like going on vacation. Maybe it was because we didn’t

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Last Minute Easter Preparations

April 12, 2017January 23, 2019 Tom Pounder 0 Comments details, easter, follow up, invitations, social media

Easter is almost here! As exciting as Easter is in the life of the Church, it is also one of

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Determining whether something needs a Reboot

April 10, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments evaluation, family ministry, ministry, reboot, student ministry

I don’t know if you’ve seen the television lately but there been a series of reboots of old TV shows

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Ministering in a Post-Christian World

April 5, 2017April 3, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments christian, hope, ministry, post-christian

In ministry I’ve always had the point of reaching people at where they are. You can’t help come to know

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