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Author: Tom Pounder

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This School App is perfect for your Ministry

April 13, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 1 Comment communication, group messaging, remind, text messaging

What is the best way to communicate to parents and teens information?  Have you ever asked this question before in

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What can you invite them back to?

April 11, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments christmas, christmas eve, easter, invitation, invite, outreach, student ministry

Three weeks ago was Easter. It, along with Christmas Eve, is one of, if not the biggest, Sundays of the

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How to be an Inclusive Leader

April 8, 2016June 25, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments criticism, feedback, input, Leadership, team unity

Gregg Popovich, Head Coach of the San Antonio Spurs, is known throughout the sports world as one of the best

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Understand their stories before you share about Christ

April 6, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments proclamation, stories, testimony

As a minister to any age demographic, one of the great honors is to be able to share about Christ

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Next Steps you can take in Church Online

April 4, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments church online, devotional, live stream, periscope, social media, videos

About year and a half ago we started an online campus for our Church. We started it because after a series

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Is there more for you out there? Discover for yourself

April 1, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments

I don’t think there is anyone any where who doesn’t want more.  Sure, maybe if you’ve had 5 lbs of

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Best Practices on Planning out your Calendar

March 30, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments calendar, curriculum, Planning, Strategy

How far out should you start to plan out your calendar in advance?  That is just one of the questions

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Passion exceeds Resources

March 28, 2016March 8, 2018 Tom Pounder 0 Comments adult role models, attractional, life change, passion, relationships, resources, role models, student ministry, transformation

The Final Four is set! And while Villanova, Oklahoma, Syracuse and UNC are in it, there was one thing that

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Upgrade and get a Mic for your Smartphone Recordings

March 24, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments mic, microphone, recording, smartphone, video

I don’t know about all the other Social Media Directors, Church Communicators or Online Campus Pastors, but I film a

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How to do Small Groups well in your Ministry

March 23, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments home group, life group, small groups

Today Tom has Justin Knowles back on the podcast. Justin is the Lead Next Gen. Pastor of Christ’s Church of the Valley

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