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Author: Tom Pounder

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Is SEX really the number 1 reason?

October 22, 2015October 11, 2019 Tom Pounder 0 Comments authentic faith, church, doubt, faith, family, sex, student ministry, teenagers, young adults

Last week my good friend Ben Kerns wrote on his blog that the number 1 reason why people, especially young

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Utilizing Online Tools for Offline Community

October 21, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments community, internet, online tools, text

Episode 36 Show Notes: The show starts off with Tom comparing Star Wars to ministry.  What?!?  Yep, he does and

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The Secret Lip Sync Challenge

October 19, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments challenge, fun, jimmy fallon, lip sync

So, this has been a few months in the making, but I figured we could have a little fun. You

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Dealing with Conflicts: Are you sure you really want to do that?

October 15, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments brad pitt, conflict, conflicts, frustration, kevin spacey, ministry, morgan freeman, movie, overcoming conflict, seven

The movie “Seven” recently celebrated it’s 20th year since it was released.  I have a variety of thoughts about this

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Social Media Engagement: How Churches can be engaging their communities

October 14, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments engagement, facebook, hashtags, Instagram, marketing, social media, twitter

Episode 35 Show Notes: Social Media engagement is key for churches to be interacting with their surround communities.  That is

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How to Achieve Longevity in Ministry

October 12, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments burnout, career, stress, youth ministry

When I first entered full-time ministry in 1997 I thought all I wanted to do was to have a long

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Talking Social Media and Orange with Jen Wilder

October 7, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments blog, bloggers, content, curricululm, social media, visual content

Episode 34 Show Notes: Today Tom talks to Jennifer Wilder. Jen is a Digital Strategist for the reThink Group.  Some of

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Seen and Heard at the DC Orange Tour Stop

October 6, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments brainstorm, collaboration, servant, service, Support, team, unity

Last week, our Church (New Life Christian Church) hosted the DC Orange Tour Stop. It was an amazing experience having

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Why Orange?

October 5, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments child development, God, jesus, orange tour, research, rethink, theology

This week is Orange Blogger Week where a bunch of student, family and children ministry bloggers share about Orange and

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How to effectively minister to High School Seniors

September 30, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments graduation, high school, online ministry, seniors, student ministry, technology

Episode 33 Show Notes: Today Tom brings back Ben Kerns. Ben is the Lead Pastor: Youth and Families for Marin Covenant Church in

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