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Author: Tom Pounder

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Favorite Christmas Talk Video Illustration

December 23, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments charlie brown, christmas, christmas eve, christmas tree, illustrations, linus, sermon, talk illustrations, videos

I love finding TV or Movie clips to aid a message to students.  And, probably one of my all-time favorites

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Santa Jesus

December 22, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 2 Comments christmas, genie, jesus, santa, santa claus

This commercial caught my eye a few weeks ago and I’ve been trying find it on YouTube ever since.  What

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Always learning

December 18, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 1 Comment iministry, learning, online church

Last week was a big week for the Online Campus.  It was the week we had our 1st ever rebroadcast

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The FREEDOM to DO

December 15, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments church online, contact work, devotional, donuts, lifechurch.tv, livestream, online, online ministry, social media, streaming, young life, youtube

Why reinvent the wheel?  If it’s not broke, why fix it?  We’ve all heard these phrases before, right? Generally speaking,

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POLL: Communicating with Parents

December 11, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments communication, email, facebook, fliers, newsletters, paper, social media, twitter

In a recent meeting with a parent I realized that I was not effectively communicating with parents very well what

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Getting the most bang for your buck by using Facebook Videos

December 8, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 1 Comment facebook, Michael Stelzner, online, podcast, social media, social media examiner, videos

Quick question, think fast.  If you want more exposure on Facebook for your ministry or brand, do you upload videos

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The NEW Jingle Jam is here!

December 4, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments apple, christmas, christmas trees, dean martin, frank sinatra, itunes, jingle jam, music, thinkorange, trees

I LOVE Christmas music!  No disrespect to Thanksgiving, but every year I can’t wait for Thanksgiving to roll around so

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A NEW Youth Ministry Podcast “Must” listen

December 1, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 2 Comments apple, apps, ios, itunes, ministry, pod, podcast, youth ministry

When podcasts first started to come out, I was always interested in them, but never really listened.  Although I really

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 27, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments thankful, thanks, thanksgiving, turkey

In Psalm 107:1 David encourages us to give thanks to the Lord for He is good and His love endures

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This is how you DON’T support your volunteers

November 24, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments encouragement, Support, volunteers

At New Life, we are blessed to have some great students that help me out Sunday mornings to set up

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