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Author: Tom Pounder

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the Etch-A-Sketch Throwback Thursday

April 24, 2014July 25, 2018 Tom Pounder 0 Comments apple, etch a sketch, ipad, iphone, ipod, national toy hall of fame, rochester

Remember this?  Oh yeah!  Introduced in 1960 (just in time for the Christmas shopping season – some things never change),

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the Social Sidekick: Drinking Less because of Social Media?

April 23, 2014 Tom Pounder 0 Comments alcohol, beer, community, facebook, Instagram, party, relationships, social media, Teens, twitter, underage drinking, wine

A recent study done in Austraila by their National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre is suggesting that many teens are going

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Debriefing Easter

April 21, 2014 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Christ, christian, christmas, debrief, easter, easter bunny, follow up, newcomers, risen, service, serving

Christ has Risen!  He has Risen Indeed! Easter is one of those weeks that is “special” in Churches.  I know

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It’s Friday…but Sunday’s Coming!

April 18, 2014April 9, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments student ministry

Today is Good Friday. If want to read about the death of Christ today, you can find the accounts here:

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the Walkman Throwback Thursday

April 17, 2014July 23, 2018 Tom Pounder 0 Comments 80s, cool, disc man, ipod, sony, walkman

Remember these things?  Oh yeah, you weren’t cool unless you had one of these things!  It was the iPod before

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Appearance Matters

April 14, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments appearance, brady, colin cowherd, dress, espy, judgment, peyton, quarterbacks, radio, romo, stereotypes

I enjoy listening to Colin Cowherd on ESPN Radio.  He is smart, insightful and not afraid to stir up controversy…after

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the Dot Matrix Printer Throwback Thursday

April 10, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments dot matrix, hp, inkjet printer, printer, printing, tbt, throwback thursday

Remember this? The Dot Matrix Printer? Good golly, this was my very first printer.  In fact if you are between

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Experience Matters

April 8, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments basketball, bracket, calipari, championship, huskies, kentucky, kevin ollie, ncaa, title, tournament, uconn, wildcats

Last night, the UConn Huskies won their 4th National Title since 1999 making the most dominate men’s basketball program during

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Cows make Cows

April 7, 2014 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Discipleship, duffy robbins, messiah college, Training, youth ministry, youth specialties

This past weekend, I took a bunch of the New Life Student Ministry Volunteer Leaders to Messiah College (my Alma

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the Social Sidekick: Who has the Best Church Facebook Page?

April 4, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 2 Comments church, facebook, like, page, social media

When New Life tasked me with helping the Social Media for the Church and the nZone, I was very excited

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