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What’s happening with “It’s Just a Phase”

August 9, 2017September 27, 2017 Tom Pounder 1 Comment books, children, development, orange, phase, Students

Two years ago, under the leadership of  Kristen Ivy, Executive Director of Messaging for Orange, and Reggie Joiner, the ReThink Group published a book

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Blog 

5 things Jon Acuff said at the DC Orange Tour Stop

October 16, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments adventure, blog, care, children, compassion, failure, Jon Acuff, Leadership, ministry, orange tour, social media, success, volunteer

When I first heard about Jon, it was in the context of his blog “Stuff Christians Like“. People kept on

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Blog 

Using the Church Creatively

July 24, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 2 Comments children, church, dance, family, fun, games, mops, party, play dates, playtime, Teens

The other day a friend of mine told me they drove to this really nice, new church in the area

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Blog 

Chowtime – 2/25

January 25, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments adjustments, brainstorming, changes, children, creative, dad, failure, father, mother, pastor, teams

I’ve been experiencing somer serious cabin fever with schools being canceled for a week with only a few inches of

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Student Ministry 

POLL: When are you most effective in Student Ministry?

April 19, 2013December 11, 2015 Tom Pounder 0 Comments children, effectiveness, married, ministry, poll, single, student ministry

I’ve been in Youth Ministry for over 15 years.  I started off as a young, 22 year old, single Junior

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

the Monday Morning Debrief: the Whys

December 17, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments children, Connecticut, guns, ministry, newtown, questions, tragedy

What happened on Friday was unbelievable.  I, and the rest of America and the world were horrified by what happened

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Blog 

Chowtime – 11/17

November 17, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments children, facebook, family, fuller youth institute, Instagram, kara powell, relationships, social media, twitter

Just in case you were too busy the past 2 weeks to catch up on what others are doing in

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

Orange Week: Friendships that developed from OC ’12

September 19, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments children, elementary school, friendships, kidmin, orange, rethink, youth

There are so many conferences you can go to each year and there are a lot great ones where you

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Uncategorized 

Are you really prepared?

July 30, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments backup plan, children, elementary school, kidmin, orange, plan b, preparation, rethink, storytelling

So you show up at church and 45 minutes before service starts you hear that there was a mix up

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Family Ministry 

GUEST POST: A Word to Dads about Words

June 27, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments children, dad, encouragement, father's day, sticks and stones, words

This post is from regular guest poster Mark Seager, Associate Pastor at Cedar Run Community Church and a really good friend

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