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How to Accept Gifts as a Minister

December 21, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments appreciation, christmas, gifts, love, Support, thank you

Ministers don’t exactly make a lot of money.  I mean, there are some that do (if they have a book

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YM Sidekick Podcast 

Surviving Christmas

December 2, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments christmas, christmas trees, family, ministry, minsters, rudolph, santa, santa claus

Episode 42 Show Notes: Today Tom brings back West Coaster and all-star Student Minister and all-round great guy Ben Kerns. Ben is

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How to increase social media engagement over the holidays

November 30, 2015December 7, 2018 Tom Pounder 0 Comments christmas, Halloween, holidays, independence day, labor day, new years eve, social media engagement, thanksgiving

Social media engagement is key to any content creation.  You want whatever you create to be shared all over.  Well,

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YM Sidekick Podcast 

Preparing for Christmas

November 4, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments christmas, christmas decorations, christmas eve, holidays, social media, thanksgiving

Episode 38 Show Notes: Christmas may still be a few months away but it is NEVER too early to start

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Tis the Season to Appreciate your Leaders

October 28, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments appreciation, christmas, dinner, gifts, honor, leaders, service, Support, thanksgiving, volunteer leaders

Episode 37 Show Notes: Today Tom and Cory (theconqueringofchaos.com) sit down and talk about appreciating and honoring leaders.  Considering this

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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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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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Student Ministry 

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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Christmas Video Clips We Use

December 21, 2013December 8, 2016 Tom Pounder 0 Comments charlie brown, christmas, linus, movies

There are some great Christmas video clips out there. In fact, every Christmas, in one of our different experiences, I

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