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Lessons from Vacation #4: Conversations we have Matter

July 21, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments all-stars, church, conversations, dinner, online church, outreach, Parents, restaurant, softball, travel team, witness

My girls are active, busy girls.  They play sports or dance and if you have multiple children doing different activities,

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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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Chowtime – 2/15 (Orange Week Edition)

February 15, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments chap clark, church, empower, orange, orange conference, seminars, victories, volunteers

This week wrapped up the Orange Spring Blogger Week in preparation for the Orange Conference 2014.  There was a lot

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Honoring Single Fathers

June 17, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments babysitting, church, dads, father's day, fathers, help, honor, ministry, parenting, sacrifice, service, single fathers

Although Father’s Day may not stack up into overall commercial importance as Mother’s Day, yesterday we honored all the fathers

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Student Ministry 

Chowtime – 5/11

May 11, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments church, church politics, communication, efficiency, home group, leaders, lists, politics, priorities, schedule, small group, Teens, to-do list, tweens, vision, volunteer leaders

Catching up on the week?  Pull up some chow and chew on these tid-bits of information… Stat to Chew on…4,600

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Looking for a new Minister or Church, ask this group to help

May 9, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments church, churches, hire, ministers, ministersearch, new hire, occupation, search committee, vocation

Through my experience with Orange and the rethink Group, I have met and befriended lots of great people.  One of

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Team Mentality

April 8, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments adapting, church, community, han solo, ministry, star wars, team work, unity, vision

Being apart of any church or ministry automatically puts you on a team.  You are a team member working together

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Family Ministry 

38 Years worth of lessons

January 18, 2013 Tom Pounder 1 Comment birthdays, book, church, counseling, cs lewis, dreams, families, friends, God, lessons learned, ministry, ownership, pastor

So yesterday was my birthday…the big 3-8.  I don’t know what that gets me other than a few years closer

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Chowtime – 1/11

January 12, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments alabama, chow, church, dress, food, football, health, healthy, ministry, notre dame, processing, professionalism, uniform

Just in case you are still recovering from the beat down Alabama gave Notre Dame and haven’t been able to

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the BLACKBOARD: the task of creating a volunteer culture

December 20, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments blackboard, church, culture, focus, ministry, needs, opportunities, teaching, volunteers

At New Life, we have been growing as a community.  We are up between 100-300 each week in attendance, year

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