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Chowtime – 5/18

May 18, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments adults, communication, dr. seuss, Leadership, mentors, middle school, music, ownership, Parents, partnerships, stats, student ministry, transitions, vision, volunteers, win

Playing catch up from the week?  Chew on these tid-bits of information… Stat to Chew on…10% of teens state their

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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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Student Ministry 

Chowtime – 3/6

April 6, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments communication, dating, email, facebook, Instagram, love, middle school, Parents, responsibility, social media, teaching, twitter, volunteers, youth workers

Here are some things you can take a bit out of… Stat to Chew on…14% of students have no idea of their

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Blog 

the Monday Morning Debrief: Staff Relationships

November 26, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments bible, communication, conflict, resolution, staff, superiors

Over Thanksgiving I stumbled upon this video and article.  It’s a video of 2 news anchors actually quitting on air.

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Student Ministry 

Why No One Showed Up

July 12, 2012September 8, 2017 Tom Pounder 3 Comments calendar, communication, invite, leaders, Leadership, Parents, Planning, promotion, Strategy, Students, zero

Yep, that’s right.  On Tuesday, I did an event and NO ONE showed up.  Now, over my time in youth

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Blog 

OC’12: How to Prioritize Social Media in your Ministry

April 25, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments communication, evernote, facebook, google, reader, social media, text messaging, twitter, youtube

This seminar was led by Matt McKee.  Matt is a fellow blogger and founder of ROAR which focuses on mobile

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

The Monday Morning Debrief: The Challenger Tragedy & Ministry

January 31, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments challenger, communication, Strategy

I remember it very clearly listening on the radio.  My twin brother and I just turned 11 and we were

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

Getting the Message out

November 11, 2010 Tom Pounder 0 Comments breast cancer awareness, communication

October was Breast Cancer Awareness month.  All month it seemed like everywhere you turn, you saw something Pink to symbolize the month,

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Uncategorized 

POLL: Communicating with Leaders

October 20, 2010 Tom Pounder 0 Comments communication, leaders, Strategy

When I first started in youth ministry over 13 years ago, I remember we used to communicate with our leaders

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Blog 

The Monday Morning Debrief: Communicating with Leaders

February 1, 2010February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments communication, Leadership, volunteer leaders

Communicating with leaders is vital to having a successful ministry.  If your leaders do not feel apart of what is

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