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Fighting through Insecurities in doing Ministry

September 19, 2018September 18, 2018 Tom Pounder 0 Comments contact work, student ministry

We all know the value of showing up and doing contact work with students. It’s so important to show up

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Why Contact Work is Vital to Ministry Growth

September 12, 2018September 11, 2018 Tom Pounder 0 Comments contact work, online ministry, student ministry

There are many factors that will help you grow your ministry. However, one aspect that can sometimes get lost in

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How “Showing Up” helps your Ministry

April 25, 2018April 24, 2018 Tom Pounder 1 Comment contact work, student ministry

Contact work is vital to your ministry. If you and your leaders do a lot of it, it will yield

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The benefits of creating a YouTube Channel for your Ministry

August 30, 2017September 27, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments contact work, relationships, videos, youtube

YouTube has been all the craze for tweens and teens for years and years. They LOVE YouTube! That is why

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6 Contact Work Strategies to Help Grow your Ministry

September 19, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments contact work, friendships, online, relationships, social media

As a minister you are judged and evaluated on a variety of different things. One of the primary is numbers.

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What’s trending this FALL ’16 in Student Ministry

September 14, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments contact work, environments, fall, friendships, Leadership, relationships, service, Support

The world is changing all the time. And because the world is changing it affects the way that we can

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Is it time to go back to the basics?

June 6, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments contact work, fundamentals, incarnation, jesus, ministry, relationships, student ministry

No matter what it is, you start with the basics.  It could be starting at school, a new job, sport

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Contact Work Ideas during the Winter

November 23, 2015March 15, 2019 Tom Pounder 0 Comments contact work, football, laser tag, Teens, tweens, warm, winter

Football season is one of my favorite times of year. Not only do I get to watch my favorite teams

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The FREEDOM to DO

December 15, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments church online, contact work, devotional, donuts, lifechurch.tv, livestream, online, online ministry, social media, streaming, young life, youtube

Why reinvent the wheel?  If it’s not broke, why fix it?  We’ve all heard these phrases before, right? Generally speaking,

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Student Ministry 

the Monday Morning Debrief: Does Stability = Success?

January 27, 2014 Tom Pounder 0 Comments consistency, contact work, Leadership, mentors, stability, value, volunteers

A few years ago, the Washington Post’s Baseball Insider Dave Sheinin posted a diagram illustrating how stability in a Baseball

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