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Creating a Staff Culture Notes

April 29, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments culture, staff, team, team dynamics

Pete Wilson is the founding and senior pastor of Cross Point Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He spoke at on of

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ReThink Leadership Thursday Notes

April 29, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments culture, emotional health, executive pastor, health, Leadership, motivation, organization, popeyes, soul

These are notes from ReThink Leadership on Thursday (4/28) in Atlanta, Georgia.  There were a variety of speakers from different

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What is NOW and NEXT in Ministry Notes

April 28, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments adapt, church, culture, online, technology

Geoff Surrat and a Church Planting Guru who has held basically every position ever created in a Church before.  He lead

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How to create a great Staff environment at your Church

March 16, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments church, culture, staff, teamwork, unity

Today Tom has Chris Wesley on the podcast.  Chris is the Director of Youth Ministry at Church of the Nativity in

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4 Church Comm/Tech Podcasts you should listen to this week

January 8, 2016October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments camera, communication, culture, facebook, Facebook live, marketing, social media, video, visual content

This week there were 4 Church Communications/Tech podcasts that will help you in your ministry.  What are they? Watch this

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3 things Student Ministers can do on Halloween

October 30, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments culture, family ministry, Halloween, student ministry, trick or treat

Halloween is kinda a weird day for ministers.  Do you participate or not?  Well, I believe there are 3 very

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Student Ministry Worship

June 17, 2015October 16, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments culture, environment, music, Teens, worship

    Episode 18 Show Notes: This week’s podcast focuses on Student Ministry Worship.  Tom talks to Dan Eno the

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Refining Environments: Students Seminar Notes

October 17, 2013October 17, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments communication, culture, music, orange, Parents, social media, student ministry, Teens, worship, youth group

At the Orange Washington, DC Tour Stop last week, I went to the Refining Environments: Students seminar led by Jeff

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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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OC ’12: Navigating the 5th/6th Grade Transition

April 26, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 1 Comment 5th grade, 6th grade, 9/11, branding, conference, culture, marketing, orange, transitions, unschooling, z generation

This breakout was led by Dan Scott who is a Large Group Editor for 252 Basics. Generation Z: Born between

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