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Now what?

September 26, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Discipleship, outreach, see you at the pole, syatp

On Wednesday thousands of students all over the country (and maybe the world) circled up around flagpoles at their local

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Student Ministry 

the Monday Morning Debrief: Cows make Cows

April 7, 2014 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Discipleship, duffy robbins, messiah college, Training, youth ministry, youth specialties

This past weekend, I took a bunch of the New Life Student Ministry Volunteer Leaders to Messiah College (my Alma

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Blog 

Chowtime – 1/18

January 18, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments building, cpc, Discipleship, facebook, home groups, Instagram, new years, small groups, social media, twitter

Another weekend, another Alberta Clipper effecting the midwest and east coast.  What better way to survive the cold then to

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Student Ministry 

the Monday Morning Debrief: Feeling my age

November 11, 2013November 11, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Discipleship, mentor, old age, role model

I’m 38 years old with 4 children of my own.  Between the Disney and Nickelodeon shows, play dates and dinner

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Student Ministry 

The Secret Ingredient to Home Group Success

November 7, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments community, Discipleship, home, home groups, ministry, outreach

Home Groups have been apart of the New Life Student Ministry even before I took over as the Youth Guy.

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Student Ministry 

the BLACKBOARD: Student Ministry Team(s) Organization

March 22, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Discipleship, high school, Leadership, servant leaders, sports, student leaders, Students, teams, volunteers

As I’m looking at my Student Ministry Team and re-evaluating the effectiveness of it and how we can do better,

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

the Monday Morning Debrief: Closing Shop

March 4, 2013 Tom Pounder 2 Comments best buy, closing, Discipleship, finance, outreach, program, sears, stores, yahoo!

A month ago, Yahoo! Finance posted an article speculating about 8 Companies that would have to close the most stores

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

the BLACKBOARD: Student Ministry Trips

February 21, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments bible, bible camp, camp, Discipleship, mission trip, outreach, retreats, service, summer camp, trips

The New Life Student Ministry is getting ready to take our 1st trip of the year to PCTC.  It’s one

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Student Ministry 

Chowtime – 1/26

January 26, 2013 Tom Pounder 1 Comment academy, boys, calendar, Discipleship, dudes, google, laugh, Leadership, men, middle schoolers, pay, Planning, regret, safety, salary, schedule, teams, volunteers, wages, winter weather, youth workers

Just in case it was one of those weeks where you were too busy, here are a few Student Ministry

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Student Ministry 

To do Student Leadership or to NOT do Students Leadership

August 30, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Discipleship, Leadership, programs, Students, volunteers

That is the question. Here is why I ask the question. Because when I was a teenager, I was never

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