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6 to Seek Out in 2018

December 27, 2017December 26, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments communications, family, social media

This is one of my podcasts I look forward to doing each year. Its the podcast where I highlight 6

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Parenting Teens in a [insert Social Media Platform] World Notes

April 28, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 1 Comment chap clark, development, family, social media, student ministry, Teens

Chap Clark is a Student Ministry veteran of many, many years and has written a ton of books about teens

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Take vacations for THEM not YOU

April 17, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 2 Comments family, family ministry, student ministry, vacation

When I was in my younger adult years, I didn’t like going on vacation. Maybe it was because we didn’t

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Ministering below the surface of behavioral problems

October 26, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments acting out, behavior, behavioral issues, family, Students

A few weeks ago, Tom had Ben Kerns on to talk about his blog post, “Pot, Prostitution, and Porn: Develop

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Surviving Christmas

December 2, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments christmas, christmas trees, family, ministry, minsters, rudolph, santa, santa claus

Episode 42 Show Notes: Today Tom brings back West Coaster and all-star Student Minister and all-round great guy Ben Kerns. Ben is

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Is SEX really the number 1 reason?

October 22, 2015October 11, 2019 Tom Pounder 0 Comments authentic faith, church, doubt, faith, family, sex, student ministry, teenagers, young adults

Last week my good friend Ben Kerns wrote on his blog that the number 1 reason why people, especially young

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MinWrap 9.11

September 11, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments families, family, live streaming, live video, periscope, social media, student ministry

Here are some of the things you may have missed in the social media, church marketing/communication and student ministry world…

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Making the most out of extended weekends

September 7, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments family, fun, grilling, labor day, relax, weekends

Ministers don’t have a lot of extended weekends. That is why when you do, you have to enjoy them. Watch

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4 video ideas your church can be doing now

June 29, 2015October 16, 2017 Tom Pounder 2 Comments bible, bible study, devotionals, family, fun, humor, sermon, teaching, videos, youtube

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to tell you that the world is becoming more and more visual. People are

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Let’s move 5th graders up to the middle school program

June 8, 2015October 16, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments 5th graders, elementary school, family, middle school

I first started working with middle school students (6-8 graders) back in 1997…I know, a really long time ago. That

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