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the Monday Morning Debrief: Relearning

May 21, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments broncos, espn, Leadership, recruiting, tim tebow, Training, volunteers

When I was hired as the Family Guy at New Life, I went from leader and “doer” of Youth Ministry

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Student Ministry 

Chowtime – 3/9

March 10, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments blogs, dr. suess, Leadership, management

In case you missed it, here are some of the many things buzzing around Youth Ministry World.  So grab some chow and

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Student Ministry 

GUEST POST: Coaching and Youth Ministry

February 16, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments coaching, lead 222, Leadership, mentor

This is a guest post from my friend Grant Diamond.  He currently serves as the Director of 5th-8th Grade Ministries at

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

Who is in charge?

January 20, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments development, Leadership, poc, Training, volunteer leaders, volunteers

On Jan. 8th we started a regular hangout with youth at the nZone called…”the hangout”. Yeah, real original, I know.

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Student Ministry 

What I’ve enjoyed most about being back in Youth Ministry

December 1, 2011 Tom Pounder 1 Comment excitement, Leadership, passion, vision casting

In October 2010 I was hired by New Life Christian Church to be the “Family Guy” to oversee the Youth

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Student Ministry 

The Monday Morning Debrief: Letting Leaders Lead

November 28, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Leadership, rethink, thinkorange, volunteer leaders

This past Sunday we had a Game Night for the students instead of our normal group.  The purpose of the

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Student Ministry 

5 things I did in Starting Over

November 17, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Leadership, parentss, Planning, Strategy, Support

For the past year I have been known as the “Family Guy” at New Life.  My job was to oversee

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Student Ministry 

Always teaching

October 13, 2011 Tom Pounder 1 Comment example, instruction, Leadership, model, teaching

This past weekend I had the great opportunity of speaking to some youth from Vienna Presbeyterian Church at a youth

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

Always on Display

August 5, 2011 Tom Pounder 2 Comments behavior, espn, facebook, google, Leadership, morals, tmz, twitter, usc

Recently, the University of Southern California (USC) football team suspended projected starting RB Marc Tyler for making innappropriate comments to

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

Friday Morning General Session Highlights

April 29, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments doug fields, Leadership, orange11, spotlight, thinkorange

My apologies but I was not able to post as much about the general session as I have in the

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