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Orange ’11 Breakout: Becoming the Leader you were meant to be

April 29, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Leadership, orange11, thinkorange

This session was led by Jeanne Stevens. Romans 12:8 If your spiritual gift is leadership, do it diligently. We need

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Student Ministry 

The Monday Morning Debrief – 3/21

March 21, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments church, debrief, evaluation, Leadership, Strategy

Before moving on to this coming week’s planning,  TAKE A MINUTE and debrief what happened yesterday at church and at

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Taking the Stephen Strasburg approach

March 3, 2011October 16, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments baseball, Leadership, ministry, patience, stephen strasburg

“Pitchers and catchers report” are magical words in the baseball world.  To many people it really symbolizes the start of

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Student Ministry 

Leaders vs. Managers

February 4, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments evaluation, Leadership, ministry

Earlier in the Fall, our Executive Pastor shared this comparison between Leaders and Managers with the New Life staff.  This

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Why are you frustrated?

September 22, 2010 Tom Pounder 0 Comments evaluation, Leadership, Support

For a 2 week period, Tim Schomoyer did a poll asking if you, a youth minister, are thriving in your

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Lesson Learned from Starbucks: Stay Focused

September 8, 2010 Tom Pounder 4 Comments Leadership, starbucks

In his book “The Gospel According to Starbucks”, Leonard Sweet praises Starbucks for its growth and influence over the past

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What type of Minister are you?

August 23, 2010 Tom Pounder 1 Comment Leadership, ministry, WyldLife, young life

Growing up I loved playing with Legos.  Every time our parents got us new sets, my twin brother and I

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

Is Opting out of Youth Ministry the right choice?

August 4, 2010 Tom Pounder 12 Comments evaluation, Leadership, ministry, Strategy

On August 2nd, Sarah Mae wrote a blog about how her family is opting out of Youth Ministry.  You can

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2 Lessons Learned from Sandy Koufax

July 20, 2010 Tom Pounder 3 Comments evaluation, investing, Leadership

Late in June, I got an issue of Investor’s Business Daily.  When I was looking through newspaper, I saw an

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3 Ways to help develop Community within your Ministry Staff

July 5, 2010 Tom Pounder 2 Comments community, Leadership

When I was getting ready to take my first full-time ministry job as Jr. High Intern, I was telling my

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