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More than just Curriculum

October 9, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments app, christians, conference, employment, lead small, Leadership, life groups, marriage, married people, ministers, pastors, rethink, small groups, social media

When I talk to people about Orange, one thing always usually comes up…curriculum.   People alway refer to Orange as just

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One great hire can make the difference

September 8, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments avengers, box office, captain america, hire, hiring, iron man, Leadership, marvel, movies, robert downey jr., thor, volunteers

Movies made by Marvel are on fire, aren’t they? Guardians of the Galaxy is the highest grossing movie of 2014

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Overcoming Bad Team Chemistry

August 21, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments chemistry, development, fun, Leadership, socialize, team builder, teamwork, united, unity

Every year, it never fails.  With the start of the NFL and NCAA college football programs just around the corner,

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Guest Post: Get your own oxygen mask on

June 26, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments encouragement, growth, Leadership, spiritual growth, Training, volunteer leaders

This post is from regular guest poster Mark Seager, Associate Pastor at Cedar Run Community Church and a really good

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the Blink-182 Throwback Thursday

June 19, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments bands, blink, blink-182, chemistry, Leadership, music, pearl jam, punk, records, teams, throwback thursday, travis, u2, volunteers, youth sponsors

I first remember hearing about Blink-182 from all my younger Student Ministry Volunteer leaders and students late in the 90s/early

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Chowtime – 3/1

March 1, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments games, Jr., leaders, Leadership, Martin Luther King, sippy cups, small groups

Today is March 1st!  The 1st unofficial day of Spring in Tom Pounder’s world!  Soon, the flip flops will be

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Are You Living a “House of Cards”?

February 24, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments honesty, house of cards, integrity, kevin spacey, Leadership, netflix, robin wright, transparency

“House of Cards” is a brilliant show!  Honestly, it is one of my most favorite shows on TV because it

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Does Stability = Success?

January 27, 2014 Tom Pounder 0 Comments consistency, contact work, Leadership, mentors, stability, value, volunteers

A few years ago, the Washington Post’s Baseball Insider Dave Sheinin posted a diagram illustrating how stability in a Baseball

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Chowtime – 12/14

December 14, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments burnout, christmas, divorce, Leadership, numbers, outreach, programming, stats, unchurched, weather, xp3

With Christmas closely approaching, there may have been a few things you might have missed…here are a few of those

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Rising up Women and Minorities

November 4, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments apple, every kid, Leadership, minorities, tech, women, young life, youth ministry

This past week, I stumbled upon an article/discussion from Yahoo! Finance about the lack of women and minorities being represented

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