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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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Launching new Ministries

August 14, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments campus pastor, launch, middle school, ministry, online, organization, outreach, prayer, social media, startup, WyldLife, young life

The closest thing I’ve come to “launching” a new ministry was in the late ’90s (I know I’m dating myself

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the Social Sidekick: And teens favorite social media site is…

August 7, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments facebook, Instagram, outreach, snapchat, social media, twitter

…FACEBOOK!  Yep, according to a new survey of 7,000 high school graduates, Facebook ranks #1.  According to this survey, behind

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Lessons from Vacation #4: Conversations we have Matter

July 21, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments all-stars, church, conversations, dinner, online church, outreach, Parents, restaurant, softball, travel team, witness

My girls are active, busy girls.  They play sports or dance and if you have multiple children doing different activities,

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the Social Sidekick: Phoster

July 10, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments communication, dodgeball, flier, outreach, partnerships, phoster, promotion, social media, young life

During the spring, our Student Ministry partnered with Young Life for a Dodgeball event.  As we were preparing to promote

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the Monday Morning Debrief: Changing things up for Fathers

June 16, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments dads, dodgeball, father's day, honor, outreach, respect, sing-a-long, videos, youth

Let’s just be honest.  Fathers tend to get hosed on Father’s Day.  I know, I know, fathers are still appreciated

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Orange ’14: Mark Batterson Main Session Message

May 1, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments acts 10, circles, dc, God, image, mark batterson, national community church, outreach, peter, prayer, reimagine, washington

Acts 10 was basis for this message…Reimagine If you want to repeat history, do it the way it’s always been

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Student Ministry 

the Monday Morning Debrief: Super Bowl Parties

February 3, 2014 Tom Pounder 0 Comments commercials, denver broncos, football, girls, ministries, outreach, parties, seattle seahawks, super bowl

Super Bowl Parties are long a tradition in Student Ministries.  I know some don’t do them, but over the years

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Student Ministry 

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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Student Ministry 

We did a Rave

November 18, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments dance party, mission, outreach, party, rave

In years past, I have talked about ministries I have been involved with doing dance parties.  They have proven quiet successful

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