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Planning

Student Ministry 

Chowtime – 8/4

August 4, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments fall planning, Planning, schedules

In case you were too busy hanging with teens, watching the Olympics and/or vacationing, here are some of the things

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Student Ministry 

Why No One Showed Up

July 12, 2012September 8, 2017 Tom Pounder 3 Comments calendar, communication, invite, leaders, Leadership, Parents, Planning, promotion, Strategy, Students, zero

Yep, that’s right.  On Tuesday, I did an event and NO ONE showed up.  Now, over my time in youth

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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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Blog 

Making Changes – Part 1: Programmatic Changes

August 22, 2011February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 3 Comments changes, evaluation, Planning, program, Strategy

The Burger “King” has been fired!  That’s right, this past week the fast food chain Burger King fired it’s King.

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

The Monday Morning Debrief: Annual Teases

August 15, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments college football, evaluation, goals, ncaa, ncaaf, Planning

This past week, Pat Forde from ESPN.com posted a list of the College Football teams that are Annual Teases.  By

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Student Ministry 

the Blackboard: New Summer Ideas

June 16, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments baseball, blackboard, brainstorm, events, new ideas, Planning, summer, thinkorange

A few months ago I posted about Summer planning.  As I said in that post, summer is a great opportunity

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

Monday Morning Debrief: Summer Planning

May 9, 2011 Tom Pounder 1 Comment community, debrief, mission trips, Planning, summer, thinkorange

The weather is definitely getting warmer and the students are definitely getting more anxious which must mean that summer vacation

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Uncategorized 

Making the most out of your situation

January 27, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Planning, snow

On Tuesday, my executive Pastor and I went out to Indy to visit 2 sports facilities that are also linked

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Student Ministry 

The Monday Morning Debrief: After Christmas Special

December 27, 2010 Tom Pounder 0 Comments christmas, debrief, Planning

It never fails, after Christmas there seems to be just as many specials and deals as there were before Christmas.

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Student Ministry 

The Monday Morning Debrief – 12/20

December 20, 2010 Tom Pounder 0 Comments christmas, debrief, Planning

Christmas is less than a week away so now that parties are mostly done and you have a lot of

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