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Poop on your Shoes

August 31, 2010 Tom Pounder 0 Comments event planning, Planning, preparation

I have a dog who likes to poop in my backyard.  Actually, she only likes to poop there because I

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Blog 

Finding and Using Admin Help

November 16, 2009February 27, 2018 Tom Pounder 1 Comment Planning

Let’s face it, Youth Pastors are good at many things, but admin is not something many of us are strong

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Student Ministry 

Lessons Learned from Outside Teachers

October 23, 2009 Tom Pounder 0 Comments curriculum, Planning, teaching

This fall, we began a series on Sex and Dating.  It is not the first time we have talked about

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Learning from each other

October 20, 2009 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Planning, Strategy

The other day I had a great conversation with Katie, my Staff Associate, and Rick Beckwith, the VP of Field

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Student Ministry 

Teaching the Truth

October 15, 2009March 6, 2015 Tom Pounder 3 Comments curriculum, Planning, Strategy

I recently took a class from Dr. Michael Horton at Reformed Theological Seminary called “Ministry in the Post-Modern Context”.  During

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Student Ministry 

Bridge Events that Work: 5th Quarter

September 21, 2009 Tom Pounder 5 Comments Planning, Strategy

If you look at the title and say to yourself, what is a “Bridge event”, let me clarify before I

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Student Ministry 

The Day After Insanity

September 14, 2009 Tom Pounder 2 Comments Planning

Monday always seems like my best Admin day.  It is the day I get to process all that went on

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Student Ministry 

Summer Camping

July 6, 2009 Tom Pounder 2 Comments mission trips, Planning, summer camps, young life

Over the years I have been doing youth ministry I have heard of and experienced many different kinds of summer

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Working with a Limited Budget

June 29, 2009February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Budget, Planning, Strategy

I had an opportunity a while back to go to a meeting at a mega-church in my area.  I had

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Student Ministry 

Summer Plans

June 22, 2009May 27, 2015 Tom Pounder 1 Comment baseball, bbq, beach, College, day trip, fun, mission trips, museums, park, Planning, Strategy, summer, summer camp, vbs, washington dc, zoo

Summer has officially begun in Northern Virginia.  Depending on your county, Thursday or Friday was the students last day of

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