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Where does fun fit into Student Ministry programming

September 23, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments community, friendships, fun, games, sports, student ministry

Episode 32 Show Notes: Today Tom talks to Justin Knowles.  Justin is the Lead Next Gen. Pastor of Christ’s Church of

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A Simple Invite

March 18, 2015September 22, 2015 Tom Pounder 0 Comments fun, high school, invitation, invite, middle school, sports, Teens, youth group

Today’s episode has us meeting the Meg(h)ans, talking to them about the high school experiences with youth groups.    

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Blog 

Sometimes you need to reinvent the wheel

March 29, 2013February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments home groups, life groups, nzone, sacred calves, small groups, sports, traditions, ultimate frisbee, youth group

Being in ministry for over 14 years I have heard this phrase numerous times, “You don’t have to reinvent the

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Student Ministry 

the BLACKBOARD: Student Ministry Team(s) Organization

March 22, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Discipleship, high school, Leadership, servant leaders, sports, student leaders, Students, teams, volunteers

As I’m looking at my Student Ministry Team and re-evaluating the effectiveness of it and how we can do better,

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

Orange Week: Best Breakout Session from OC ’12

September 17, 2012 Tom Pounder 1 Comment community, conferences, connection, friendships, Leadership, orange, sports, upward

With Orange ’13 just right around the corner (seriously, April comes up quick and registration begins very soon), I’m participating

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An Alternative to Traditional Sunday School

May 24, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments church, missional, outreach, sports, sunday school, upward

A few weeks ago I posted about New Life’s KidZone option to do a sports and recreation centered Sunday school

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Blog 

Sports-Centered Sunday Morning Programming

May 3, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 2 Comments church, families, ministry, outreach, relationships, sports, upward

This Sunday the KidZone at New Life Christian Church (my Church) is trying something new for our 3rd service. We

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

OC’12: Intentionally Connect to Your Community Through Sports

April 25, 2012 Tom Pounder 1 Comment church, families, ministry, outreach, relationships, sports, upward sports

This seminar was led by Caz McCaslin who founded Upward Sports.  It is the largest Christian based sports league that

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

What I’m hitting up for the OC12 Pre-conference

April 25, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments 252 Basics, elementary school, facebook, google, new life christian church, nzone, orange, preschool, rethink, social media, sports, storytelling, twitter, upward

The OC12 Pre-conference begins this morning at 9:30 am!!  I’m really excited to be here after the great meet and greet.  By

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

Orange Week: Sports and Orange???

February 10, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments conferences, nzone, orange12, rethink, sports, upward

I’m the “Family Guy” at New Life Christian Church.  New Life Christian Church built and owns the nZone.  The nZone

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