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College Ministry Q of the Week: Plugging In

September 6, 2010 Tom Pounder 1 Comment community, Planning, Strategy

Now that the Fall semester is in full force with socials and welcome weekends in the books, the Question of

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Youth Ministry Q of the Week: How are you keeping up with Former Students?

September 6, 2010 Tom Pounder 2 Comments community, follow up, Strategy

Now that most, if not all, of your former youth group students have moved on to college or a career,

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Q of the Week: Changing the Culture

August 9, 2010 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Baltimore Orioles, culture change, Strategy

Growing up in DC and a huge baseball fan, my brothers and I always rooted for the Baltimore Orioles since

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Is Opting out of Youth Ministry the right choice?

August 4, 2010 Tom Pounder 12 Comments evaluation, Leadership, ministry, Strategy

On August 2nd, Sarah Mae wrote a blog about how her family is opting out of Youth Ministry.  You can

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Don’t Just Start Strong – Finish Strong

August 2, 2010September 12, 2018 Tom Pounder 1 Comment Strategy, student ministry

My two oldest daughters are involved in the summer swim team in our community. It has been a gret experience

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3 Ways to Defuse Church Rivalries

March 19, 2010 Tom Pounder 2 Comments community, fellowship, Strategy

I am a big fan of working together with other Churches and ministries.  For instance, at Cedar Run we have

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Is Satan lurching around the Corner?

January 4, 2010 Tom Pounder 0 Comments ministry, Strategy, Support

As we ring in 2010, I am happy and very thankful to say that 2009 is over! 2009 turned out

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Taking Risks

December 11, 2009 Tom Pounder 1 Comment event planning, Strategy

I’m currently reading “Sustainable Youth Ministry” by Mark DeVries. It seems like the “IT” book out there amongst my Youth

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Student Ministry 

Black Friday and Youth Ministry Trends

December 2, 2009 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Strategy

Last Thursday night, I prepared for my annual tradition of Black Friday Shopping.  For the record, I hate shopping, but

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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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