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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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Uncategorized 

More than just Praying

October 1, 2009 Tom Pounder 1 Comment prayer, Strategy

Our Church just finished up a 30 days of Prayer focus. The goal was for us, as individuals, to be

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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 

Volunteer Leaders Retreat

August 31, 2009 Tom Pounder 1 Comment Leadership, Strategy

This past weekend, my leaders and I went on our annual Leaders Retreat.  For the past 5 years, I have

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Blog 

Balancing Ministry and Parenthood and being Effective at both (Part 2 of 2)

August 24, 2009February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 1 Comment ministry, parenting, Strategy

This is a continuation from an earlier post.  To look up part 1, look under Recent Posts or click here.

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Blog 

Balancing Ministry and Parenthood and being Effective at both (Part 1 of 2)

August 10, 2009February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 2 Comments ministry, parenting, Strategy

Ministry and Parenthood are two extremely challenging jobs to do successfully by themselves.  How, then, can you possibly even think

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Student Ministry 

Follow Up after Trips

July 24, 2009 Tom Pounder 0 Comments event planning, follow up, mission trips, Strategy, summer camps, summer events

I just got back from one of our best, if not the best, youth mission trip we have ever done

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Blog 

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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Student Ministry 

Getting the Right Students Involved

June 15, 2009 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Leadership, Strategy, Students

Years ago, and I mean years ago, like 1960 to 1980s years ago, there was a youth ministry theory called

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