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How Ministry Leaders Can Inspire Volunteers

August 7, 2017July 9, 2018 Tom Pounder 0 Comments coach, coaches, encouragement, inspiration, ministers, student ministry, volunteers

Volunteer leaders are essential to ministry and I have particularly felt more passionate about it lately as my job is

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#SMVWeek17 is coming next week

July 31, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 1 Comment ministry, student ministry, summer, teach, video, vlog

Last year a group of ministers and I embarked on the first ever Summer Ministry Vlog Week (#SMVWeek16). It was

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Parenting Teens in a [insert Social Media Platform] World Notes

April 28, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 1 Comment chap clark, development, family, social media, student ministry, Teens

Chap Clark is a Student Ministry veteran of many, many years and has written a ton of books about teens

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“Growing Young” Notes

April 28, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 2 Comments adults, church, family ministry, kara powell, priorities, student ministry, Students, young

This Orange Breakout session was called “Growing Young” by Kara Powell. Kara and her team at Fuller Youth Ministry Institute

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Orange Conference Day 2 Recap

April 28, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 1 Comment application, city ministry, conference, inner city, learning, orange, student ministry

Alright, day 2 at the Orange Conference is done! And although we can’t really talk about “Serious” Night, it was

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“Building a Year Long Event Strategy for Students” Notes

April 27, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments events, family ministry, small groups, Strategy, student ministry

This  You Lead pre-Orange Conference breakout sessions was lead by Ashley Bohinc. She is a Middle School Ministry veteran and their session

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volunteers
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“10 Ways to Focus Your Student Ministry around Volunteers this Year” Notes

April 27, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 1 Comment encouragement, family ministry, ministry, online ministry, student ministry, volunteers

One of the You Lead pre-Orange Conference breakout sessions was lead by Ben Crawshaw and Kevin Ragdale. Both Ben and

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YM Sidekick Podcast 

Orange Conference Day 1 Recap

April 27, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 1 Comment conference, family ministry, notes, orange, recap, student ministry

Day 1 at the Orange Conference is in the books and it was a great one! This year’s theme is

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How to create a Summer Internship Program

April 26, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments family ministry, interns, internships, recruitment, resident, student ministry, summer

Having summer interns would be every minister’s dream. But a lot of detail and background works goes into it in

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How Privatized Social Media can benefit your Ministry

April 24, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments family ministry, online, snapchat, social media, student ministry

I have a love/hate relationship with change. I LOVE it but also take my time to SLOWLY adapt to it.

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