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3 Leadership Lessons Learned from the Battle of Gettysburg

September 21, 2015January 16, 2018 Tom Pounder 0 Comments battle of Gettysburg, civil war, general, gettysburg, leader, Leadership, lessons, student ministry, war

Three of the past four years, some of the senior staff from our Church has gone up to Gettysburg, PA

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Serving multiple ministry roles with excellent

September 16, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments administration, church, delegation, part-time positions, Planning, Strategy, student ministry, time management

Episode 31 Show Notes: Today Tom talks to Dan Eno who serves as both Worship Minister and Student Minister at

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Getting more engagement in your Fantasty Football League

September 14, 2015August 5, 2018 Tom Pounder 0 Comments community, engagement, fantasty footbal, football, nfl, student ministry

With the start of the NFL season, Fantasy Football season is in full effect!  How did your team do in

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MinWrap 9.11

September 11, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments families, family, live streaming, live video, periscope, social media, student ministry

Here are some of the things you may have missed in the social media, church marketing/communication and student ministry world…

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The Importance of Volunteering at School

September 9, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments coach, football, public school, school, service, student ministry, teachers, volunteer

Episode 30 Show Notes: Summer is over and FALL has begun.  School are back in sessions so Tom and Cory

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How Fantasy Sports can help GROW your Ministry

August 24, 2015August 5, 2018 Tom Pounder 1 Comment fantasy football, online ministry, student ministry

Every year in August millions of Americans get really excited.  They get excited because of football season!  Whether it is

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MinWrap 6.26

June 26, 2015October 16, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments 5sGIF, Dale Partridge, digital strategy, fun, gif, humor, life groups, online community, online life group, social media, student ministry

Here are some of the things you may have missed in the ministry world… Stat of the week: For Instagram,

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You have to be flexible to be successful

April 21, 2015March 2, 2019 Tom Pounder 0 Comments student ministry

In order to be successful in ministry you have to be flexible.  Why is this so important?  Because life happens

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Longevity in Student Ministry

April 15, 2015February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments amazon, blog, blogging, books, podcast, student ministry, surfing

  Episode 9 Show Notes: This week’s podcasts has Tom talking to Ben Kern, a California based veteran Student Ministry

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MinWrap 4.10

April 10, 2015February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments apple, apple watch, games, Leadership, ministry, pew research, smartphones, student ministry, volunteer leaders, volunteers, websites

Here are some of the things you may have missed in the ministry world… Stat of the week: “44% of cell

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