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POLL: How often do you do leaders meetings?

December 7, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments developing, encouragement, leaders, meetings, Support, volunteers

I think it is safe to say that we need our volunteer leaders. Without them, our ministries could not be all

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Student Ministry 

the Monday Morning Debrief: Beer and our Roles

October 15, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments beer, expectations, Leadership, miller light, roles, Support, volunteer leaders

I really like this commercial.  Check it out. [youtube]http://youtu.be/PYyBrTOFciw[/youtube] So before  you try to get my Youth Pastor Association Card

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Sometimes…

October 4, 2012May 6, 2015 Tom Pounder 0 Comments God, help, love, Support

Sometimes so much goes on in life that you wonder what the heck… Sometimes life doesn’t make sense… Sometimes you

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Student Ministry 

3 Ways to Motivate your Leaders

August 3, 2012May 10, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments encouragement, Leadership, motivation, Support, terry tate, volunteer leaders

There are right ways to motivate leaders and wrong ways to motivate leaders.  Check out this video below to see

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Blog 

OC ’12: Friday 1st Session Notes featuring Andy Stanley

April 27, 2012February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 1 Comment andy stanley, conferences, game-changer, help, mutual submission, north point community church, orange, orange12, reggie joiner, rethink, Support

Andy Stanley, Lead Pastor of North Point Community Church led this session. His main focus today is how we work

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Family Ministry Student Ministry 

Orange Week: Game Changer

February 9, 2012 Tom Pounder 0 Comments conferences, delegation, orange12, Parents, rethink, Support

Last year the Orange Conference theme was “Move” and they challenged all the participants constantly by saying, “it’s your move”.

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Student Ministry 

5 things I did in Starting Over

November 17, 2011 Tom Pounder 0 Comments Leadership, parentss, Planning, Strategy, Support

For the past year I have been known as the “Family Guy” at New Life.  My job was to oversee

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Why are you frustrated?

September 22, 2010 Tom Pounder 0 Comments evaluation, Leadership, Support

For a 2 week period, Tim Schomoyer did a poll asking if you, a youth minister, are thriving in your

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Letting People In

May 25, 2010 Tom Pounder 2 Comments community, Support

We all know it, youth ministry is hard.  Whether you work at a mega-church or a small church, the pressures

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YM Devo: Getting Others Involved

February 25, 2010 Tom Pounder 1 Comment accountability, fellowship, Support

Read Nehemiah 3 Some questions to ponder: How many groups of people helped in rebuilding the wall? What were some

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