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Having Tough Conversations with Students

May 31, 2017September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments confrontation, conversations, relationships, teenagers, Teens

Whether you enjoy confrontation and hard conversations or not, the reality is that you will have to have tough conversations

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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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How to effectively minister to girls in student ministry

June 8, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments girls, Teens, tweens

Student ministry seems to be a very male dominated area.  Most of the student ministers are men and thus most

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Helping Students by taking a break from Social Media

May 9, 2016September 30, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments cell phone, online, social media, student ministry, teenagers, Teens

A little bit ago I came across a posting from a teen who quit social media.  It was fascinating to read

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How to turn students into ministers

May 6, 2016February 13, 2019 Tom Pounder 0 Comments church, doug fields, ministers, ministry, student ministry, Students, Teens

It’s one week later and I’m still processing ReThink Leadership and the Orange Conference. There were so many great sessions

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Uniting your Family Ministry Department

November 25, 2015October 1, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments elementary school, high school, middle school, teams, Teens, transitions, tweens, unity

Episode 41 Show Notes: Family Ministry Departments can be a little challenging to oversee at times. Why? Because they combine

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Contact Work Ideas during the Winter

November 23, 2015March 15, 2019 Tom Pounder 0 Comments contact work, football, laser tag, Teens, tweens, warm, winter

Football season is one of my favorite times of year. Not only do I get to watch my favorite teams

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Discussion on “From the Pen to the Palace”

July 8, 2015October 16, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments bible, book, jesus, prodigal son, salvation, Teens, tweens

        Episode 21 Show Notes: Do you want to learn how to best minister to THESE students,

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Student Ministry Worship

June 17, 2015October 16, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments culture, environment, music, Teens, worship

    Episode 18 Show Notes: This week’s podcast focuses on Student Ministry Worship.  Tom talks to Dan Eno the

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MinWrap 6.12

June 12, 2015October 16, 2017 Tom Pounder 0 Comments aristotle, beauty, church, colin powell, health, Leadership, live stream, online church, Teens

Here are some of the things you may have missed in the ministry world… Stat of the week: 63% of teenagers

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