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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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family ministry
YM Sidekick Podcast 

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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Blog 

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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YM Sidekick Podcast 

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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#ParentChat Internet Safety

March 25, 2015February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments church online, internet, internet safety, online ministry, Parents, social media, technology, teenagers, tweens

Today’s podcasts focuses on keeping students safe online and how we can be partnering with parents to help make that

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Blog 

Two lessons learned from One Direction

August 18, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments actions, appropriate, audience, behavior, concert, customer, nationals ballpark, one direction, Parents, target, Teens, tour, tweens

Last week I had the privilege of taking my 4 girls to see 5 Seconds of Summer and One Direction

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Blog 

the Social Sidekick: Messaging Apps teens are using

March 26, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments android, apple, blackberry, communication, facetime, imessage, ios, iphone, ipod touch, kik, messaging, snapchat, social media, teenagers, text messages, texting, tweens, video, video chat, windows phone

It has been well documented that teens have been “flocking away” from Facebook for some time now.  I’ve even written about it on

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Blog 

the Social Sidekick: The NEED for a “like”

February 27, 2014February 28, 2020 Tom Pounder 0 Comments friendships, Instagram, like, social media, Teens, tweens

True of False? Facebook is out.  Instagram is in.  This was actually a trick question.  Although Facebook is declining in

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Student Ministry 

the Social Sidekick: How Social Media Savvy are you?

February 6, 2014February 6, 2014 Tom Pounder 0 Comments android, facebook, google, iphone, messaging, minister, ministry, smartphones, social media, Teens, tweens, twitter, youtube

Social Media is where it is at with students.  And it’s not just one platform.  It’s a bunch of them.

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Student Ministry 

Staying in the Loop: Social Media

December 5, 2013 Tom Pounder 0 Comments facebook, Instagram, pheed, picsart, snapchat, social media, Teens, tumblr, tweens, twitter, vine

A month ago when Facebook posted it’s Quarterly Report, they blew away estimates by posting better than expected earnings.  However,

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