Tom Pounder
Tom Pounder was born and raised just outside of Washington, DC. He has been working full-time in ministry since 1997. Tom has a background in Student Ministry working over 22 years with teenagers and currently serves as the Student Minister and Online Campus Pastor at New Life Christian Church in Chantilly, VA.
Are You Living A Life Of Integrity?
Thursday June 4, 2015 | Tom PounderI got a random text from a former student the other day. The reason why it was random is because of all the students I have had the privilege of spending time with, he was probably one that I would not have expected this text from. This isn’t for any particular reason, it was just […] Read more
Dealing With Failure
Thursday March 12, 2015 | Tom PounderEver hear of the McLobster? How about the Sony Betamax? Okay last one, have you ever heard of the Pepsi A.M. breakfast cola? NO!?! Really?!? Well, that’s okay, not many people have. And, to be honest, I only remember the Betamax machine. I actually had a friend that had a Betamax machine to watch videos. […] Read more
How You Can Create A Facebook Call To Action
Friday February 27, 2015 | Tom PounderFacebook has been making some changes lately. One of those changes is a call to action button. You can find them in two specific places: in videos you post and right on your cover photo of your Facebook Page (note: the call to action button does not appear on group pages or your personal pages). I actually discovered […] Read more
Finding Your Rocky Moment
Monday January 12, 2015 | Tom PounderIn the movie Rocky II, Adrian (Rocky’s wife) doesn’t want him to fight Apollo Creed again. In the midst of an argument with Rocky about this, Adrian goes into labor. Although she delivers a healthy baby she slips into a coma. During that time, Rocky is completely unmotivated to fight Creed as he is very […] Read more
Signing Day
Thursday May 22, 2014 | Tom PounderSeveral weeks ago was the NCAA College Football National Signing Day. This was the day that all the top (and not so top) high school football players had to sign their letter of intent to attend certain colleges. It’s a huge day in the life of college football teams and their future players as ESPNU […] Read more
Duplicating what’s Good and Creative
Friday April 11, 2014 | Tom PounderLate night talk show hosts have caused me to have some great creative ideas lately. One of those hosts is Jimmy Fallon. Jimmy, through his youtube channel has provided a wealth of great ideas for me and my ministry team. His Miley Cyrus video and hashtag videos have been viral hits and have caused us to really look at how we […] Read more
Rethinking the Way we Communicate to Teens
Wednesday January 22, 2014 | Tom PounderEver been on a plane? I’m sure most of us have. Ever get bored or not pay attention to the pre-flight instructions that the flight attendants give? Again, I’m sure most of us have. After all, if you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a million times. Well, the good people at Virgin America decided […] Read more
