Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for August 23rd, 2026! We played Over Under Pop Quiz, a back to school edition of my Over Under series of games that just came out! Our teaching time continued our series in Philippians, taught by Andrew Persing. He was originally scheduled to teach just middle school, but … Continue reading Sunday Recap | August 23
We regularly let students teach in our student ministry. I believe it's far more beneficial for the one getting the experience of teaching than it is for the rest of the group to have a more experienced teacher every week. Why? The one teaching learns far more in those moments, they integrate the material far … Continue reading Letting Teens Teach
We had a tornado warning yesterday. The stormed rolled through. It was kind of wild for a little while. Which feels kind of like life at the moment. It's a real whirlwind. Caleb is in his last year at Salisbury. Noah is in his final year of culinary school. Zach is in his senior year … Continue reading Life is a Whirlwind
We all went out to a Phillies game the other week (August 6) and had a blast. At one point, the boys went to use the bathroom ... next thing we knew, they were on the jumbotron and Heather and my phones were blowing up from friends watching them on the broadcast! The three of … Continue reading Phillies Tarps Off!
What is Threshold Volume One, the first book I've released under the McNutt Ministry Resources banner? In short, it is seventeen weeks of curriculum working through the first five books of the Bible. But it feels like more than that to me. For the past couple decades I've been operating from a seven year teaching … Continue reading Introducing Threshold Volume One
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for August 16th, 2026! We played a game called Say It On Beat which absolutely crushed with the group. We'll definitely be playing this one again! Our teaching time kicked off our first of four weeks in Philippians, taught by Melissa Stein. Jayden, one of our summer interns, … Continue reading Sunday Recap | August 16
Last March I had the privilege of speaking at Gordon College's chapel ... honestly, it's been a bucket list item for me to speak there. As a student, and to this day, the chapel was and is my favorite place on campus. I was heavily involved in it all four years as a student and … Continue reading Speaking at Gordon College
Over the last couple weeks I've been soft launching McNutt Ministry Resources, my new resource hub. What is it and why am I doing this? Basically, I love youth ministry and I love writing and creating resources for youth ministry. Over the last couple decades I've written for a number of companies; Youth Specialties, Simply … Continue reading What is McNutt Ministry Resources?
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for August 9th, 2026! I was in the main service preaching, so I'm not sure what the ice breaker was. Our teaching time was the sixth week of our six week HABITS series, taught by Melissa Stein. We had a few announcements/reminders: Parking Lot Movie Night this Wednesday: … Continue reading Sunday Recap | August 9
This year I’ve decided to be more intentional with tracking my reading … which means I’ve started logging everything on Goodreads. I read six books and one trade paperback in July. Here’s the list in order of when I finished them and my quick thoughts on each one: Star Trek: Holo-Ween by Chris Sequeira. Fun but … Continue reading July Reading Recap