Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for November 8th, 2026! We kicked off a four week series in the book of Daniel that I’m leading called Daniel: Captive, Not Captured. We began the hour with some great worship led by some of our students and a game I created called Useless Trivia Thanksgiving!
We had a few announcements/reminders:
- One Incredible Night: Friday, Nov 20, 6-8 grade, 7pm-Midnight, $30. Are you ready for the ultimate late-night party? Mechanical Bull, Face Painting, BINGO, Inflatables, Pool & Ping Pong Tables, Pizza & more! Tons of PRIZES! Invite friends to receive more entries in our BIG giveaways! Click here to register!
- Student Quest is temporarily combined in the Loft while construction displaces Adult Christian Ed into the gym.
- Download our app! It has our event calendar, updates, photos, social links, podcast feed, video feed, and more! Find it on the Apple app store and Google Play store!
- Construction is continuing. Students can get to the Sunday student hour and other student events through the main entrance. Just follow the signs!
This week we started our new series, Daniel: Captive, Not Conquered. In Daniel 1, Babylon conquered Jerusalem and took the best and brightest young men back to Babylon, most of them teenagers about the same age as our students. Nebuchadnezzar changed their names, their language, their education, and even their food. Daniel and his three friends drew the line at eating the king’s food, and God blessed them for it. Over and over in the chapter we read “God gave,” which reminds us that even when it looked like Babylon had won, God was in control. We talked about how our culture tries to “rebrand” students too, and we looked at Romans 12:2: “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world.” Students were challenged to choose one thing this week, either something to change or a line to stand firm on, and to tell someone so they’d have help following through. Here are some follow up question you can ask your student(s):
- Why do you think Daniel chose the food as the thing to take a stand on?
- What’s one way the people or the culture around you try to change who you are?
- What “one thing” did you write down on your handout? Is there a way I can help? (Share your own one thing too. It’s a lot easier for students to be honest when their parents go first.)?
You can watch the lesson below, or you can listen to it on our podcast feed: