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!
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
https://youtu.be/8RrPw_MYmTc This was a fun year for mission trips! Zach was one of several students who came back from El Salvador sick so he missed our report Sunday; he and the others who missed shared their reports the following week in Student Quest, our student hour. The video above is his report, as well as … Continue reading Zach, Noah & Heather’s Mission Reports
This month makes it official ... I've been a youth pastor for 25 years. Literally half my life. Which is kind of weird to type. The first time I 'did' youth ministry I was actually twelve. My youth pastor at the time let me teach the younger kids. All through high school, Bible school, and … Continue reading Twenty Five Years
Another Family Christmas Letter where no actual letters are being sent. It's like I don't even know how this is supposed to work. 2025 has been a big year for our family! Here's the recap: Micah is 24 and graduated last May from the University of Delaware. It's wild to think he's finished already - … Continue reading 2025 McNutt Family Christmas Letter
https://www.tiktok.com/@matthewmcnutt88/video/7575186830815939871?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7540688880081569335 Episode two of my Flashback Files, a series of videos where I read entries from the journals I kept as a teenager. I was a dramatic kid. When I was 15 years old, my family moved to Bolivia and I began attending a boarding school there. This is a real journal entry from my … Continue reading Flashback Files | January 25, 1991
https://www.tiktok.com/@matthewmcnutt88/video/7574454392741514527?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7261264921246107182 I've been thinking about doing this for a while now ... today I pulled the trigger and posted the first TikTok in a series of videos where I read entries from the journals I kept as a teenager. When I was 15 years old, my family moved to Bolivia and I began attending a … Continue reading Flashback Files | January 24, 1991
https://youtu.be/jGhSbD-ABrA Watch the video above to hear Zach and Noah's reports from their mission trip experiences! Zach traveled to Puerto Rico, while Noah and I traveled to Belize. Both trips were with Praying Pelican Missions; each our groups were partnered with a church. This was actually the second time our youth group had the privilege … Continue reading Zach and Noah’s 2025 Missions Reports