Religion
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Sunday Recap | June 7
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for June 7th, 2026! We played Googly Moogly: Feeling Lucky, a game I created that plays with Google’s search function’s predictive text. For our teaching time, we had a special Sunday with eight of our students teaching the separate middle school and high school groups! Sam, Kenzie, Ezra and…
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Sunday Recap | May 31
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for May 31st, 2026! We played Mind Reader: Choose Adventure, a game I created that involves the whole room trying to figure out what one student is answering up front. For our teaching time, we continued with our second of three weeks in the book of Ezekiel. We had…
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Sunday Recap | May 24
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for May 24th, 2026! We played Useless Trivia Home Run, a baseball themed trivia game I created. For our teaching time, we kicked off three weeks in the book of Ezekiel. We had a few announcements/reminders: This week I kicked off a three-week series in the book of Ezekiel.…
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Sunday Recap | May 17
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for May 17th, 2026! We played One to Stay One to Go Away Summer Edition, which was a fun ice breaker. For our teaching time, we finished a two week series from Coleader called Influencer. We had a few announcements/reminders: Our two-week series called Influencer will help students discover that authentic leadership begins…
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Reimagining Church as Family [book review]
![Reimagining Church as Family [book review]](https://matthewmcnutt.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/rich-blog.jpg)
I just finished reading Reimagining Church as Family by Rich Griffith and JJ Jones, with contributions from Shelly Melia, Larry Fowler, and Kevin Jones. It’s an incredibly thoughtful and important book on ministering to and with families of all shapes and arrangements in our current culture. The authors point out that while most churches focus…
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Sunday Recap | May 10
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for May 10th, 2026! No games this week; we had a bunch of announcements and we took some time to celebrate Matt Spanakos’ graduation from Kansas Christian College! For our teaching time, we kicked off a two week series from Coleader called Influencer. We had a few announcements/reminders: Our two-week series…
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Creating a Student Ministry App
The last couple weeks I released into the wild an app for our student ministry. You can find it on the Apple app store here, and Google Play here. It took a LOT of hours to put together but I’m really excited about it and the potential for it to really improve our communication with…
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Sunday Recap | May 3
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for May 3rd, 2026! It was a little different than usual; we did a combined worship time but then split into two groups: a packing list meeting for students going on summer mission trips (and their parents) and a teaching time for the students not going on mission…
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Sunday Recap | April 26
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for April 26th, 2026! We played a trivia game I’m working on, Fact or Fake Round Three – basically, it’s a true/false game, but we were able to play it with the whole room, giving the person with the most right the prize! For our teaching time, we…
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Sunday Recap | April 19
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for April 19th, 2026! Jacob Anderson opened the hour with a super fun game based on an online viral trend. He was a hit! For our teaching time, we continued our series from Coleader called Relationship Goals. We had a few announcements/reminders: We continued our three week series called Relationship Goals. This…