Religion
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Zach, Noah & Heather’s Mission Reports
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 Noah…
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Sunday Recap | June 28
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for June 28th, 2026! We played Last One Standing Summer, a summer themed game I created that involves two students standing up front and facing off over a question. We had several students that were unable to come to our Student Missions Report Sunday share about their mission trips…
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Sunday Recap
This Sunday was a little different; it was our Student Missions Report Sunday! We took over all three worship services so our 129 students and youth leaders who went on mission trips to West Virginia, Canada, and El Salvador could share about their experiences and what God them. It’s my favorite Sunday of the year!…
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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…