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 … Continue reading Sunday Recap | May 31
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: Download our app! It has our event calendar, updates, photos, social links, podcast feed, … Continue reading Sunday Recap | May 24
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: We have an app! It has all our events, updates, photos, social … Continue reading Sunday Recap | May 17
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 … Continue reading Reimagining Church as Family [book review]
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: We have an … Continue reading Sunday Recap | May 10
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 … Continue reading Creating a Student Ministry App
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 … Continue reading Sunday Recap | May 3
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 … Continue reading Sunday Recap | April 26
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 have an app! It has all our events, … Continue reading Sunday Recap | April 19
Time for the Student Quest Sunday recap for April 12th, 2026! Melissa opened the hour with a fun ice breaker called Partnered Prompts. It's a great resource for getting kids talking to each other. For our teaching time, we kicked off a series from Coleader called Relationship Goals. We had a few announcements/reminders: Small groups are BACK this … Continue reading Sunday Recap | April 12