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About Me

I am a child of God. He is my Savior and my Lord. My life belongs to Him.I married the love of my life on September 27, 2008. Shara Blackford is now Shara Schutter (sorry for the unfortunate name honey).I am the Associate/Youth Pastor at the Light & Life Free Methodist church in Avon, IN. I don't know all of my students yet but I hope to get to know them very soon.I love the ministry. I love where I am and where I've been. God has blessed my life with so many wonderful people. You know who you are. You'll forever be in my heart.I am Matthew...
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The kid that I saw in a hotel a long time ago that looked exactly like me just to see if he still does because that would be totally FREAKY!

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My Blog

embarrassment

my girlfriend gave me a challenge...she wants me to write about an embarrassing moment from my childhood. it has taken me awhile but i think i have one.  so i invite you to join me on this journe...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:09:00 GMT

another year

two years it doesn't seem like its been that long i can remember so vividly sitting in the west morris st. church talking with my friend about the 'good ol days' at greenville, the 'cannon ball r...
Posted by on Mon, 21 May 2007 20:54:00 GMT

Treading on dangerous ground...

Do you see the warning signs? Are the caution lights blinking? I love my car.  I consider myself blessed every time I drive it - especially in comparison to the first vehicle I had.  But wit...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:08:00 GMT

these are the things we go through...

i'm not going to waste my time on font colors or emoticons for this one, so here it goes... life can be hard. painful unnecessary i haven't experienced much of that myself.  sure, i've had my rou...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:12:00 GMT

illness

So I went to the doctor recently because I was having some 'pain'.  It didn't really hurt.  It was more uncomfortable than anything.  The doctor checked me out and it was nothing...but ...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:36:00 GMT

congratulations are in order

oh yes!  that's right...after months of slow-going and putting things off i have finally finished my Wesleyan Theology class! "Why is this important?", you may ask. I will tell you, but only beca...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

grow

so i've been watching this new show 'Heroes'.  it is pretty much the most amazing thing i've seen in a long time.  there are these people...they seem ordinary but you know just from the show...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:27:00 GMT

doxology

praise God from whom all blessings flow praise Him all creatures here below praise Him above ye heavenly host praise, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost... That's typically what we, in the Christian realm, t...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:54:00 GMT

the doug

it was a year ago... in my office there is a picture that hangs on my bulletin board of myself, zack, and the doug.  it was the last picture we took together.  i miss my friend.  being ...
Posted by on Mon, 22 May 2006 13:16:00 GMT

thoughts

"You're like manicured grave plots, grass clipped and the flowers bright, but six feet down it's all rotting bones and worm-eaten flesh. People look at you and think you're saints, but beneath the ski...
Posted by on Thu, 18 May 2006 10:57:00 GMT