Quest Blog

Saving the world is the thing to do these days. Bono's working on it, Brad and Angelina are lending a hand, and someone famous emails me from one.org almost every other day. With the onset of globalization and the increasingly interconnected nature of our world, we're exposed more today to the suffering and injustice present in our world than ever before. It can be overwhelming, hearing about another mass genocide here, another natural disaster there. With death tolls in the hundreds of thousands, what can we do?

Please genuinely pray for the people of Burma/Myanmar due to the devastation of Cyclone Nargis.  I had the opportunity to trek to Burma a little less than two years ago to see some of the human rights issue and it was life changing.  Meeting these men and women have deeply informed how I attempt to support and pray for this distant country.

As Christians pray, this is one of those situations where we must join the global community to bring resources and aid.  Please help spread the word for both prayer and aid. The situation is far worse that what people imagined it would be when they initially heard about the cyclone.  And I suspect that it is actually even worse than what we are now speculating.  Good news is that the military government has expressed invitation for international aid and support.  

Perhaps you've already heard of the 10 year plan that the city has implemented in their strategy to end homelessness. It is our city's intent to create more housing and services for the lowest of income people in Seattle and to particularly target those that fall in the chronically homeless category through a program called Housing First. We are already two years into the plan and in 2007 our city allocated $41 million towards the efforts of ending homelessness. It is an ambitious goal and over 30 organizations, churches and advocates endorse the plan to make this plan a reality.

Quest Church will host its inaugural Men's Breakfast on Saturday, May 17th from 9am to 11am in the church basement. We welcome all men 18 and up to attend this quarterly event. As our church has grown in numbers, this will be an opportunity for men to connect in relationship and collectively explore what it means to follow Jesus. Please RSVP to by no later than Friday, May 9. Suggested donation is $5 per person

Women's High Tea will be held May 3, 2008. Contact Wendy Lindell for more information or 206.781.2445.

The Quest Justice & Compassion Ministry is starting a new focus group. We'll be meeting every third Monday of the month starting Monday, April 21st from 7-9pm at the Q Café. We will be studying the book The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God's Call to Justice. For more information and to RSVP, contact deanza@seattlequest.org.

This month's Global Presence meeting will be an informational gathering for the upcoming Tanzania Partnership Journey. If you are interested in learning more about Quest's involvement, or interested in traveling with the team, join us from 7.30-9pm at Q Café. Quester Barbara Lundquist will be sharing. Questions: leah[at]seattlequest.org.

Every year Quest hosts a class on Faith & Race. To continue the discussion we are having an informal meet-up at the Q Cafe on Thur., 4/17, from 7-9pm to discuss Obama's recent speech on race in America. We'll watch a couple of clips from the speech and discuss the responses it evokes and how it intersects with some of what we learned in the fall. RSVP with jason[at]seattlequest.org.

From Pastor Eugene's blog a couple weeks ago:

Quest Church and Q Cafe is privileged to partner together to host a screening of the new film, ”Black is for Sunday,” from the non-profit international organization, Invisible Children.  Film will be shown on Monday, March 31 - 7-9pm at Q Cafe with some brief discussion afterwards.

So, who’s coming? 

Please join us and invite your family and friends for Holy Week at Quest. We are holding a Good Friday Service and Easter Sunday services.

Good Friday Service
Friday, March 21 | 7pm-8:15PM in the Main Sanctuary
Childcare will not be provided but children are welcome to join their parents during the service. Family Cryroom will be open and avaiable for parents and infants.

Resurrection Easter Sunday
Sunday, March 23 - 9:15am, 11am & 5pm

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If you have any other questions, feel free to fill out an online connect form or just email office[at]seattlequest.org. We look forward to celebrating this joyous season with you!