justice

Hello!

I want to take a moment to THANK YOU for your support in this years Thanksgiving dinner at Quest Church.  What an amazing evening!  We had 136 homeless men and women come out and join us!  The event went so well from the set up to the tear down!  So many have shared such positive and thankful feedback.  Several expressed the overwhelming feeling of being in such a warm environment with a hearty meal amongst gracious and caring people. 

Every year the Justice and Compassion ministries at Quest church hosts a meal for the homeless.  As the holiday season is upon us-- it is that time of year to get geared up for another fabulous Thanksgiving dinner for the larger community, namely men, women and children who are homeless and who live in our neighborhood.  This is one of those rare opportunities that we have to serve a hearty, healthy meal while sitting down and conversing with men and women who face the difficult struggles of being homeless in our city.  It is an opportunity for us to go deeper in our service to the homeless and although it is something we only offer once a year it is a significant part of our outreach.  Last year we hosted 75 people and this year we expect to host 150 over the dourse of two dinners on November 22nd one at 5 pm and the second one at 7 pm.  The feedback that we received from folks last year was consistent and rang of thankfulness as several people shared how they hadn't had a sit down thanksgiving dinner with family, community or friends in years and how they felt so thankful to have the opportunity to share in a meal with others. We are still recruiting volunteers for this fabulous event.  If you'd like to be involved please contact Pastor DeAnza at deanza[at]seattlequest.org.  We hope to have you join us on the 22nd!

So I've been following the Nickelsville situation for a few weeks now, as they've been getting more attention and press here in Seattle.  It seems that the Nickelsville community which has just been relocated to Discovery Park from South Seattle will be having to move again...  to get more info on the situation you can read here.