Annual Meeting

Happy New Year, Quest!

It's time. We are already delving into 2009 as a community, and before we go any deeper the Annual Meeting is our chance to come together and celebrate the past year while embracing a common vision for the year to come.  The staff and elders invite you to join us for breakfast, prayer, a little fellowship, and a time of sharing, introductions, celebration, and post-election voting.  Come at 9:30 to enjoy coffee, tea, bagels and fruit in the church basement, followed by the Annual Meeting starting at 10:00 am.  Whether you are a Quest member, consider this your home church, or want to know what is happening in the year to come, you are welcome to join us for our family gathering.  We will be sharing about the 2009 budget, a wonderful slideshow highlighting 2008, introducing new staff and celebrating those who are moving on, as well as praying with you about our common vision for the year to come.  Why do we need you? Quest isn't Quest without you.  Literally, we cannot hold this meeting and move forward with our vision without the vote of the membership.  So come, meet your fellow Questers from across three services, and because you're getting out of bed to come here on Saturday, breakfast is on us.

To preview the financial summaries prior to the Annual Meeting, please click here.  Meeting packets will be distributed in hardcopy format on Saturday, if you would like to download your own copy of the complete packet, please click here (with one additional page here). 

Thank you for your partnership in ministry through 2008, and please know that we are so humbled and thankful to be serving alongside you in the year to come. 

P a s t o r  L e a h  K l u g | Lead Associate Pastor | leah@seattlequest.org

THIS WEEK AT QUEST | NEW EVENTS | COMMUNITY NEWS

• 2008 GIVING STATEMENTS. We will begin mailing out the 2008 Giving Statements this month. If your mailing address has changed recently, please send your updated address to office@seattlequest.org.

• COMMUNITY GROUPS. Community Groups meet througout the week throughout the greater Seattle area. C-groups are a vital part of the depth and authenticity of the Quest community. For a full list of c-groups and to sign up for a c-group, visit the c-groups homepage. If you have any questions or would like help finding the right c-group for you, contact jason@seattlequest.org.

• LIVE MUSIC @ THE Q. Friday: Victory Music Concert w/ Hank Cramer and James Nason. Doors at 7:30pm, show at 8pm. All ages - $10 for Victory Music members, $12 for non-members. For more information or to volunteer during future live music shows, contact melissa@qcafe.org.

• OPEN MIC. Tuesday nights from 6:30-9pm at the Q Café, hosted by Victory Music. For more info, visit their website: www.victorymusic.org.

• GLOBAL PRESENCE. Our monthly Global Presence meeting is on Monday January 12th from 7-9pm at the Q Café.  For info, contact leah@seattlequest.org.

• PRE-MARITAL COUNSELING. Are you are engaged or in a serious relationship headed towards marriage? Are you newly married but didn't get the chance to go through Pre-Marital counseling? We wil be having our Pre-Marital classes on Saturdays 1/31, 2/7, 2/14 and 2/21. For details, see the pre-marital counseling page on our website. If you have questions and to sign-up, contact office@seattlequest.org.

• INTERBAY POTLUCK. We’ll be meeting for our monthly potluck on Sunday, January 11th at 5pm in the church basement. All are welcome to attend! For more information, contact wendy@seattlequest.org

• JUSTICE & COMPASSION. Our monthly Justice and Compassion meeting is on Monday, January 19th at 7pm at the Q Café. Contact deanza@seattlequest.org.

• TO THE STREETS. We will be meeting for the monthly To The Streets homeless care and distribution on Saturday, January 17th from 1-3pm; meet at the Q Café at noon. For questions and to sign up, contact deanza@seattlequest.org.

• 17|23 COLLEGE GROUP. Over this next semester we'll be looking together at the big questions surrounding Life and Death through the lens of the oft-ignored book of Ecclesiastes.  Join us every Sunday after the 11am service at 12:45 beginning January 18th in the Q Cafe to share a meal, get to know one another, and to talk honestly about how Ecclesiastes illuminates beauty, tragedy, simplicity, doubt, and hope in our living and dying.  Click here to read more about the 17|23 group.

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