Quest Blog

I first met Shane about six years ago when we spoke at a conference together in Seattle.  All the speakers gathered at Q CAFE for some coffee and chat.  He's since grown to be an immensely important and prophetic voice to the church and beyond.  One reason why is because there's substance to his lifestyle and choices underlying the talk.  Agree or disagree or somewhere in between, it's challenging, refreshing, and thought/heart provoking.

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.

One of Quest's core values is community because we believe that not only do we need to be meeting as smaller groups in order to be church during the rest of the week, but also because God has wired us to be in relationships with others.  C-Groups encompass worship, prayer, study, and service but at their root, they are about forming deep relationships between each other and God.  This year we have a range of great topics being studied, everything from book studies about Christian discipleship to looking at food and theology to Bible studies.  September 28th is the launch date when we'll publish the brochure of various c-groups (which will also be online) and when you can jump in.

Quest's annual "learning conference" will be focused on having some good discussions on issues surrounding faith, sexuality, and gender issues. Lauren Winner, author of Girl Meets God and Real Sex, will be speaking on Friday night and Saturday morning.

Quest has always affirmed women in ministry, but it has been a while since we have had a sustained discussion on why that is and how we can take the discussion further to issues of what it means to be men and what it means to be women "in Christ" and how we can construct our ideas of gender from a Biblical perspective rather than solely from the messages our culture bombards us with.

On Friday, Oct. 10th at 7pm Lauren will speak on Lessons from the Church Mothers and on Saturday, Oct. 11th at 11am her talk will be Male & Female He Made Them: Gender & the Triune God. The cost of the conference is $15 ($10 for students).

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