To give you a glimpse of what to expect: 

the quest justice and compassion ministry is hosting two awareness and community building forums in the next month. check it:

on march 15th we will be holding a depth class entitled: why the homeless? this class is typically offered two times a year. in this class we explore the questions: who are homeless? what is our call to serve? how do we dispel myths about the homeless? and more. it is a great opportunity to learn more about how we can care and reach out to our brothers and sisters who are homeless and give us an understanding of the challenges they face each day. we encourage all to come who have an interest in deepening their own knowledge and awareness, as well as commit to serving this growing population in ballard. the class is held from 9 am to 12 pm. lunch will be served. immediately following we will be hosting our ‘to the streets’ outreach and encourage those in the class to join us.

on march 17th we will be hosting our first monthly qjc meeting at q café from 7:30pm to 9:30 pm. the heart of this group is to build community around the issues of justice and compassion. it will be a learning experience, as we study together the book the dangerous act of worship: living god’s call to justice. there will be teaching, food, fellowship and community building. we encourage those who are passionate about issues of justice and compassion to come and share your heart and vision in community and meet others who are like-minded in passion. this is a monthly focus group that will meet on the third monday of every month.

if you have questions please feel free to contact pastor deanza at deanza@seattlequest.org

Some more info:
We celebrate The Eucharist (The Lord’s Table) every Sunday, but do we realize that on the night in which Jesus was betrayed, that last supper he was celebrating was the Passover and that he used elements of this event to show fulfilled prophecy and redemption? In this depth class we explore the meaning of Passover, both the historical Jewish symbolism and the prophetic nature of Passover that points to Messiah. We will dive into the culture and language of Passover to discover the rich symbolism for both Jew and Christian in this meal by studying and by doing (you will have an opportunity to prepare traditional food for our Seder). We end this depth class on Maundy Thursday with a Messianic Passover for the entire church.

Details are still coming together but we’d figure we’d have some good conversations surround faith, sexuality, chastity, and gender issues. But, who knows. But mark those dates [and forward this link to others] if you are interested in joining us. Our hope and commitment with our learning conferences is to make them financially accessible and a venue for community building.

Her bio from the website:

Lauren F. Winner is the author of three books, Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath, and Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity. She has appeared on PBS’s Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and has written for The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, Publishers Weekly, Books and Culture, and Christianity Today. Winner has degrees from Duke, Columbia, and Cambridge universities, and holds a Ph.D. in history. The former book editor for Beliefnet, Lauren teaches at Duke Divinity School, and lives in Durham, North Carolina. Lauren travels extensively to lecture and teach, and during the academic year of 2007-2008, she is a visiting fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. (While there, she’s revising her dissertation, which examines household religious practice in eighteenth-century Virginia, for publication.) When she’s home, you can usually find her curled up, on her couch or screen porch, with a good novel