Quest Church

THIS WEEK AT QUEST (June 8- June 14)

🎉Celebrating Pastor Brenda
After 14 years of faithful service at Quest — and over 40 years of pioneering ministry in racial justice, preaching, and pastoral care — Pastor Brenda is retiring from her staff role. On her last Sunday, June 14, we honor her with deep gratitude and joy as we recognize her with the title of Pastor Emerita.
Join us during and after our Sunday service to celebrate her together: we’ll have a receiving line, cake reception, and bear witness to her faithfulness over decades and to us at Quest. We invite you to come with kind words, a card, or whatever helps you to express honor.
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🪴Belonging at Quest
If you’re new to Quest, new to church, or just hoping to meet some friendly faces. You’ll get a chance to connect with others, hear from Quest leaders about ways to get involved, and discover spaces where you can truly belong.
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🏳️‍🌈Pride Picnic
Join the Q+ Gathering for a picnic in the park to celebrate Pride! We’ll provide hot dogs and hamburgers. Please bring a side dish or a drink to share. All are welcome – LGBTQIA+ folks and allies alike!
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🍴Ballard Community Dinners
Ballard Community Dinners primarily serve three demographics: anyone (housed or unhoused) who falls below the poverty line, marginalized communes, and isolated populations. If you would like to volunteer to serve at Community Dinners, you will have the opportunity to serve alongside and build connections with others in the neighborhood while living out our values of justice and compassion.
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🛐Sunday Worship
As always, join us in person or online for our Sunday service!

We are looking for folks to lead a Community Play this Summer!

Community Plays (C-Plays) are activity-based, social hangouts co-created to bring people together through community and play. Some examples of past c-plays: biking, volleyball, hiking, music sharing, gardening, crafting, food tours, thrifting. There are so many ways to play! (C-Plays will launch and be open to join in July.)

Leader interest forms are due June 21 so don’t wait too long! Email [email protected] if you have any questions.

It’s Pride and we’re celebrating all month long!

Pride T-Shirts
Stay fruity with our new Quest pride t-shirts! Order yours now and pick it up at the church in June. Shirts are not available for shipping and must be picked up at Quest. DM us if you need to arrange a non-Sunday pickup.

Q+ Pride Picnic
Join the Q+ Gathering for a picnic in the park! We’ll provide hot dogs and hamburgers, you bring a side dish or drink to share. All are welcome, LGBTQIA+ folks and allies alike. Sunday, June 14 at 3 pm at Carkeek Park.

Seattle Pride Parade
We are walking in the Seattle Pride Parade again this year and we would love to have you with us!!This is an all-ages celebration and a chance to bear witness to God’s inclusive love in our city. Save the date… route and other details coming soon.

The 2026 Quest pride t-shirts are here and they are everything.

This year’s design (created by the incredibly talented Katie Baumheckel) is bold, beautiful, and made to be worn loud and proud. Order yours nows and show off your pride!

Shirts are priced on a pay-what-you-can scale to make them more accessible for our community. If you are able to pitch in a little extra to help cover the cost for someone who cannot pay the full amount, we are grateful for that generosity.

Order now and pick up your shirt at Quest in June (dates tbd). No shipping available, but if Sundays do not work for you, reach out and we will figure something out.

Order here: https://seattlequest.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3652082.

Go get fruity.

Last weekend we had the joy and honor of celebrating Pastor Aaron Cho’s installation as the Lead Pastor of Quest Church. It was a weekend full of worship, friends and family (new and old), food (like, so much food), surprises, flash mobs, karaoke, storytelling, and celebration. We remembered Quest’s story and dreamed about our future.

Pastoral installation is never just about a Pastor — especially when your Pastor is Aaron Cho. It marks a new season in a community, an invitation to reflect on who we have been and who we are becoming together. We are becoming a community of deeper generosity, of more unabashed playfulness, of curiosity and thoughtfulness. We are pursuing hope, healing, wholeness, and a rootedness in the Holy Spirit.

We carry our time together with us in gratitude as we join Pastor Aaron, side-by-side, in the work of the church in Seattle and in the world. May it be so.

THIS WEEK AT QUEST (May 4- May 11)

🌸Kids Night In
Quest Kids and friends, ages 4 to 5th Grade are invited to a Spring-y night of games, crafts, and a movie with Director Syd and Volunteers at Quest Church. We will be making cards for Mother’s Day (or whoever the kids would like to celebrate)! Dinner will be provided for all participants, and donations will go towards Creative Arts and Justice (CAJ) camp!
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🪴Belonging at Quest
If you’re new to Quest, new to church, or just hoping to meet some friendly faces. You’ll get a chance to connect with others, hear from Quest leaders about ways to get involved, and discover spaces where you can truly belong.
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🍴Ballard Community Dinners
Ballard Community Dinners primarily serve three demographics: anyone (housed or unhoused) who falls below the poverty line, marginalized communes, and isolated populations. If you would like to volunteer to serve at Community Dinners, you will have the opportunity to serve alongside and build connections with others in the neighborhood while living out our values of justice and compassion.
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🛐Sunday Worship
As always, join us in person or online for our Sunday service!