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05.29.2008

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thequest family,

Strawberries...yum. I ate one out of my garden this morning. It was big and red and juicy.

I began thinking back a few years to a little article I shared that became a vision for us at thequest >> a strawberry patch vision . I was looking back at those pictures and I realized that our patch has grown in our backyard. It has filled in the space! Below is a picture so you can see it ( and there are a few more on the blog. (Ch

In addition our strawberry patch for thequest has continued to grow and reproduce in urban Columbus and beyond.

In the news section below you'll read about a new church getting started here in the city that is an off shoot. You'll also read about our friends the Kipps who are shooting off to another place...and our family is too. There are people who are living transformed lives in different corners of Columbus and around the world because of thequest.

We are also seeing that new leadership is emerging within thequest to continue the vision of being a Strawberry Patch. There will be more to share about all of that in the weeks to come.

Press on,

Mike

House Churches

Tuesday Night House Church
Tuesday Night at 6:30pm
Connect with Amy HERE

Family House Church
Thursday Night at 6:30pm
Call Mike for more details (314.6350) or email HERE

OSU House Church
Sunday afternoon at 1pm

In Baker Hall/ P-space

Contact Josh HERE

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Special Celebration of thequest

Sunday, June 22

5-8pm

Goodale Park Shelterhouse

120 W. Goodale Blvd. Columbus, OH 43215

The Jentes family is moving to Long Beach CA. They have had a significant impact on those in thequest, Italian Village and the Short North, their school, their jobs, and many others. Come and join them at this open-house send-off! Please enter Goodale Park at the Park Street entrance. See the E-vite HERE

If you would like to write them a note of encouragement or appreciation,

please email it to aparagon@gmail.com by June 15, 2008.

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Church Multiplication Associates
www.cmaresources.org

Family of Grace Brethren Churches
    www.fgbc.org
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Grace Brethren International Missions
    www.gbim.org

Homeless Coalition--Columbus

www.columbushomeless.org

North Central Ohio Grace Brethren Churches

www.ncograce.org

Ron and Chery Boehm

Midwest USA Church Planting

ministry website

Feb 2008 newsletter

Adam & Cara Kipp

Dallas, Texas

Newsy Vol7 blog

Tom and Doris Julien

Strategic Alliance for Leadership Training

www.gbim.org

SALT Newsletter

Sam, Tracey, Caleb & Ema Schwartz

Porto, Portugal

email us here

Ferdinand & Christine Feyboi

Central African Republic

family pic latest update

Rob & Nichole Plaster

Paris, France

email us here

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Big Kipp News ( or is that newsy?)

3 huge news items from our friends Adam and Cara Kipp:

1) Adam graduated (we're sure with flying colors) from Dallas Theological Seminary on May 10th.

2) We have answered God's call to move to Washington, IL where Adam will be the pastor of Grace Bible Church. The town of Washington, Illinois is a suburb of Peoria and we are planning on moving there in June.

3) So that Cara doesn't feel left out...She had a baby...a bouncing boy:

Maxwell Roger Kipp

Birthday Day- May 13,2008
Birth Time- 5:33pm CST
Height- 21.5 inches
Weight- 8 pounds 15 ounces

Ali on Operation Barnabas

Our friend Ali French, who has helped us for the year with our Children's Ministry for our Sunday evening assemblies is going on Operation Barnabas-a summer long ministry team for teens. She sent us a support letter to ask for prayer support because her financial support was already cared for. Please pray! She's at orientation now...You can find out more about OB here

A New Urban Church Plant is in formation--Capital City Grace

Our vision is to be like an oak tree that is physically rooted in our city and spiritually rooted in God's Word. Capital City Grace has been the vision of Larry and Sylvia Totzke for quite some time. Larry and Sylvia moved to the Short North district of urban Columbus over seven years ago as part of the team from East Side GBC that founded the quest. The Totzke's believe God wants to use them to plant this church to reach the downtown neighborhoods.

God has also called Eric and Julie Miller to also be on the team to begin this work. They moved to Columbus in February after talking about living in Columbus since before getting married almost two years ago. They spent the first year of their marriage praying and waiting for the right ministry opportunity, always listing Columbus as their first choice. Both Eric and Julie had lived in larger cities and were craving a return to life and ministry in the city.

If you want to stay connected via email to all the plans, you can subscribe to the mailing list HERE. You can find contact info on the website at www.capitalcitygrace.com (the website is being constructed even now, so look for a new launch soon!).

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News from the Plasters

True Love does it still exist? We recently have run into many of our contacts who are asking questions about relationships. We decided to talk about it during our Saturday night House Church for the next few weeks. We will be looking at the Songs of Songs and other passages which talk about God's plan for true love.Check out more at their blog here

Surf Camp Success!
Earlier this month was the first Christian Surfers event in Northern Portugal. Praise God with us for the 80 or so in attendance, and the many non-believers that attended. Pray for our friend Sam in Porto as he is involved in discipling some of the leaders of this outreach.