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thequest family,
As we have just past Father's Day, I've been thinking a lot about parenting--not only in my responsibility to the children of my bloodline--but the responsibility to the spiritual saints I have had the privilege of walking with over the last 8 years. It has been such a joy and great satisfaction to see Jesus connect men, women and children to authentic and loving relationships with people and Himself through thequest. (That isn't to say there haven't been struggles and hard times too!)
One of the families that the Lord has allowed Mindi and I to have a special relationship with is the Jackson's. We had the privilege of being there for their wedding, first child (and the other two too), their discipleship and growth in Jesus. They have known us and we have known them. We have a deep and abiding respect and love for their family and their walk with Jesus.
The Lord has been quietly, and sometimes loudly, calling them to serve Jesus with their whole lives. They have grown and are growing into this calling. On a Friday night, several weeks back Josh looked Mindi and I in the face and asked if they could adopt our baby--thequest. He & Kristi knew that we had been the major impetus to start and leaders of the community...and he wanted to know if as we go, he and Kristi could step in as spiritual parents for our humble band of followers.
After some tears of joy, it was obvious in our hearts that God had called a leader from thequest to step into the role of ministering with and to thequest family. In keeping with that, we are delighted to introduce you to the Jackson family:
Introducing the Jackson
Family
Joshua
Jackson was raised in a south suburb of Chicago, IL. He received his
undergraduate degree in biological sciences from Northern Illinois
University. During that time, Josh connected with Students for
Christ, a disciple making ministry on campus. He received training
in evangelism and discipleship, and was a member of the Core
Leadership Team. He went on to earn his Doctorate of Pharmacy degree
at The Ohio State University. While pursuing his doctorate degree,
he met his wife Kristi. Joshua is currently employed with Mount Carmel Health System as a Patient Care Pharmacist and Kristi is a full time mom. They are proud parents of Graci, Macee, and Micaiah. Josh plans to continue to work as a pharmacists and they will serve the Lord bi-vocationally. Josh and Kristi have a passion to reach the world for Christ through the Great Commission to make disciples (Matt 28:18-20), and train workers to go out in the harvest fields (Luke 10:2). They have been called by Jesus Christ as His fellow workers to “preach the gospel to all creation” (Mark 16:15).
If you would like to connect with them, feel free to at josh@thequestcolumbus.com.
Press on, Mike
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Special Celebration of thequest
Sunday, June 22
5-8pm
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.
Brunch Assembly
Sunday July 12th @ 10am
hosted at the Jackson's map
more info at josh@thequestcolumbus.com
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Church Multiplication Associates
Family of Grace Brethren Churches
Homeless Coalition--Columbus
North Central Ohio Grace Brethren Churches
Adam & Cara Kipp Dallas, Texas
Tom and Doris Julien Strategic Alliance for Leadership Training
Sam, Tracey, Caleb & Ema Schwartz Porto, Portugal
Ferdinand & Christine Feyboi Central African Republic
Rob & Nichole Plaster Paris, France
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DRIVEN 08 is only a week away!!!!
Thurs. June 26-Sun June 29 Otterbein College (Westerville, OH)
You can still register for the conference at www.drivenconference.com
Also Driven Offers Single Day Rates
Now you can register for a single day to attend the 2008 conference. A single day rate costs $35 per day and includes an additional Thursday or Sunday session. For instance if you are planning to attend Friday you’ll also be able to attend the Thursday evening session and likewise the Saturday rate includes the Sunday morning session.
Please be aware that we can only accommodate so many additional participants in the cafeteria on campus, so it’s a first come first serve policy for any day rate attendees that want to purchase meals in the cafeteria at an additional fee. You can travel off-site to a number of convenient restaurants. Lodging is not include in this fee. Don’t forget we also have a commuter Day Rate that does include 4 meals in the cafeteria for lunch and dinner on Friday and Saturday, but no lodging for $95. We hope to see you at Driven ‘08!
July 7-10 (Mon-Thurs) 7:00pm - 8:30pm
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We need helpers & mentors...contact us here if you can help
Not only has the new website launched for Capital City Grace (www.capitalcitygrace.com) but they had their first launch team meeting with 4 families this week. If you want to stay connected via email to all the plans, you can subscribe to the mailing list HERE.
In Memory of David
Wachtel
In an emotional and impactful memorial service we remembered the life of David Wachtel. Part of that was remembering him as an artist/ songwriter/ author. Over the time of our relationship with David he submitted a number of works to us, and we posted a few on our website. I just wanted to catalog them here for your enjoyment and to his memory.
Angel Roads -by David Wachtel song lyrics
Bought And Paid For -by David Wachtel song lyrics - a launching point for contributions and more In Tune with the Trinity -by David Wachtel
That You May Believe: A Study Outline of the Gospel of John by Larry Totzke & David Wachtel (c) 2006 (PDF)
thequest email UPdate announcing David's homegoing on June 4, 2008: http://www.thequestcolumbus.com/emailarchive/email06.04.08.html
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New Article
Busting the Myth of Pre-Evangelism by Randy Siever http://doableevangelism.com/2008/06/01/busting-the-myth-of-pre-evangelism/
Jesus and the Kids by Jason Evans http://www.cmaresources.org/node/214
Every Person You Meet is a Window for God's Blessing --Rick Warren's Ministry Blog http://www.pastors.com/RWMT/article.asp?ArtID=8012
Does God Speak to His People? by John Eldredge http://www.catalystspace.com/content/monthly/detail.aspx?id=176&m=3&y=2008
It's Time to Die by Wolfgang Simson http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8800635107494533039
The Effect of Rabbit Trails: The Creativity of God by Ed Waken http://cmaresources.org/node/161
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