I have always believed that there are three fundamental needs in each of our lives:1.  To be loved2.  To love3.  To have meaning and purpose in life These three needs are only addressed and experienced in the midst of relationships.  Therefore, the isolated person is largely unable to have these needs satisfied. The need we have for meaning and purpose in life…

This fall, starting this Sunday, we will be focusing on the theme of Welcome Home.  Of all the phrases that warm the human heart, there are few like that of “Welcome Home.”  When you have been away for an extended length of time or when you have been caught up in a traumatic emergency away from home, a warm embrace and a…

Being connected within the church body is vitally important and we want to give our Quest Men and Women ample opportunity to do that! SO, we’re kicking off fall with two events!  Gals and Guac is the perfect opportunity for our ladies of Quest to get together for a casual dinner. They’ll be meeting up at Rosalita’s in Des Peres the evening…

This Sunday will mark the 5th year of our outdoor baptism service that we’ve lovingly dubbed… the Baptism Palooza. It’s a party! Church is a party! Baptism is a time to celebrate the amazing sacrifice that Jesus made for us on the cross so long ago. He saved us. He made us NEW and all we need to do is accept that…

It’s So Much More Than Simply Church Business I know it is a bit strange, or at least uncommon, to have a church ‘business meeting’ on a Sunday morning, imbedded in the worship service.  I have never seen it in any other church that I have been associated with, and maybe you haven’t either. There are two distinct reasons why we do…

Our PERSPECTIVE of life and all the anxious moments that come our way either drive us in the direction of fear and despair or they move us toward depending on something or someone beyond ourselves. Life has a barrel full of challenging issues for each one of us.  It seems as though those issues are bigger and heavier than ever before. That…