Ready for a night out?

Ready for a night out?

  • Posted on June 27, 2016
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Summer is the perfect opportunity to jumpstart a connection revival in our neighborhoods. Two years ago, I began being intentional about reaching out and getting to know those who lived around me and discovered that organizing one thing each summer month helped to get things rolling and enhance connections with my neighbors. Can you imagine? Some of them I met for the very first time even though we had lived down the street from one another for as many as 14 years! I bet you can relate. We are living increasingly isolated lives. But even the smallest effort to move...Read more …

On the radio this week – Walk the Way

Inspired, blessed or challenged by Q Place’s Walk the Way radio minute? Ask your local Christian radio station to add Walk the Way to their program line-up! And make sure to check out the Walk the Way Facebook page. You can join the community there for daily, vibrant spiritual conversations. We hope you’ll catch Q Place…on the radio!Read more …

This summer, make your own mountaintop.

  • Posted on June 22, 2016
  • /Under On Q
“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more. You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.” John 15:1-4 (NLT) At Q Place, we know that in order to bear fruit for the Kingdom, we...Read more …
Summertime! Get to know your neighbors!

Summertime! Get to know your neighbors!

  • Posted on June 20, 2016
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What do you think Jesus meant when He said, “Love your neighbor as yourself?” Why not find out by getting to know yours better this summer!  One way to do this is by hosting (or co-hosting with another neighbor) a neighborhood cookout, BBQ or summer fresh dessert night! Here are some tips for your event: If a cookout doesn’t work where you live, make the party or dessert a potluck–everyone will enjoy contributing by bringing something to share. When your guests arrive, give them large nametags. Have them write their name in the center. Then in the four corners, ask them to...Read more …

On the radio this week – Walk the Way

Inspired, blessed or challenged by Q Place’s Walk the Way radio minute? Ask your local Christian radio station to add Walk the Way to their program line-up! And make sure to check out the Walk the Way Facebook page. You can join the community there for more on Q Place and daily, vibrant spiritual conversations. We hope you’ll catch Q Place…on the radio!Read more …
Coffee and Questions

Coffee and Questions

At our very first Q Place we had five new people from our community come! On our second, four more! We were so excited! God was so good! The following is a story of His faithfulness! In the spring of 2014, a 9-week sermon series on The 9 Arts of Spiritual Conversations was presented at our church. That teaching series was reinforced with discussion and practice in an Adult Discipleship class on Sundays and in an evening small group. During the same time frame, our pastor led a group called “How to Start a Q Place.” Our church was all in for Q Place!...Read more …
Team Up in a Triad!

Team Up in a Triad!

When you’re starting a Q Place, don’t do it alone! You could start with just one partner, but it’s best to team up with two other followers of Jesus. Together you will be an initiator triad—the nucleus of your new Q Place.  Why start with a triad? Strong core. A triad is the perfect size to be both transparent and mutually accountable. When your triad is transparent, accountable, and immersed in Scripture for transformation, you have a community that is perfect for spiritual growth. Mutual support. With your mixture of gifts, skills, and personalities, you will balance each other’s strengths and weaknesses...Read more …

On the Radio – Walk the Way

  • Posted on June 10, 2016
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Inspired, blessed or challenged by Q Place’s Walk the Way radio minute? Ask your local Christian radio station to add Walk the Way to their program line-up! And make sure to check out the Walk the Way Facebook page. You can join the community there for daily, vibrant spiritual conversations. We hope you’ll catch Q Place…on the radio!Read more …
Nothing to share? Not so true.

Nothing to share? Not so true.

  • Posted on June 8, 2016
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Not too long ago, while cooking and cleaning in the kitchen, my daughter, Emily, told me that her pastor was encouraging his church members to write out their faith story. Emily felt God nudging her through him and wrote out some of the lessons that God had been teaching her, little by little, over a 30 year period, starting at the age of 12. She closes her reflections with this scripture: “Let the Redeemed of the Lord tell their story…” (Psalm 107:2) When it comes to sharing the gospel with others, all too often many of us are falsely convinced that we...Read more …
Another Q Place?!

Another Q Place?!

  • Posted on June 7, 2016
  • /Under On Q
In the western suburbs of Chicago, I am getting ready to start a new Q Place! Since I travel and split my time between two homes, it has been a challenge to see how to do this. Impossible? Not for our awesome God. He has put a plan together that takes into account my unique circumstances, and He is enabling it to happen! Here’s how it’s unfolding. My friend Laurie has been praying for specific neighbors and friends to come to know Jesus. Laurie introduced me to Sally, a friend from her church. Sally and I discovered that we have...Read more …
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