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Staff & Leadership at Quest

Quest is, fundamentally, a gathering of people who together compose the church's organic faith community and leadership. To lead us in realizing our vision to be the church that we believe God is calling us to, we have been blessed with women and men who have sacrificed and contributed much to the leadership of the church. The church, ultimately, is comprised of three main synergistic forces - 1) the Pastoral and church staff, 2) the Elder Board, and 3) the entire church membership. It is through the church membership that we draw our critical ministry leaders for community groups and other ministries. In addition, internship opportunities are available for those who want to serve in that capacity.

EUGENE CHO | Lead Pastor, Q Cafe Executive Director, Teaching
Eugene, 37 years old, is the founding & lead pastor of Quest Church and the executive director of Q Cafe. Born in Korea, he immigrated to the US at age six and grew up in San Francisco. He and his wife, Minhee, have been married for eleven years and have three children. He studied Psychology and Theater at UC Davis and received his Masters at Princeton Theological Seminary. You can learn more about Pastor Eugene's story through the following resources:  Interview with Outreach Magazine; Portrait in the Seattle Times; Calling and Faith Story | Eugene is currently on sabbatical until September. You can keep up with his travels via his personal BLOG.

LEAH MCCANN KLUG | Pastor | Global Presence & Ministry Coordinator
Leah has served on the pastoral staff since 2006, currently oversees the Global Presence Ministry at Quest, and works to develop ministry leaders as the church's Ministry Coordinator. Leah has the distinction of having been Quest's first visitor and also the first manager of Q Cafe. She received a BA from the University of Washington in the Comparative History of Ideas and is completing her MDIV at Seattle University. She is passionate about God's call for justice in the world, empowering people, reading lots of books, and loving God. She and her husband Alan live in Wallingford. Keep up with Leah at her blog, a place at the table.  She can be reached at: .

RAY BARTEL | Pastor | Community and Pastoral Care| Teaching
Ray joined Quest in 2007 through Interbay merging into Quest. He pastored at Interbay Covenant Church from Nov. 00 - May 07. Ray married his high school sweetheart, Joy, in 1967. They have two children, a son and daughter, and three grandsons. Ray received his BS degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Washington and his Master of Divinity degree from North Park University. Prior to ministry, Ray was an engineer at Boeing. He can be reached at .

DEANZA SPAULDING | Pastor | Compassion & Justice
DeAnza has been on staff with QCafe since 2002 and joined the church staff in 2004. She joins the Quest staff to provide leadership in Compassion & Justice and to help provide pastoral care. DeAnza finished a Masters of Arts in counseling at Marshill Graduate School and also runs her private counseling practice. She and her husband, Frank and their daughter live in Ballard. Her passions include poetry, singing, and runs to Taco Del Mar. She can be reached at deanza@seattlequest.org.  Like most Quest staff you can read more at her blog, created for more.

GEORGE SONG | Ministry Director | Worship
George has been with Quest from day 1. He was one of the handful of folks that gathered at Pastor Eugene's home for the first Quest meeting. After graduating from the UW, he worked several years as an IT worker. Currently, when he's not investing his time at Quest, he works at Cingular. Among his many talents including gadgetry and Sprint PCS phones, George has a deep passion for worship, writing songs, and leading people into a closer relationship with Christ, some of which he tries to flesh out on his blog, senseless sayings.  You can reach him: .

JOANIE KOMURA | Staff | Finance Administrator
Joanie, a fourth generation Japanese-American, was born and raised in Seattle. She attended University of Wash. and worked at the Seattle Times for many years. In 2001, she stepped into church at Quest and eventually came to revelation of Jesus and was baptized at Quest. After volunteering for couple years, she officially joined the staff as the Finance Administrator in 2004. Along with her duties at Quest, she works as a freelance photographer and is avid fan of Bon Jovi. You can reach her: .

JASON RUST | Ministry Director | College / Community / Depth Classes
Jason and his wife, Nancy, joined Quest in '06 after moving to Seattle from Santa Barbara.  In August of '08 he came on staff as a ministry director for the college ministry, Quest's community groups, and the depth classes.  To the staff he's simply known as Mr. Drupal which is a refererence to the fact he is the staff computer nerd and tries to do cool things with the church website.  He attended Westmont college, came out of college with more questions than answers, and so continued on to Fuller Seminary.  He is ever attempting to make the perfect latte to accompany the perfect loaf of sourdough.  Pretty much anything outdoors sounds like a good idea to him. Email: jason@seattlequest.org.  Requisite blog, the blip.

JESSICA HONG | Staff | Office Administrator

Jessica grew up in Shoreline, WA where she currently resides. She moved to Nashville, TN in 2003 but moved back in '07 after learning first hand that there really is no place like home. She's currently pursuing a Creative Writing degree at UW. Her voice is featured on a few obscure contemporary Christian music releases as well as some outdated Spirit 105.3 radio commercials and the church voicemail box. She's always trying to improve her guitar and keyboard skills but her glockenspiel skills are legendary. Email: .