Connie Jakab is planting a church at a new housing initiative in the Ogden neighbourhood of Calgary. As a long time community energizer, Connie has built an enduring presence in Calgary through her work within the arts community, mental health and business sector.

Now her attention has turned to the neighbourhood she lives and grew up in. Ogden Church meets in the common room of a housing development created by The Mustard Seed, a faith-based organization that exists to eliminate homelessness and reduce poverty.

Ogden Church values breaking bread together around a table rather than sitting in rows as passive listeners.

Links:

Connie’s Website

https://conniejakab.com/

Ogden Church

https://www.ogdenchurch.ca/

Ogden Hub 29

https://muchmorethanahome.ca/

The Mustard Seed

https://theseed.ca/

With Glenn Kaiser, Danny Brooks, Connie Jakab and Ryan Stockert.

Previous QUEST conversations explored the first two letters ‘Q and U’. Q stands for Qualitative Neighbouring, those who live as part of intentional Christian community and see their front porch as their platform of ministry.

The letter ‘U’ is Urban Churches. What makes a local congregation distinctly urban as compared to suburban, town or rural? Urban churches give us a great window into the mission of God for our cities.

Today we are featuring the letter ‘E’ which stands for Energizers. What does it look like to be people that bring God’s energy to bear on the culture and sub-cultures they belong to? Energizers bring Spirit to culture.

So let’s meet our guests. And we’ve included friends from south of the border in our Canadian conversation.

Church At The Community Table (Connie Jakab Interview)

Energizers Bringing Spirit To Culture - QUEST Conversation