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I found myself giggling with recognition at the sometimes overt, sometimes sly references to so many cherished pop subcultures. From the first pages, I decided I needed to be friends with Jordan Haynie Ware. Her deep geekery is matched only by her deep faith and her excitement to share both. --Adam Thomas, fellow geek and author of Digital Disciple Jordan Ware proclaims that geeks and the Church go together, and in The Ultimate Quest: A Geek's Guide to [the Episcopal] Church, she does a remarkable job of helping adventure-lovers navigate their way through the often alien-like world that is the Church. For Ware, who on her Twitter account describes herself as 'the Episcopal Leslie Knope: young, scrappy, and hungry, ' the Christian life is the greatest adventure of all, and the Episcopal path to that adventure is one well worth exploring. This book will make you smile, laugh, learn, read it again, and invite others to join you in the great adventure. --C.K. Robertson, Ph.D., Canon to the Presiding Bishop for Ministry Beyond the Episcopal Church Jordan Haynie Ware wants to make church fun and challenging again, and she succeeds through a combination of reverence, knowledge, and popular culture references that dare readers to re-conceptualize what belief can mean for Episcopalians today. This is a thorough, thoughtful, and entertaining book. --Kaya Oakes, editor and contributing writer for KillingtheBuddha.com By drawing on the language of official millennial geekdom, Jordan brings the history of the Anglican and Episcopal Church forward, making it readily accessible and understandable to a whole new generation of seekers. Using the language of this new generation, RPG players, Sci-Fi aficionados, Trekkies, and Star Wars geeks are invited to connect to a universe of reconciliation, redemption, and sacred adventure. There is a longing for connection in each of us, and Jordan offers the geeks among us a clever, whimsical, and adventurous way forward! --Mary Foster Parmer, Director of Gathering of Leaders and creator of InviteWelcomeConnect Jordan Haynie Ware casts a wide and engaging net for the church in this engaging guide. Worship and theology are seen through the lens of gaming culture, enriching the worship experience of all readers. --Sarah Condon, associate editor of The Mockingbird Blog, co-host of The Mockingcast, and Assistant for Pastoral Care at St. Martin's Church in Houston, Texas

"""I found myself giggling with recognition at the sometimes overt, sometimes sly references to so many cherished pop subcultures. From the first pages, I decided I needed to be friends with Jordan Haynie Ware. Her deep geekery is matched only by her deep faith and her excitement to share both."" --Adam Thomas, fellow geek and author of Digital Disciple ""Jordan Ware proclaims that ""geeks and the Church go together,"" and in The Ultimate Quest: A Geek's Guide to [the Episcopal] Church, she does a remarkable job of helping adventure-lovers navigate their way through the often alien-like world that is the Church. For Ware, who on her Twitter account describes herself as 'the Episcopal Leslie Knope: young, scrappy, and hungry, ' the Christian life is the greatest adventure of all, and the Episcopal path to that adventure is one well worth exploring. This book will make you smile, laugh, learn, read it again, and invite others to join you in the great adventure."" --C.K. Robertson, Ph.D., Canon to the Presiding Bishop for Ministry Beyond the Episcopal Church ""Jordan Haynie Ware wants to make church fun and challenging again, and she succeeds through a combination of reverence, knowledge, and popular culture references that dare readers to re-conceptualize what belief can mean for Episcopalians today. This is a thorough, thoughtful, and entertaining book."" --Kaya Oakes, editor and contributing writer for KillingtheBuddha.com ""By drawing on the language of official millennial geekdom, Jordan brings the history of the Anglican and Episcopal Church forward, making it readily accessible and understandable to a whole new generation of seekers. Using the language of this new generation, RPG players, Sci-Fi aficionados, Trekkies, and Star Wars geeks are invited to connect to a universe of reconciliation, redemption, and sacred adventure. There is a longing for connection in each of us, and Jordan offers the geeks among us a clever, whimsical, and adventurous way forward!"" --Mary Foster Parmer, Director of Gathering of Leaders and creator of InviteWelcomeConnect ""Jordan Haynie Ware casts a wide and engaging net for the church in this engaging guide. Worship and theology are seen through the lens of gaming culture, enriching the worship experience of all readers."" --Sarah Condon, associate editor of The Mockingbird Blog, co-host of The Mockingcast, and Assistant for Pastoral Care at St. Martin's Church in Houston, Texas"

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Jordan Haynie Ware is a newly ordained Episcopal priest who has spent the last six years studying and interacting with youth and young adults who are either in church or seeking church. She is the founding moderator and contributor to All Faithful Can, Sermons that Work, and The Real World (a production of The Young Clergywoman Project). She is the Director of Youth & Young Adult Ministry at All Saints in Fort Worth, Texas, and is a 2013 graduate of Yale Divinity School.

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