WHY QUIRKEY'S?

When we realized that Trinity needed to be in the business of serving the University, Pastor Alan Head picked the idea of a cyber café to be the number one priority project.  The "Healthy Campus Initiative" was at a peak.  We found out that most students who come to the Sunday worship services didn't go to Wesley. . . . and Pastor Alan began to preach the Wesleyan gospel that the church is a place where searching souls can belong, believe and become.  Note that order of things, it's important!

Quirkey's was intended to be a place where college students can BELONG.

AN ALTERNATIVE FOR "THE STRIP"

It was originally intended to be for all types of students, regardless of religious affiliation.  It was a place where you could study, have fun and meet other students without the alcohol, tobacco smoke and risks of other college hangouts.  Students found at Quirkey's a socializing atmosphere--a place to get a smoothie, a cappuccino, a soda, or snacks, a place to search the Net, catch up on their e-mail, or print out a report, a place to watch TV or play a computer game, and, most of all, a place to meet and visit with friends.  

As time passed, though, wireless Internet connectivity spread so much that our free Internet access no longer was an attraction, and the price of bigger screen TVs has dropped so much that every dorm room, apartment and eatery has one or more.  

SO, WHAT GOES ON THERE NOW?

Now, Quirkey's is a ministry of space for scheduled programs and events for college students.  Informal Bible study groups may schedule their meetings there.  It's available for scheduled social events--usually for Wesley socials.  

Its main scheduled activity these days is Trinity's new campus ministry, ELEVATE--an in-depth look at some books of the Bible that have relevance in the lives of today's young men and women.  Philippians is the topic this year.  The ladies of the church provide great homemade desserts for this Sunday evening event.

If your group would like to use the facility on a one-time or regular basis, call Rev. Wade Griffith at the church office.

Mother of Quirkey's

Doris Kispert, interior designer and member of Trinity, was tasked by Pastor Alan with the challenge to change a junk room in the basement into a place where college students would want to hang out.  She poured her heart and soul into the project over the winter, spring and summer of 2002-3. 

It may have a bar, but you won't find alcohol or a smoke-filled back room!  

Quirkey's In The News

Trinity United Methodist Church

729 Paul W. Bryant Drive

Tuscaloosa, AL  35401

Phone:  759-4206

FAX:  759-4172

e-mail:office@trinityumc.info

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