Quest for Learning

Quest’s Spring 2026 Program begins
Thursday, April 9th

Quest’s Spring 2026 Program begins on Thursday, April 9th, and continues every Thursday through May 14th. This spring’s program will bring to a close the 50th year of Quest’s presentations and lead up to our celebration of the 50th anniversary of Quest’s founding during our Fall 2026 program. Please watch for further details as our 50th birthday approaches!

Please note that Quest is starting two weeks later than usual this spring because Easter occurs relatively early this year and starting around the usual date would affect the continuity of our program.

An overview of the program is shown below. Complete information on all the sessions, as well as online registration, will be available on this website as soon as details are settled. All sessions will be presented in person at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 31 S. Duke St., in downtown Lancaster.

Selected sessions will be recorded and made available for viewing on this website a few days after the “live” presentations. Which sessions will be recorded will not be decided until shortly before the spring program begins, but will be posted here as soon as decisions are made.

9:40 a.m. Seminars

Windows on the World: The Great Observing Systems of Science
Dr. Richard Clark, Presenter
Dr. Helena Tuleya-Payne, Coordinator

Mortality and Meaning: Can We Make Sense of Death?
Dr. Lee Barrett, Presenter
Dr. Robert Bresler, Coordinator

Short Story Discussion Group
Dr. Amy Moreno, Coordinator

Some Hard Realities in America
Jerry Henige, Presenter
Prof. Dennis Dougherty, Coordinator

11 a.m. Seminars

Baseball: Fans and Their Passion for the Game
Dr. Joseph Karlesky, Coordinator

Philosophy’s Distancing and Reconnecting Us to the World
Dr. Glen Mazis, Presenter
Dr. Pat Johnson, Coordinator

The Elizabethtown College Lecture Series
Elizabethtown College Faculty, Presenters
Dr. Fletcher McClellan, Coordinator

Maintaining Your Health as You Age
Dr. Scott Silverstein, Coordinator

Please enjoy our Sample Recordings by selecting the gold button above.

For almost fifty years Quest for Learning has offered people of retirement age in the Lancaster community an opportunity to attend a continuing series of educational and enlightening seminars. Presented in six-week sessions twice a year, the seminars cover a wide range of topics — history, literature, current affairs, art, music, science, mathematics, politics, law and many others — and are presented by leading local experts in their fields — educators, public officials, business and community leaders, writers, artists and musicians. Quest participants encounter a unique adventure in learning, experiencing mental stimulation and growth, the excitement of new knowledge, and the pleasure of gathering with old friends and making new ones.

All Quest sessions are presented in person at Trinity Lutheran Church in downtown Lancaster. Quest is deeply indebted and grateful to Trinity Lutheran Church for, over nearly fifty years, providing us with the use of its facilities, as well as considerable logistical and technical support.

Technical and staffing limitations preclude us from live-streaming sessions, but recordings of selected sessions will be available on this website shortly after the sessions occur.