Quest’s 50th Anniversary Program
Begins September 24th

Quest’s Fall 2026 Program begins on Thursday, September 24th, and continues every Thursday through October 29th. This fall’s program will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Quest’s founding in September 1976. Please watch this website for further details about how we will celebrate as our 50th birthday approaches!

To help us start off the celebration of our 50th anniversary, we invite you to submit a significant memory or impression of Lancaster from the past 50 years. Perhaps it was a performance you attended in one of our local theaters, a personal milestone, a weather event, or a memorable Quest lecture. We ask that you send your brief submission to questtrinity76@gmail.com. You may sign your name or submit anonymously. Selected submissions will be posted during our fall session and will appear on our Facebook page at Quest for Learning Lancaster, PA. Please follow us!

Following is an overview of the fall program. For details, select the “View the Fall 2026 Program” button above. Several topics relate to the 50th anniversary of Quest and the 250th anniversary of the United States’ Declaration of Independence.

9:40

The 20th Keller Memorial Series

American History & Film 

Short Story Discussion Group

Science, Transformations, & World Views

11:00

Storied Trees of Lancaster County

The Archaeology of Coffee

The Novel

Lancaster Then and Now

All sessions will be presented in person at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 31 S. Duke St., in downtown Lancaster.

Some seminars will be recorded and made available for viewing on this website a few days after the “live” presentations. The seminars that will be recorded this spring are denoted above by asterisks.

For more than forty 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.