This Coffee
House thing...this is so cool!
Last summer, I think it was, Chad and I were chatting on the way home from
church. It's a 45 minute drive, so there was plenty of time to dream.
One of us, I think it was Chad, had an idea for a coffee house type thing. We would offer free drinks, at least the first one would be free, and spend an hour or so just letting people mill around and enjoy themselves.
After an hour or so we would have a short drama or a song or something and each round table with 3-4 people at it (we would make sure all groups were 3-4 people, even if we had to ask people to move) would have a list of questions to discuss about the drama, etc. After some time of 'table talk,' we would have a facilitator lead a discussion. The whole thing would last about an hour or so, would include religious, moral, culturally significant topics.
We looked for a place, got the students excited about it, then finally gave it up for then because of lack of funds.
And then, out of the blue, we got a phone call this past September from the local United Methodist church. They wanted to know who they could help GCF, what they could do for the students.
After several meetings they rented the space, set up a budget for us, and the Coffee House got started! Some of the members come over every week to meet students, hang around, help out, etc. They see a need being met, namely, a place for students to gather in a good environment, get study help, and be exposed to Christian students and non-students in a non-threating environment.
And God has shown us His faithfulness by bringing along what we needed to get the dream He gave us going!
Now, we aren't doing the drama and discussion thing at this point. We are just providing coffee, Italian soda (club soda with flavorings added,) and games like Uno and Scrabble. The students come over, get a free drink, visit with us and their friends, study, play Uno, whatever...it's great!
We have other dreams that we feel God has given us, too, and it is so easy now to investigate them, then wait for His time and people to come help us realize them!
One of us, I think it was Chad, had an idea for a coffee house type thing. We would offer free drinks, at least the first one would be free, and spend an hour or so just letting people mill around and enjoy themselves.
After an hour or so we would have a short drama or a song or something and each round table with 3-4 people at it (we would make sure all groups were 3-4 people, even if we had to ask people to move) would have a list of questions to discuss about the drama, etc. After some time of 'table talk,' we would have a facilitator lead a discussion. The whole thing would last about an hour or so, would include religious, moral, culturally significant topics.
We looked for a place, got the students excited about it, then finally gave it up for then because of lack of funds.
And then, out of the blue, we got a phone call this past September from the local United Methodist church. They wanted to know who they could help GCF, what they could do for the students.
After several meetings they rented the space, set up a budget for us, and the Coffee House got started! Some of the members come over every week to meet students, hang around, help out, etc. They see a need being met, namely, a place for students to gather in a good environment, get study help, and be exposed to Christian students and non-students in a non-threating environment.
And God has shown us His faithfulness by bringing along what we needed to get the dream He gave us going!
Now, we aren't doing the drama and discussion thing at this point. We are just providing coffee, Italian soda (club soda with flavorings added,) and games like Uno and Scrabble. The students come over, get a free drink, visit with us and their friends, study, play Uno, whatever...it's great!
We have other dreams that we feel God has given us, too, and it is so easy now to investigate them, then wait for His time and people to come help us realize them!
