#2 Ain't Bad
It's official. Ebenezers was voted the #2 Coffeehouse by AOL CityGuide. Check it out. I was hoping we'd take top spot, but #2 ain't bad when you've been in business less than a year! And on a technicality, we're #1 in DC because Jammin' Java is in Virginia :)
Just thought I'd share a few coffeehouse thoughts.
In a sense, we have no business being in the coffeehouse business. We're not qualified. We had zero experience before jumping in. But we had a dream that was conceived and sustained by prayer! And it's amazing the way eight years of prayer can compensate for our inability or inexperience!
The driving motivation behind the coffeehouse has always been to create a third place--a place where the church and community could cross paths. Too many churches end up quarantined behind the four walls of the sanctuary.
Seems to me like Jesus hung out at wells. Wells weren't just places to draw water. They were natural gathering places in ancient culture. Coffeehouses are postmodern wells.
Going into this endeavor we knew we had to pass the starbucks litmus test. Starbucks sets the standard in the coffeehouse business. But I've always felt like the church should beat the world at their game. It's that sanctified competitive streak.
It's about more than good coffee. It's about more than a cool coffeehouse.
Ebenezers is coffee with a cause!
7 Comments:
Congratulations! I love the concept you guys have with the coffee house. Thanks for sharing this with us.
I just love this! Congrats!
Whoo hoo!! I love working there and am soooo excited we came in close to the top if not the top on that technicality.
Congrats NCC! That's quite an accomplishment and it's well deserved. The only thing I miss more than NCC is Ebenezers!
It's nice to see what great things can happen when you "work like it depends on you, and pray like it depends on God."
I would love to see that happen here in Ottawa. Right now I think we are using Starbuck and Tim Hortons as a mini version of the dream you guys have created. I look forward to when we acccomplish the same hear. Keep up the great vision. I can imagine how many lives may be touched that would never have been without this gathering place. Yey and Amen. You go people!
Peace and blessings to you all in Jesus' mighty name I pray:
Donna Davidson
That is awesome Mark! What an incredible testament to what God can do with people who let him do it.
Woo-hoo! We couldn't be more excited about the incredible ministry happening in your city and in your community because of Ebenezers. Coffee with a Cause! Way to go :)
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