Cafe Spring

It was a big day on Sunday… though I feel a bit unqualified to comment fully on it (others put in so much more work and effort — thank you!!!), I still desire to communicate a few impressions. Our community, the Spring, put on a huge God-party. We had free espresso, great food, incredible music (Jason Sharp Band and DJ Flood), a fire-pit, outdoor patio area, tons of special lighting, cafe bistro tables and all the usual interior decorations. It was our biggest effort yet to create the best cafe, or “culture pub,â€? in our history… and we’ve put together more than a couple in the past!

The night started with some teaching from the book of John, with the core group of people (about 25), which is part of our normal weekly gathering. Then, by 7 pm, about 100 people converged for the concert and to partake in the free cafe experience. It was a tantalizing sample of our future Vox, and a taste of what our town is ready for. We need a permanent place like this so badly!!! The majority of our guests were youths — late high school to college age. The conversations were buzzing, many wondering what this place was, what opportunities this venue might bring for their artistic expressions, who we were, and why were we doing this? Words feel stuck now as I’m trying to convey the layers of thought and emotion surrounding this night — so many implications for the future, and so much encouragement that we are on the right path pursuing establishing a Vox culture pub here!

People want a place to go. They want a place in which to express themselves. They want a place to hang and talk and drink coffee and sit by a fire-pit and hear good music and get a massage and bring up the deep questions of life. It all happened here last night. With some minor advertising and the motion of wagging tongues, word was spread and 100 people came ready to experience… experience what? Is it too big to say that they came to experience God? Yeah, that’s a stretch, but if they come back day after day, week after week, they’re going to run into Him. God, we need a place for these people!!!!!!

Posters for our musicians

Jason Sharp Band

Jason

DJ Flood

Segment of the crowd

Man twirling gold flags by the fire

Tim and Josiah enjoying the fire

There’s so much more I wish I had captured and so many faces I want to see here. They’ll come…