Coffee Shop Sunday #2

Our second Coffee Shop Sunday gathering took place this afternoon at Costa Coffee when we sang, prayed and had "Christmas Conversations".

The songs were '10,000 Reasons - Bless the Lord Oh my Soul' (Matt Redman), 'Silent Night', 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing' and 'Here I am to Worship' (Tim Hughes.

It was a good turnout with 35 people, including at least 6-8 new people.
 
It's still early days but so far so good!

THE NEXT COFFEE SHOP SUNDAY WILL TAKE PLACE ON 5TH JANUARY 2020 AT 4.30 PM

Trevor and Andy

 

Marcus and Dumi

 

Dumi and Son

 



June, Annie and Giles

Coffee and a Sing-Song!

Hope to see you at CSS (Coffee Shop Sunday) for a Coffee and Sing-Song! ☕️😁 🎹

Team Meeting

Here is some of the team at today's planning meeting: Helen, Bill, John and Annie. The rest of the team will meet on Sunday.
NEXT COFFEE SHOP SUNDAY: 15 DECEMBER 2019 AT 4.30 PM

The Maiden Voyage

We set sail for our first gathering on 1st December in Costa Coffee at Gallagher Retail Park, Coventry. There were 21 of us including 3 Costa staff which was a great start!

 

It was a unique experience for all of us as we "met God in an ordinary place."
 

Costa Coffee was open for the first half hour and although no customers stayed on we nevertheless made contact with them. Seeds were planted.
 

As Trevor said in his opening remarks, "one of the best ways I learned to ride a bike as a kid was by falling off several times."
 

This first gathering was a massive learning experience for us all.

• Yes we could have done things better
• Yes some things could have been more slick and professional.

And yet, our feeling is of great warmth and pride that we are up and running and we will take valuable lessons into our next session on 15th December.
 

John Wesley said on his death bed "Most of all is. God is with us" - Amen to that Mr Wesley.

 

Marcus P provided the music: "10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord Oh my Soul)" by Matt Redman, "When the Music Fades" by Matt Redman and "Hear the Call of the Kingdom" by Stuart Townend.

Marcus P and Trevor 

 Marcus Torchon, Superintendent Minister, hands the mic to Valerie

 

"Meeting God in an Ordinary Place"

Welcome to the Blog of Coffee Shop Sunday – “Meeting God in an ordinary place”

This Blog will enable you to keep up to date with our exciting new church here in Coventry.
 

Services will start on Sunday, 1^st December, in the Costa Coffee Shop on Gallagher Retail Park, Coventry. We are initially going to meet fortnightly and will build to weekly sessions in the New Year. We will therefore have two sessions before Christmas on 1^st and 15^th December.
 

We are going to gather at 4.30pm and from 5pm we will have a 45/50 minute modern-style worship session. We will sing modern Christian songs; there will be short talks using straightforward language; services will be inter-active and time will be set aside for prayers. Oh, by the way, you can also enjoy a coffee (or tea of course) on us.

Anyone is welcome to come along to Coffee Shop Sunday including people who already go to church and we look forward in particular to welcoming people who don’t normally go to church. We are providing an opportunity for you to “meet God in an ordinary place” so please feel free to come along and maybe bring someone you know.

There are going to be plenty of pictures on this Blog as the weeks pass and as a starter here are a couple of pictures showing the team busily ‘planning’ and two of the lovely Costa staff who will be serving us at our Sunday sessions.

We hope you will enjoy reading this Blog and comment when you can – feedback is important for us as we step out on this journey with nervousness but also with tremendous excitement.

Most importantly we know God is helping us with this project so we know we are in good hands.

Trevor

The Planning Team



The friendly Costa Coffee Staff



Costa Coffee - a VERY warm welcome!