April 2, 2008
Eastern PA District – Lock Haven, PA
A core group of fifteen began meeting for Sunday breakfast at a local restaurant on December 2. Their unique strategy in this college town is a partnership of ministry and business in which a full-time specialty coffee café will serve as the platform for outreach and ministry—a sort of “public living room.” The core group has doubled to about 30 in three months as they have worshipped, studied Scripture, begun laying groundwork for organizing a church, and planned for a September 2008 opening for the coffee café. The core group is already effectively reaching out—which has led to several unbelievers now attending their Sunday morning gatherings.