SH4- Cafechurch
I went to a seminar led by Cid Latty (Geraldine's brother) about Cafechurch. Basically the idea is that they set up a church in Costa Coffee which proved so successful that the regional manager of Costa asked could they get this in every Costa in his Region. They then took it to the nationwide head quarters and polled all Costa managers. None were against the idea, some were really keen and some were indifferent. Basically it could be possible to open a church in every Costa across the country. It could be run in any coffee shop, you attend a day's training which teaches you "how to" and they provide resources. I think that they tend to hold the sessions monthly and either close the store for exclusive cafechurch use or not. The church then underwrites the shop sales for the hour and a half they're in there so they have guaranteed takings. Some pay for the first drink of participants.
I'm really interested in this as a fresh expression of church and would have really liked to have seen the sort of material they use (didn't get to a cafechurch session as it clashed with the Big Top celebration event). Basically meeting people where they are at means that people who would never step in a church still get to talk about spiritual matters. The downsides for me are that it's still an expression of middle class spirituality.
I'd still like to give it a go.
(There's one in Northallerton if any of my friends in the North wanted to pop along and try it out for me!)
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