Energeo

If I thought that the week prior to my last blog was busy, it was nothing compared to this last week! I am hoping that this week will be a little less so, but I'm not holding my breath.

The biggest news that is going on in my life right now is that this coming Wednesday the 17th. The new coffee shop at our church that I am running will celebrate it's grand opening. And we (I) have finally, finally, finally decided on a name. It has been a long and grueling process, let me tell you. I mean, it's literally taken months and hours and hours of time. But I have to tell you...I think it's worth it. The name will be announced via email to all the staff at Grace today, so I feel comfortable announcing it to all of you as well. I'm pretty sure none of the elders at church read my blog. =) So without further adieu, the name of our coffee shop is....(drum roll, please)

Cafe Energeo

Energeo is a Greek word pronounced (en-erg-eh'-0) It means: "to work in", "to be active, operative", or "faith as the energizer of love."

I think this is awesome on a number of levels. But in particular, what has come because of the word...and that is our mission statement. I knew for a mission statement, I wanted a verse...but I didn't know which verse or exactly what I wanted it to say. But because of the word Energeo, God helped me find Galatians 5:6 and our mission statement via the Amplified Bible "....faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love." THAT is the heart that I have for the cafe.

I am hoping to be able to stencil these things on the walls of the cafe so that everyone will be able to understand the meaning and the heart behind it. I am so excited to be a part of this ministry. I feel like I have been waiting for years for a ministry to come along that truly speaks to my heart and my gifting and I've found it. Coffee. Coffee may sound like a strange ministry. But I think it's the perfect example of how God can take someone's gifts and their likes or hobbies and turn them into something that He can use for His work. I have ALREADY seen God working in this and it's not even open yet! So I know He's here. And in God's presence is exactly where I want to be.