Groups

Groups...
Groups are a great inroad for us at the cafe. Apart for helping the economic side of the ministry, they are a point of connection with often a new social circle.
We often have groups if up to 15 young people arrive at the cafe and we have to get things in rapid motion to attend them all! This obviously limits our one-on-one interaction with them but also gives the opportunity to connect with the group as a whole or tell them a little bit about the cafe.

This is often an icebreaker for when individuals return to start a closer relationship with the individual and share life and Jesus authentically with them.

Today we have had lots of groups through and God is at work calling individuals and groups to a new freedom in Jesus.

Not go Ere

Now I'm not one to embrace bad grammar but we do have an in joke here about "not go". It was a Spanglish phrase coined by Sandy's cousin when I had to travel to a conference and was farewelling the family.

This time it applied to our beloved Ere who after almost two years of faithful service in the cafe has finished up her time to return to full time study and look for part time work in her area of study.

Ere has been a special blessing to us in the cafe and we have shared many special moments with her. She has been serving with us since we opened our doors in the original RenovArte Cafe and has seen God work to share the love of Jesus and as we have grown.

We will miss her funny sounds, tantrums and creative drawings on the coffees. But most of all we will miss her contribution to the team in serving the Lord.

I'm sure still still pop in to lend a hand as it's not so easy to escape the charm and love that is RenovArte Cafe.

Thanks Ere!!!

Los Caramelos - Oscar, Erika and Fernanda are baptised

What an exciting event - our friends with whom we have walked for over a year and a half now, have come to Christ and have now been baptised.  What a joy!

Look at these great shots of this special day...

 Erika

 Fernanda

 Oscar

Renovations at RenovArte

The Easter holidays brought with them the opportunity to do some maintenance and improvements that we just don't get time to do normally. Here are a few snaps:

Squeaky clean floor after Sandy's acid clean!

I mounted the decorative lighting that we had from the old location and painted the ceiling.

Step 1: white background

Step 2: the first 3 coats of red. Step 3 is pending hehe

My beautiful Romi investigating how the broken cash register works. We actually got the little printer motor to work which sparked her interest!

A night on the town - Easter in Queretaro

Day 1 of holiday maintenance

We are making the most of Uni holidays and doing some maintenance in the cafe whilst serving coffee in the cafe bar.

This is day 1's progress. The wall was still bare wood. We are planning to paint it red like the front of the cafe but yesterday it occurred to us that we could put a cool design on that wall with the white background.

What do you think??

The RenovArte Band

I love to play the drums!

Last Thursday we invited my brother-in-law Job Garcia and our unnamed band to play at Conexion Thursdays.

This time we had a better turnout and a great response. Several clients from the cafe came along to listen and stayed to hear The message of Jesus. A couple of women passing by on the street were angling their heads in the doorway and Sandy invited them in. It turns out that one of these ladies wants to become a Christian but is somewhat disoriented. Sandy was able to chat with her and invite her along to church with us.

A friend's tattoo artist, Javier, came along and was impacted by the word of God. More to come in his story.

Overall, the we had fun playing some good music, but it's not about us. The glory is for the all-powerful and loving God. It's all about Jesus.

New Conexion

Nathan (1988) acoustic gig at Conexion

Last Thursday night we launched Conexion. An opportunity to explore faith in Jesus Christ and hear His message.

We will hold Conexion every two weeks on a Thursday night in the cafe. I'm excited because I am making time to get out there and share in the talks at Conexion.

Our first Connexion was titled Faith and Religion and we talked about how God wants our heart not religious actions. There was a good response from those who attended and we are praying that this format will grow and develop into a relevant connection point for those who don't yet know Jesus Christ.

Phil sharing at Conexion

Conexion Vertical

Here in the first Conexion Vertical for 2012, Pablo is sharing from the word of God what it means to be a church, as Jesus designed it.

It's cool to see how God is growing and using this ministry to reach young people and how RenovArte can support this emerging ministry to glorify God.