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??
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.
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.
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.
November 15 marked the first anniversary of RenovArte Cafe. Wow, what a ride!!
God has done amazing things over this past year and all the glory and praise is for Him.
This is just a sneak peek at the celebrations.
We are about to complete our second week in the NEW RenovArte Cafe space - God is great!!
One of our urgent needs after the initial fit out of the local was for a new sign. There was an existing sign for the restaurant that was in the local before us that advertised tortas, hamburgers and tacos, but we really needed to have RenovArte Cafe to let people know that we are there. Several times this week people have come in asking for tortas and the other day someone asked Sandy what flavours of hamburgers we had!
We were looking at various options and I called a Cheistian friend who has a design and signwriting business asking him for a quote. He asked me the size and then said "send me the design, it's been paid for!"
"What do you mean?" I exclaimed.
"The One who provides for you has paid for it!"
God always provides.
On Wednesday they installed our new sign and it's fantastic. We were able to make use of the structure and illumination of the existing sign and put a new covering on it.
Now people don't ask us for hamburgers and tortas, they go straight to RenovArte Cafe.
God is moving and so is RenovArte Cafe!
Phil, God has given us the opportunity to move RenovArte Cafe to a larger premises with better exposure to the student community.
Why the change?
The RenovArte Cafe ministry is growing and we are excited about making more connections with university students and developing the relationships and activities we have started. We have also started hosting a weekly outreach Bible study called Connexion Vertical each Thursday in conjunction with another developing student ministry - last week 13 students attended and three made a decision to accept Christ. The new bigger premises will give us the opportunity to continue growing these outreach events and better develop the ministry.
What is the plan?
Whilst we have been praying for some time, the opportunity to move came up very quickly and we needed to act fast. We have secured the new premises which was previously a small restaurant and we are currently cleaning, repairing, painting and fitting it out in true RenovArte style. This involves quite a lot of work (see photos below) as the restaurant was in very dirty condition and had not had adequate maintenance. We continue open to the public in the present premises whilst the renovations are underway. We hope to complete the renovations this week to be able to move this weekend (15-16 October) and open on Monday in the new space.
What is the need?
Most importantly, we need your prayers. Please pray for the following:
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