website benefit concert

Wow. My first blog! This is pretty exciting and thank you John for sharing your wonderful gift of web designs and graciously giving us your valuable time! Things like this ALWAYS happen when God is involved! Things just fall into place and this amazing small website will reach people ALL OVER the world! Hopefully we make a name for ourselves and people on the other side of the world are talking about their experiences in Cafe Aroma. After all we have very diverse cultures that come together here at Western Illinois University. We have to give a shout out to Pastor Mark Wheeler for his countless and relentless dedication to prayer throughout a portion of the year prior to the cafe's opening. Countless hours of prayer and soaking in God's presence along with our (Vineyard Community Church) Pastor Doug Stiles this laid the foundation spiritually speaking for what we are witnessing today! We would ask btw that anybody willing if you would be so kind to please keep us (Cafe Aroma) in your prayers and that people would experience the love of God in and through our people!

Could it be that community is more important than we think? To find esteem from another over a cup of coffee or sharing lunch together reminds us that God designed us for relationships, and he understood that life void of community with Him and each other would only assist to our demise and contribute to the needs of an independent society of which I believe we live in (wow that was a long sentence...lol). Independent in the sense that technology is keeping us isolated from one another. From phones(texting) that are able to connect to the internet, webcams, and virtual conferences we are everyday as a society in my opinion inching our way further away from community. We as a coffee house hope to facilitate this widening gap back in the other direction. In doing this be encouragers of listening to one another, actually listening without judging, and in doing this people will maybe, just maybe come to understand the amazing unconditional love of our Father in Heaven! Thanks again John for doing such an amazing job on our website! Thank you Lindsay for your commitment to see this thing through! To see the hand of God reach people in many ways and put His special touch on their lives just like the special touch that you have towards serving us! God Bless!!