The Marketplace Church
Posted on March 15th, 2006 by catalyst into the About Us category
I just found out that a new
coffee shop I have been walking past everyday on my way to work, is also a church. The pastor has been blogging about the coffee shop/church here. The coffee shop is called Ebenezers and the pastor refers to the church as a Marketplace Church. I have no idea what this means; however it seems like a pretty neat concept. Since I have an admittedly wonderful addiction to coffee, I will definitely be visiting this "church" several times a week. I anticipate I may even participate in a devotion or two. And by devotion, I mean espresso.
Of course now that I have found a coffee shop/church, you know my next mission. Bar/Church. This is gonna be fun!
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March 15th, 2006 at 6:40 am
Here’s a bar/church:
http://www.evergreenlife.org/
They meet in a pub, and sometimes have life groups in one too.
Very cool forum as well.
KM
March 15th, 2006 at 6:54 am
The possibilities boggle the mind - churches while you wait:
QuickieLube church
License Bureau church
Dentist’s office church
Street corner hot-dog vendor’s church
But if you really want to be hip, you need your own Inflatable Church!
March 15th, 2006 at 8:35 am
Want to see more about unusual churches? Check out http://unusualchurches.blogspot.com.
March 15th, 2006 at 7:30 pm
The Twenty and the One
A well-worn one-dollar bill and a similarly distressed twenty-dollar bill arrived at a Federal Reserve Bank to be retired. As they moved along the conveyor belt to be burned, they struck up a conversation.
The twenty-dollar bill reminisced about its travels all over the country.
“I’ve had a pretty good life,” the twenty proclaimed. Why I’ve been to Las Vegas and Atlantic City, the finest restaurants in New York, performances on Broadway, and even a cruise to the Caribbean.”
“Wow!” said the one-dollar bill. “You’ve really had an exciting life!”
“So tell me,” says the twenty, “where have you been throughout your lifetime?”
The one dollar bill replies, “Oh, I’ve been to the Methodist Church, the Baptist Church, the Lutheran Church…”
The twenty-dollar bill interrupts, “What’s a church?”
March 16th, 2006 at 12:26 pm
wow, coffee bar + church
sounds pretty awesome.
March 16th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
… Carwash church … a pastor jumps in the car with you - a complete service in just 3-4 minutes …
March 16th, 2006 at 11:19 pm
baptise your family car!!!
March 17th, 2006 at 7:10 am
Now yer talkin’ … ;^)
Grocery store church … a ‘mini-me’ sized pastor rides in the infant seat of your grocery cart, and preaches in your face while you pick up a carton of eggs and gallon of milk … and cautions you to “don’t even turn down the beer aisle” … ;^)
March 17th, 2006 at 8:05 am
car baptism…..
Actually, it’s quite common in a number of cultures to have the priest bless your new car. I’ve seen them doing it. In a lot of ways, it’s still more sensible than making a funnel over your head….
March 17th, 2006 at 8:58 am
Around here (rural midwest - north central Illinois), the catholics have a ‘bless your pets’ day and bring their animals small and large to the cathedral for the laying on of hands and the application of copious amounts of anointing oil.
Despite the blessing(s), I hear fleas are still a problem - and dogs still chase cats … so much for ‘deliverance’ and ‘unity’ … ;^)