We Proudly Don’t Serve… « journeys coffeehouse

We Proudly Don’t Serve…

You have seen the sign hanging over an entrance “We Proudly Serve Starbucks”. We want to state that we proudly don’t serve starbucks here @ journeys. Now this is not to bash them as a company or the business that they once created. We as journeys may not be here today if they or some other large national chain would have kicked off mass marketing of specialty coffee. So why then the statement that we proudly don’t serve…?

journeys was created and is a third place for people to gather, connect, share, relate and let life happen. The joys that go with being an independent third place is also that we are free to select the best of all aspects of what we do in our business and mission… that is right there is more to journeys at the end of the day then slinging coffee. We have the great privilege of being able to fund causes with every dollar that journeys as a small business generates. From the moment of of conception we knew that revenue from the sales would go to fund the mission or Jesus in this world through the faith family of Messiah Lutheran Church but we get to go beyond that. All of the “tips” that we collect fund causes locally as well as globally. If you have missed some of the past post that talk about these please dig back in and read the stories. We have had the pleasure of reaching out locally to support local families during the holidays, around the world with support for children via Compassion in the region where our coffee beans come from to our most recent of collecting funds as well as physical tooth brushes to send along to missionaries heading to Guatemala for a medical mission.

To have an impact on eternity through a simple world class cup of coffee is an amazing thing and I am humbled to be a part of it all. journeys will continue to connect people, raise up future leaders, fund causes that have an impact on eternity and simply be The Hands and The Feet that we have been called to be in the world. And yes, we will state that, We Proudly Do Not Serve Starbucks.