How Coffee Fuels an Excitement for Missions

Las Vegas, Nevada – In 2014 The Crossing was moving into a new building and had decided to use their coffee area to focus on local and world missions.  Beginning by choosing HOPE Coffee for their brewed coffee and the base for their espresso drinks, everything about The Reach Cafe would point toward the various missions of the church.  They even named their cafe after their missions program, “Reach.”

Every week hundreds of people flow through The Reach Cafe to meet up with friends, get their caffeine fix and catch up on the current missions news at The Crossing.  Posted around Reach Cafe you will find spotlights on various local and foreign missions groups the church supports. On the tables you will see information on upcoming missions trip opportunities.  On the screens in the corners you can view images of recent missions trips. Some Sundays you will even find visiting missionaries greeting church members and discussing how God is moving in their part of the world through the support of The Crossing.

The Reach Cafe has become the “missions hub” of the church.  Church members know that each cup of HOPE Coffee they consume helps meet basic needs for families around the world, all while sharing the love of Jesus.  Local and world missions are not abstract ideas, but very real movements in which they play a vital role.  

HOPE Coffee offers numerous Promotional Materials to help you transform your coffee area into the “missions hub” of your church or business, as well.  Beginning with your Complimentary Display Kit and Downloadable Announcement Slides, you can find many other materials including logos, images and same-day print files to fit any size space.   Do your coffee drinkers know the part they play in changing lives? Visit our Promotional Materials section of our store to start building an excitement for missions in your church or organization! 

Are you or your organization using HOPE Coffee to change lives in a unique way? We’d love to hear about it! You could be featured in our next HOPE Partner Spotlight!

Don’t Wait Until Sunday for HOPE!

After hearing about HOPE Coffee at a conference in Missouri, David Logsdon knew he needed to take it back to his church in Oklahoma.  First Christian Church, where David has served as the Senior Minister for 14 years, needed to find a new coffee provider. They weren’t particularly fond of their last coffee, and they knew they could serve better. 

“Since HOPE Coffee tasted consistently good we looked into it.  That was a great decision for us. I introduced the idea to our elders and they were on board, even the non-coffee drinker.  They saw that this was more than just drinking coffee!  So after a quick approval, I stood before our church and shared that we needed to buy coffee and I had found the perfect solution.  We could drink coffee while helping out others. How easy is that?”

The decision for the church was an easy one, but David and his wife enjoyed HOPE Coffee so much on Sundays that they wanted it every day of the week.  He learned about HOPE Coffee’s Home Subscription: All your favorite roasts, delivered to your doorstep every month.

“I love the Home Subscription for a few reasons.  First, it is super easy to set up. Second, when we needed to add more it was quickly taken care of by friendly service.  And when we have needed to cancel for a month there were no issues or even a slight perception that we were a bother. The HOPE coffee staff seems to love what they do and it shows.  Also, we get reports through email about where our money has caused a greater effect. Who wouldn’t want to feel even better about drinking a good cup of coffee?”

What are you waiting for?  Sign up for your HOPE Coffee Home Subscription today, and you won’t have to wait until Sunday for HOPE Coffee!

Are you or your organization using HOPE Coffee to change lives in a unique way? We’d love to hear about it! You could be featured in our next HOPE Partner Spotlight!

Mission Cold Brew

Fall River, Massachusetts—A passion for great-tasting cold brew coffee and the desire to change people’s lives in the name of Jesus led Mike and Sarah Pudlo to ask the question, “What if we actually created a place where a cup of coffee or tea really could change someone’s life?”

Mike and Sarah have served HOPE Coffee at Journey Church for years. They even used HOPE Coffee to create a delicious cold brew recipe for their church’s coffee bar. The response from their congregation was incredible—they could not get enough!

The Pudlo’s decided to use what God gave them to change people’s lives: a heart for the world and the ability to make amazing cold brew creations. Mission Cold Brew started with, as they describe it, a “crazy dream” and has grown into an exciting new coffee shop specializing in quality cold brew coffees and teas. At Mission Cold Brew, 10% of every purchase and 100% of net profit is donated to four main causes: human trafficking, clean water projects, hunger and poverty, and orphan and foster care.

“HOPE Coffee was an obvious choice for us! Not only have we been using their high quality beans personally and at our church for years, but their mission falls exactly in line with the kinds of companies we want to partner with. Knowing that every coffee purchase at our shop doesn’t just support our causes but also the HOPE Coffee cause, where communities are being changed–that is huge! Partnering with HOPE Coffee adds another layer of life transformation!”

-Sarah Pudlo, Owner of Mission Cold Brew

Is your organization using HOPE Coffee to change lives in a unique way? We’d love to hear about it! You could be featured in our next HOPE Partner Spotlight!