In the midst of our last LifeGate staff meeting, this statement was made "for the first time we went through an entire pot of coffee on Sunday". Now you have to understand, we have a commercial size, industrial coffee pot. This baby makes a ridiculous amount of coffee. So I have some theories on why we are drinking more coffee:1) It was Daylight savings time and everyone needed a little more Java to get going. This is a worship leader's secret weapon on this Sunday.
2) Our church has become more "mature" and "mature" people drink coffee, moving away from the Capri Sun pouches. respect the pouch
3) This theory is the one I tend to gravitate toward. I once heard Len Sweet (church futurist) say that people are just more comfortable with something in their hand. Here is my belief that LifeGate is becoming more interconnected. Nothing says comfort to me like a warm cup of Joe in my hand. My belief is that those that gather on Sundays at LifeGate are connecting to one another over the comfort of coffee.
Now we may never move how much coffee we drink into an official KPI (Key Performance Indicator) category. But I don't think it tells more than we just need a second pot. I think it tells of growth on two levels. One we are reaching more people, two those people are reaching each other. I'll take mine with one cream, two sugars please.
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