Announcement Roast Coffee Co.

This is a very important announcement. Your support would be very much appreciated:

 

Roast Coffee Shop, 407 Lisburn Road, Belfast.

 

In July 2006 we sold the above to a husband and wife team. They had been in business before and they ticked all the boxes. However, the sale went through on the basis of an upfront deposit with the balance to be paid at an agreed time later. Failure to pay the balance would mean the business would come back into our hands. The long and short of it is, the balance was not paid. However, besides this, the Roast Coffee Company failed to make other payments to suppliers and landlord etc. The company was finally put into liquidation, which has resulted in us taking it over again. Unfortunately it has been closed for three weeks, but we finally got it open again today.

 

I have to say that, without a doubt, the Roast is one of the best coffee shops on the Lisburn Road. It has always been frequented by local businesses and especially by churches. Given the fact that it has been closed for three weeks it will take a little while for us to once again build up our clientele. We are hoping to draw back many of our "old customers" and to encourage a new stream of customers to frequent the Roast Coffee Shop.

 

This is where we need your support. If you are a pastor of a church (or if you can influence your pastor!), could you announce to your people that the Roast Coffee Shop on the Lisburn Road is back in the hands of the Elim Church in Ireland and will be run by Pastor Johnny McKee of New Life City Church. The coffee shop is open every day from 8.30 am - 11 pm for a selection of food, and hot and cold drinks etc. All profits will be going into the church and community work.

 

Dilemma! The busiest day in the week for Roast has always been a Sunday! The main users are people coming out of church on Sunday mornings and Sunday evenings. We obviously do not want to hinder this ongoing time of fellowship, so we have decided we will open on Sundays, but that all food and drinks will be served on a donation only basis. We would ask people to be aware of the costs and to donate appropriately knowing that access funds will be going to the church and community work. We will review this after 4 weeks.

 

This is also a great place to meet with visitors for a chat and a coffee. We even have a large office that can be used for Board Meetings. For further information please contact Pastor Johnny McKee at revolutionyouth@btinternet.com or 07968059776.

 

We would also very much appreciate your prayers.

 

God bless.

 

Jack