Kingdom Coffee

from August 2021

It’s Not Wasted Time

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Kingdom Coffee

by Teresa Johnston

Kingdom Coffee began long before May 11, 2021. I recall years ago, when Gary was in elementary school people would ask, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” He would always answer, “I want to own my own restaurant someday.”

At sixteen, Gary started working at a Wendy’s just down the street. It started as a summer job but he enjoyed it so much he made a career of it. A few years ago, a new Chickfil-A opened and Gary decided to apply. While working at Chick-fil-A, he felt an impression from God to help a lady we knew from church with her coffee shop. He would go to the coffee shop on his off days and sometimes before or after his shift at Chick-fil-A to volunteer for her. There he learned about making all of the specialty coffee drinks and the ins and outs of owning a business.

Covid-19 hit and he helped her to close temporarily— reopening with curbside and online app orders. During this time, Gary found a restaurant that had closed down and the contents were listed for sale. He made an offer and soon opened a new location for our friend’s coffee shop.

The building’s rent was very expensive for a coffee shop but Gary kept giving it a try. During his time there, Gary kept hearing the Lord impress on him to rebrand the coffee shop as something that would reflect His Kingdom.

After a few months of being in business, we finally approached the owner and asked if he could be released from the lease. The owner agreed. Honestly, we had no idea what the Lord had in store for us. We just kept trusting and believing for greater things.

During March of 2021, we found what is now known as Kingdom Coffee. We feel that the restaurant is more than just a coffee shop, but a ministry to the community. We truly feel so blessed to be here and serve this great area!

Kingdom Coffee is open Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m.-2 p.m. We serve a variety of items. For non-coffee drinkers, we offer sweet and unsweet tea (flavors such as blackberry, peach, or raspberry can be added). We also have frozen and iced lemonade—one fan favorite is our strawberry rose lemonade. We also have options for breakfast, which include everything bagels with cream cheese, the avocado bagel with avocado smash, parmesan cheese and tomato, fruit cups, parfaits, and of course a variety of pastries which include donuts, cinnamon rolls, muffins, scones, brownies and much more. For lunch we have a chicken club wrap, barbeque ranch wrap, and chicken salad sandwiches. We also offer a cobb salad and market salad served with grilled chicken. We have catering options available but we do require advance notice for larger orders.

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men…You are serving the Lord Christ” (Colossians 3:23-24).