Happy Friday – Friday Mornings 7:30 am – 8:30 am

Back in 2004, Madeline Haraway was looking for a devotional to share with the Elders when she read a blog of a UCC pastor in Renton, WA who went out at 6 am on Friday’s and stood a busy road to wave at passing cars and offer free coffee. At the time we had been thinking about how to connect with our neighbors and this ministry inspired us – we said “we can do that” ,  followed pretty quickly by – “We can start a little later, can’t we?”

Since Friday, September 17, 2004, we have been greeting our neighbors with “Happy Friday” and offering them a cup of coffee or hot chocolate.  This ministry started at our old location on Grand Avenue and it is continuing at our new location at the corner of Oak Hill Avenue and Humphrey Street. It is a wonderful way to welcome people where they are for exactly who they are.  It is a wonderful gift.  In a world that has become so contentious, Happy Friday is something just about everyone can agree with. 

“Happy Friday” is a greeting that has become a part of the life of many who drive past our church on Friday morning.  Over these 20+ years we have come to realize that we have all been touched and transformed in some way by this simple experience.