If Living Room Cafe did not exist…

Written by Ps David Wong

If Living Room Cafe did not exist…

We won’t be seeing unchurched and unbelievers stepping into our church on a regular basis, Monday to Saturday, through the year.

We won’t be offering free meals four times a year, with volunteers from church, and drop-ins from the community.

We won’t have our gates open through the day with a seamless connection with the community outside.

We won’t appear in secular websites as a place to visit.

We won’t be known as a place where good food and beverage complements our offer of spiritual nourishment.

We won’t have a place where members and friends can be meaningfully employed either part-time or full-time.

We won’t be making connection with neighbourhood schools as well as other secular establishments in Bishan, enjoying meals with us.

We won’t be hosting groups of believers from other churches taking advantage of our quality food, service and ambience.

We won’t have a place we can call home for our staff to welcome and meet with people for hospitality and ministry. Not as a one off “hit and run” effort but like an event stretched out over the weeks, months and years.

COVID-19 Postscript: We won’t be able to remain open for dining-in for a while, but we will continue to provide takeaway orders, and to serve the needy in the Bishan community and the guest stayers in our midst, living up to our motto, A City on a Hill, a Light to the Nations.