Let's Talk Food

We desire for the Marketplace to be not just a place where you can purchase one of a kind items, but also an experience.

We want you to grab your girlfriends, or a date, or your neighbor and come downtown to shop, sip on some coffee and spend some time sharing a meal together and chatting about life.

We are so excited that the folks from ComeUnity Café will be providing their yummy menu for our shoppers.

Have you heard about ComeUnity Café and their vision? Their tagline is: to LOVE, to FEED, to DIGNIFY. From their website:

"We exist to build community by providing nutritious and delicious food made with as much organically, locally and sustainable grown ingredients as possible to all people of Jackson regardless of their ability to pay."

 

ComeUnity café is one of my favorites. Not only is their food ALWAYS delicious, but the atmosphere promotes true community and abundant joy! It's a great lunch spot in Jackson, and I feel so thankful for Amy and her vision to make this dream a reality. We are so excited they will be a part of the Marketplace this year!

Also at the Marketplace this year you'll have the opportunity to buy raw, fresh pressed juice from the sweet people of Pour Me Some Juice!

 

 

Tiffany, mastermind behind Pour Me Some Juice, happens to also be a dear friend of mine and my neighbor! In 2012, Tiffany and her husband, Lowe, were pursuing the adoption of a sweet little boy from South Korea. During that time, Tiffany had an idea to juice for a few people as a way to raise money for their adoption. A few people, turned into a few more people and Tiffany realized that there was a real demand for raw juice that possessed so many health benefits. Not to mention her juice is amazing!!! Seriously. I had no idea raw kale could EVER taste good. But Tiffany's juice is SO good! And since this started as a way to help bring their sweet Paul home, they want to use this business to help bring more children home to their forever families. Ten percent of all of PMSJ's profits go to orphan care. Our family happened to be a recipient of a some of those profits and we are so grateful! 

 

 

This family is such a blessing and we are so thankful for their hearts that are poured out over everything they do. Recently they opened their juice and smoothie bar in downtown Jackson inside the Lift center. If you are in the area, you should totally check them out. My personal favorite is the Almond Joy Smoothie.....it's like dessert. But healthy. So that's a total win.

 

And last, but certainly not least, we will be offering delicious Ethiopian coffee by the cup from our friends at Indigenous Outreach International.  Click here  to read our post from last year about this ministry that is very close to my heart. They will also have a booth...you'll hear more about that later!

 

The profits from every cup of coffee that is bought and enjoyed at the Marketplace will go to support what this ministry does. I got to travel with IOI in January of this year to see first hand the work that is being done in Ethiopia. I wrote about my experience here. A part of my heart is in Ethiopia, so I'm asking you to buy as many cups of coffee as you can possibly drink :)

 

So grab a car full of friends and come out to eat, shop and enjoy one another! Come hear about the amazing things the Lord is doing in our city and around our world and take some time out to just be with one another. We want you to leave the Marketplace with a few things checked off your shopping list, a belly full and a heart fully refreshed.