{"id":25048,"date":"2019-10-30T08:53:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T12:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/?p=25048"},"modified":"2021-09-01T15:16:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T19:16:29","slug":"students-support-coffee-tea-shops-restorative-justice-prison-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/2019\/10\/students-support-coffee-tea-shops-restorative-justice-prison-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Support Restorative Justice Prison Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students in grades K-12 raised more then $1,700 to support the restorative justice ministries of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justlovecoffeeandtea\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Just Coffee and Tea<\/a> in downtown Harrisonburg. The Spirit Week fundraiser included themed dress up days and baked goods, sponsored by the Student Council Organization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis support means more than you can imagine,\u201d said Amanda Miller Garber, pastor of RISE United Methodist Faith Community, which joined with members of Otterbine United Methodist to launch the shop earlier this fall on Court Square. The shop aims to provide jobs and support to people recently released from the Harrisonburg prison system and re-acclimating to life outside of jail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a brutal beginning,\u201d admits Amanda. \u201cThe construction downtown, a broken espresso machine, legal action over our name by a larger franchise. It seems everything has been going wrong. This support from EMS students can help us make a go of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bible Class Field Trip<\/strong><br \/>\nIn addition to the cash support, Bible 9 teacher, Elwood Yoder, and 10 students provided a little moral support with a visit to the store on Friday, Oct. 25. The students purchased drinks, served by shop employee, Grant Serrells, EMHS class of \u201914.<\/p>\n<p>Adam King, co-pastor of RISE, shared that the shop\u2019s vision is to \u201cpromote restorative justice for all, build community for folks who need second chances, and inject love into conversations about justice in Harrisonburg. We hope to bring a little love to Court Square.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnronline.com\/dnronline\/coffee-for-a-cause-churches-launch-business-to-benefit-prisoners\/article_133d90d2-dbb6-548f-b6f9-3254e952f176.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Daily News-Record coverage<\/a> of the shop. Follow them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/justlovecoffeeandtea\/about\/?ref=page_internal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And, plan to stop by next time you are on Court Square for a treat that serves the greater good. Hours are 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in grades K-12 raised more then $1,700 to support the restorative justice ministries of Just Coffee and Tea in downtown Harrisonburg. The Spirit Week fundraiser included themed dress up days and baked goods, sponsored by the Student Council Organization. \u201cThis support means more than you can imagine,\u201d said Amanda Miller Garber, pastor of RISE\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[133,303],"class_list":["post-25048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-emhs","tag-faith-formation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easternmennonite.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25048"}],"curies":[{"name":"gracias","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}