SAFE GROUNDS CHURCH-RUN COFFEE HOUSE TO OFFER REFUGE FOR SIMI YOUTH.Byline: Krystn Shrieve Staff Writer SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. - It's all about Jesus and java. It's where Yahweh meets latte. It's called Solid Grounds. Solid Grounds, a coffee shop now owned by NewHart Foursquare Church, will open this week in Simi Valley offering a place of refuge from the daily grind Daily Grind could refer to:
``Jesus always hung out in the community,'' said minister Paul Kuzma. ``And so that's our philosophy, too. This is just another way to reach out to the kids and families in our city.'' The coffee house, at the southwest corner of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Avenue and Hubbard Street Hubbard Street is a road in Chicago, Illinois named for early settler Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard. Where Hubbard Street passes over the Kennedy Expressway, the Expressway enters a tunnel made up of surface streets known as colloquially as "Hubbard's Cave. , was open for less than a year when the church bought it several months ago. It's being run by church volunteers and will only be open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Various church groups will meet there other days of the week. General manager Cathy Mashy, a church member for eight years, said religion will not be forced on the coffee house patrons. ``There will be no Bible thumping,'' said Mashy, who volunteered for the job because she has more than 25 years of experience training people in the food service industry. ``We're just a coffee house and we're just here to provide a safe and fun environment. Some people might not even realize that we're Christians, maybe they'll just sense that, within these four walls, they're comfortable and accepted.'' Solid Grounds has a stage for live music and a game room with Nintendo, a foosball table, pinball machines This is a list of pinball games organized alphabetically by name. See also the List of video arcade games for other coin operated arcade games. : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z External links 0-9
Thursday night will be for comedy acts, karaoke and an open microphone Open microphone may refer to:
``It'll be a cool place to hang out,'' said 12-year-old Eric Myers, a member of the church's congregation. ``I usually hang out at the video arcade This article is about video arcades. For other uses of the term arcade, see Arcade. A video arcade (also known as an amusement arcade in the United Kingdom or a game center in Japan) is a place where people play arcade video games. , but this is even better. I could bring any of my friends here and they'd like it, because we can all relax and just be ourselves.'' Manager Eric Mejia, the church's youth minister, went through a practice run one recent night, making sure the staff knew how to grind the coffee beans and make the lattes, mochas, espressos and some fancier drinks like the Red Eye - two shots of espresso in coffee - and the Americano - two shots of espresso in water. ``I worry about things like drugs and gangs and the type of music my kids are listening to,'' said Rhonda Ruppel, as she sipped a mocha Mocha (mō`kə), town (1990 est. pop. 2,000), S Yemen, a port on the Red Sea. It was noted for the export of the coffee to which it gave its name but declined as a trading port in the late 19th cent. with the rise of Hodeida and Aden. frost still being perfected by the crew during the practice night. ``But here I won't have to worry about that kind of stuff. Kids out there just want a place to go, somewhere where they can feel accepted and not have to put up a front. I wish there was a place like this when I was growing up.'' SOLID GROUNDS --Grand opening: from 3 p.m. to midnight, Sept. 8-9 at 1464 Los Angeles Ave., Simi Valley. --Regular hours: from 3 to 10 p.m. Thursdays and 3 p.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Call (805) 579-0504. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (color in Conejo and Simi SIMI Sea Ice Mechanics Initiative SIMI Search for Intelligent Monkeys on the Internet SIMI Students Islamic Movement in India SIMI Society of Irish Motor Industry SIMI Smallholder Irrigation Markets Initiative editions only) Pat Head, right, serves cookies for Jennifer Myers, 10, during a practice run at Solid Grounds, a church- run coffee house in Simi Valley. Eric Grigorian/Special to the Daily News Box: SOLID GROUNDS (See text) |
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