The Aroma

We are the aroma

ximenloft — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:35:29 +0000

Nothing has stopped moving around here since moving worship services from the living room to the second floor of the Aroma building. Here is a visual scope of that whirlwind, from the Sunday night that marked one year of monthly worship services to the morning of the coffee shop’s official opening, set to the sound [...]

Christmas Eve in Ximen Ding

ximenloft — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:07:46 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfx1Po5aem4

Here's a look at what happened the night before Christmas at the Aroma Church building. It was an extremely successful event that initiated the use of the new building, introduced the future coffee shop to our community and the general public that passed by that evening.

2011 in review

ximenloft — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:36:30 +0000

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 7,900 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 7 trips to carry that many people. Click here to [...]

Celebrating ONE YEAR of Worship

ximenloft — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:19:52 +0000

One year ago, we experienced our first night of monthly madness. People packed the Red Theater apartment’s living room and ate bowls of chili that Sarah had cooked with love. After the meal, there was worship, prayer and the Word. It was overwhelming. It was awesome. The the monthly Ximen Worship Night had begun (read [...]

It’s official!!!

ximenloft — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:16:18 +0000

Above is the logo of The Aroma Coffee Shop located in Ximen Ding, Taipei, Taiwan, The World. This logo is going to represent a place where it’s just not a cup of coffee you experience, but a place where people from all over Taipei will encounter community, worship, truth, and the love of Jesus Christ [...]

Picture of Progress

ximenloft — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:27:42 +0000

This is a picture of progress. For the last few months now, this building has been under renovation. This building is the future Aroma Coffee Shop that will fund the Aroma church here in Ximen Ding. Deadlines, goals, and plans have also all been under renovation, but God is faithful. He is the One who started [...]

art @ the ArOmA

ximenloft — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:28:47 +0000

September 2 kicked off the fall with Aroma’s Art Night. Three canvasses were set up in the living room and three teams of people assembled around each. Each canvass was assigned to a different Bible story: Jesus healing a blind man at Bethsaida from Mark 8:22-26 Jesus walking on water from Matthew 14:22-23 Jesus healing [...]

The Church Taking Root

ximenloft — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:44:14 +0000

For the last 12 months… …this has been the church service here in Ximen Ding. WATCH what what we have been doing once a month on a Sunday night and PREPARE yourself what is coming next to Ximen Ding. You just caught a glimpse of the Ximen Church: a community of people gathering faithfully around [...]

Summer 2011 in Ximen

ximenloft — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:34:26 +0000

Short terms missions teams have a rich history with the ministry here in Ximen. In fact, it was a short term missions team that started the idea of moving to Taiwan to teach English and study Chinese while doing missions at the same time. Here’s a look at this last summer (2011) and the people [...]

the arrows are moving

ximenloft — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 01:47:29 +0000

Team leader Chris O’ Dell will share about the “arrows” he saw moving to and from Taiwan when he was praying over a map of the country in the prayer room at his college back in the States. It was a picture of how people from all over the world are always moving to and [...]