Joe’s Addiction – Valleybrook
Joe’s Addiction is a coffee house located in SE Oklahoma City in an area known as Valleybrook. This community is plagued by by homelessness, sickness, unemployment, drugs, prostitution, you name it.
The owners of the coffee house, John and Jamie Zumwalt, are also pastors at Valleybrook Vineyard Church. They didn’t open Joe’s Addiction to make their fortune, but rather to create community and serve the many homeless and disadvantage families and individuals who live in the area .
The coffee shop offers all the traditional menu items but it gives the community so much more. Everyday, the homeless are welcomed in out of the weather to play games, use the laptops, drink a free cup of coffee and even sometimes get a free, hot meal.
On the weekends, Joe’s turns into a Free Store. It’s like a thrift store, only everything is FREE. People and businesses in the community donate items and anyone in need can come get what they want.
Each week Joe’s Addiction gives away several bags of groceries to the needy. They also offer quite a few services during the holidays including a Thanksgiving dinner which is co-sponsored by Life Church. And around Christmas they organize a free toy store.
Joe’s also holds church services on Sunday and offers counseling sessions as needed.
You can read more about what God is doing in Valleybrook HERE and HERE.
You Can Make a Diffence
Donate
Gently used household and clothing items
Non-perishable Food Items
Personal Care and Household Cleaning Products
Toys for the Christmas Store
Donate Funds – choose Joe’s Addiction from the drop down menu.
Volunteer
Baristas Needed: people who will commit to working at least one shift per week behind the counter. We will provide training in both barista skills and relationship evangelism.
Serve at the Community Thanksgiving Dinner
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