Graystone Presbyterian Church

Graystone Church is teaming up with Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee to bring awareness to Rwanda and our sister church in Rwanda. We will be featuring Rwanda coffee during coffee and conversations spread through out the year Sunday mornings! With all the many different kinds of coffee they offer there are sure to be a wide variety of blends and tastes for everyone alike! So come join us Sunday mornings, you'll never know if it will be a Rwanda Coffee Sunday!

We will also be taking another step forward with the hopeful Rwanda Coffee Tour this summer featuring acoustic worship with From Beginning To End worship band! We will take this time to spread the word of Rwanda and what we can do to help!

Tour Dates:
May 4th 2008 7:00pm Yestsborogh Presby. Church          Yestsborogh, Pa

September 13th 7:00pm Dayton Glade Run Presby. Church
Dayton, Pa

Most people will not associate the Republic of Rwanda with coffee, but it is in fact considered to be one of the finest in the world - after all, Africa is where the coffee bean originated. With volcanic soils, abundant rainfall and high altitude mountains, Rwanda has some of the best coffee-growing conditions in the world. But given this nation's recent history, your bag of aromatic Arabica Borbon coffee beans comes with many a bittersweet story to go with it.

Thirty thousand independent coffee growers climb the hills, tend the soil, and carry the beans on their shoulders down to cooperative village wash stations. The two best varieties of beans are separated, washed and meticulously tested for export. The destination is miles away in America. The villages are scarred by one of history's worst cases of genocide. Just over a decade ago nealry 1,000,000 people were slaughtered, but the pride of the dedicated and determined Rwandans has made a miracle happen. There is optimism in the air, and forgiveness and reconciliation can be felt throughout the land.

www.landofathousandhillscoffee.com