one of the best parts of my two years living in salt lake city was the church i went to. it was called 'summit ministries' and we had a great pastor, clint roberts, and some amazing musicians like chauncey webb. i have such great memories of sunday morning worship and all the great songs and sermons i got to hear. almost all of my friends in salt lake city were church friends, so it was a highlight of the week to see everyone together! the church was an outreach ministry and actually was a coffee shop as well! it was located down town salt lake city, and i would volunteer a couple nights a week to work there. we would always invite anyone who came in to stop by on sunday mornings for free bagels and coffee along with worship. the best time at the coffee shop was during those two weeks that the olympics were there in 2002! the place was always crowded- lines out the door every single night! and we stayed open till two in the morning every day during the olympics. it felt like little ol' salt lake became new york city for those two weeks- everywhere you went downtown you would hear five or six different languages being spoken.having all those great memories about church and the coffee shop it was a sad shock to see that it no longer exists. i had known that they closed the doors to the coffee shop about a year after i left, but to actually see it was quite disheartening. the once great 'main street coffee shop' has now become a sad little souvenir shop, and summit church is now converted into a second story apartment. truly sad to see.
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