Cherubini Coffee Co. and Christian Schools

I am sitting at McClintock and Broadway at the Cherubini Coffee Company owned by my former college pastor from Grace Community, Don Ekstrand. It is different from most coffee houses in Tempe in that it is clean. It also has an Italian Provincial in the desert look.

Anyway, there was an article a few months back in the Wall Street Journal on Starbucks saturating their markets and how that affected the competing coffee houses. Surprisingly, the study found the greater the number of Starbucks, the busier the other coffee shops became. Yep. More Starbucks, more coffee drinkers.

I think the same could be said for Christian schools. And the basis for my argument is back in Seattle, in particular a suburb named Belleview. Back when we began Surrey Garden Christian, the superintendant from a Christian School District, Belleview Christian Schools, spent a month giving advice on how our school could run better. Once when talking together he explained how in Belleview, which is similar to Gilbert in size and income, there were seven healthy Christian schools in the area. My guess is the more quality Christian schools, the more the expectation to consider attending one because your family and friends were.

Finally, the milk and doughnuts are very good here at Cherubini.