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Our Mission Statement: Building Relationships Around Food
Our Values:
To Provide a Superior Product at a Fair Price
To Provide the Highest Quality of Service
Loyalty to Our Staff
Our Goals: To be a leader in both Quality & Service.
To Produce Leaders with the same attributes.
Our Hours of Operation:
Lunch- Monday-Friday 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Katering is available 24/7
205-251-3101
What is Kairos?
We always get the question, "What does the word Kairos mean??" "Kairos" is a Greek word that means "God's special moment" In the New Testament there were two Greek words used for the English word "time".... kairos or chronos. Chronos time is the marking of the seasons, the turning of calendar pages. Kairos time is taking a red marker and highlighting certain moments along the calendar way. A Kairos time is a special time like the birth of a child, a wedding, a new job, a special trip, or special encounters with God, parents, children, etc.
Our History: In 1999 Grace & Truth Church purchased the old Ollie's BBQ building at 515 University Blvd. The building is still the meeting place of Grace & Truth and is also the home of New Start Ministries, and Kairos Katering. Kairos Kafe began in the early 90's as a coffee shop style ministry from a group connected to Grace & Truth called the "YES" team. After moving into the Ollie's building the ministry found a home, and has grown under the leadership of Nelson Grice, Jeremy Sauder, and Glen Kinnaird. Kairos Kafe serves as a place of open worship for youth and young adults in and around the Birmingham area.
In May of 2004 James K Jones began discussing with the Elders of Grace & Truth the possibility of using the kitchen to start a catering business. After further discussion, they realized that Kairos Kafe was never used for anything during the weekdays, so that idea grew into the realization that they could serve lunch there 5 days a week. Grace & Truth saw this as an opportunity to serve their community and James saw it as an opportunity to start his own business. It was at this point that Kairos Katering was born.
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