I remember someone telling me, decades ago - before I'd lived much life, that I should make friends with change because it is one of life's inevitabilities. I'm sure I thought to myself, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever." It wasn’t too many years before I realized the truth in this reality.
Not only does this hold true in our day-to-day lives, but it is equally a certainty in the life of any business, for without change, businesses stagnate. This can especially be seen in the restaurant world, as there is a need to constantly transition. A pastor I know adopted the following theme for his church: "Ever changing methods, never changing message."
Some changes are more difficult than others, and it is this type that the Coffee Pot has recently undergone. After more than a decade of working hand in hand to achieve quality reputation that The Coffee Pot currently enjoys, our Head Baker and Kitchen Manager, Marci Gehring, has transitioned from this position to that of beloved guest and friend. With the coming event of the arrival of her first grandbaby, the marriage of her son, and responsibilities with her aging father, this change will allow her to devote more time to her family.
It would take all of the 2016 blogs to communicate the many areas where Marci's contributions are daily fare at the Coffee Pot, but a few of these should be highlighted:
• Our pie dough, scone and biscuit techniques were painstakingly perfected by Marci.
• Every restaurant has "shrink", or wasted products, but Marci's creativity and pragmatism reduced our shrink to next to nothing.
• The impeccable standards of cleanliness and food safety originated from Marci.
• Many of the recipes came from Marci's giftedness in combining the right ingredients and the right spices to create something delicious.
But above all of this, Marci’s greatest accomplishment, I think, is her ability to teach her craft to others, and those who have learned under her tutelage have, themselves, become invaluable contributors in the Coffee Pot kitchen.
We are so very grateful to Marci for the years of service and wisdom as well as the friendship we have developed through the trials and laughter of the past ten years. We are grateful, as well, to God for sending us what we need when we need it.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens"
Not only does this hold true in our day-to-day lives, but it is equally a certainty in the life of any business, for without change, businesses stagnate. This can especially be seen in the restaurant world, as there is a need to constantly transition. A pastor I know adopted the following theme for his church: "Ever changing methods, never changing message."
Some changes are more difficult than others, and it is this type that the Coffee Pot has recently undergone. After more than a decade of working hand in hand to achieve quality reputation that The Coffee Pot currently enjoys, our Head Baker and Kitchen Manager, Marci Gehring, has transitioned from this position to that of beloved guest and friend. With the coming event of the arrival of her first grandbaby, the marriage of her son, and responsibilities with her aging father, this change will allow her to devote more time to her family.
It would take all of the 2016 blogs to communicate the many areas where Marci's contributions are daily fare at the Coffee Pot, but a few of these should be highlighted:
• Our pie dough, scone and biscuit techniques were painstakingly perfected by Marci.
• Every restaurant has "shrink", or wasted products, but Marci's creativity and pragmatism reduced our shrink to next to nothing.
• The impeccable standards of cleanliness and food safety originated from Marci.
• Many of the recipes came from Marci's giftedness in combining the right ingredients and the right spices to create something delicious.
But above all of this, Marci’s greatest accomplishment, I think, is her ability to teach her craft to others, and those who have learned under her tutelage have, themselves, become invaluable contributors in the Coffee Pot kitchen.
We are so very grateful to Marci for the years of service and wisdom as well as the friendship we have developed through the trials and laughter of the past ten years. We are grateful, as well, to God for sending us what we need when we need it.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens"
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