What is the Crozier Society?
The vision of St. John of Patmos was of the heavenly realm filled with people from every ethnicity giving praise and glory to God through Jesus Christ. This is the goal of the
Great Commission. The Crozier Society exists to promote, empower, and support the work of reaching every nation, tribe, and tongue within our region with the good news of Jesus.
The Work of the Crozier Society
We help Local Churches reach people of different ethnicities through intentional engagement, evangelism, and service. We also support Church Plants that are purposefully designed to reach all the nations in our midst with the good news of Jesus.
We help establish ministries among Hispanic peoples by equipping and raising up Hispanic leaders who have a zeal for serving the Lord. We support these leaders in planting Spanish-speaking and bilingual churches that reach our Spanish-speaking neighbours with the gospel.
We foster mission and ministry on University and College campuses by gathering students into Anglican missional communities of worship, discipleship, and evangelism and helping the young to discern new vocations for Christian service.
One Ministry: Cafecitos
One succesful Latino/Hispanic outreach ministry within our is “Cafecitos,” which is being coordinated by Cristina Morett, an ordained minister, wife of the Rev. Gamaliel “Gabe” García, Canon for Hispanic Mission.
"Cafecito" is the Spanish word for "little coffee." In Mexican culture, people come together for a social gathering over a cup of coffee and sweet bread or cake. This gathering is known as "cafecito time."
In 1984, Morett's mother-in-law came up with the idea of challenging a few ladies from the church in Tijuana to invite a non-church friend to a cafecito event centered around a specific topic. To her surprise, 80 ladies showed up to the first gathering, and the attendance grew to 800 ladies every month for 25 years!
Following her example, in May 1986, Morett, along with four other ladies from the church she and her husband were pastoring, hosted the first Cafecito in the USA. Their first venue was a small meeting room in a Denny's Restaurant in San Diego, California. From those humble beginnings attendance grew to over 400 ladies every month.
During a Cafecito, guests are greeted by a room with well-dressed tables each covered with a tablecloth, a beautiful centerpiece, a Thermos of hot coffee, and a pitcher of cold water, with a coffee mug, a piece of cake on a china plate, and real silverware awaiting each attendee.
The ladies not only enjoy the coffee, cake, and fellowship, but the most important aspect is a praise song at the beginning of the conference. Each Cafecito focuses on a different topic, but always to benefit women’s lives. They are not church meetings; the leaders do not bring Bibles or use "Christianese." It's more of a social event with Christ at the center. Leaders never invite people to church until they ask for more. Usually, they can offer Biblical counseling or another program that will help meet their needs.
