Serving Our Community
WE ARE A NON-PROFIT COFFEE SHOP WHOSE PROFITS BENEFIT OUR AREA YOUTH.
About Us
Our Main Objectives:
- Creating a safe, fun place for the youth to hang out together after school.
- Sponsor events like: 5th Quarters, Gaming Tournaments, Karaoke, Popcorn & Movie Nights, Trivia, Game Nights etc.
- Employment training opportunities for student interns.
- Internet services to complete homework & tutors after school.
Make a Donation
Click HERE for our secure online giving link
Meet the Board
Traci Lucas
President
Traci, is the founder of Irish Den and the visionary that started it all. Following God's call to serve the youth of the community she set out to create a safe place for kids to go after school. Her passion is teaching kids life skills and work ethic equipping them with tools to carry with them in their future endeavors.
Rhonda Nelson
Vice Preident
Rhonda was a teacher for 28 years. She truly believes in living by the verse 1Peter 4:10 "Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful servants of God's grace" As a board member her vision is to be available to help any person in need in our community no matter what age and being open to God's leading as she serves.
Mark Shipman
Treasurer
Mark is a retired veteran. He has his Masters in Business Administration with a concentration in finance and financial management from Central Michigan University. Before retiring he was a professor at Barton Collage teaching accounting and finance. Mark has a passion for serving others with the skills that he has.
Terry Miller
Secretary
Terry was the Chapman High School secretary for 30 years! As a parent, grandparent, and a school secretary she sees the value in investing in our youth. She's an integral part of our team and we're so grateful for her expertise on our board. When she's not in Chapman, Terry stays busy traveling all over the United States visiting her children and grandchildren.
Kenny McPherson
Board Member
Kenny is a retired veteran who has enjoyed serving in his Church's youth group for many years. He loves getting to be silly and have fun, but also getting to be there for students when life seems unfair or they run into trouble. As a father of 6 he understands the value of having a safe place to spend time with friends and build relationships.
Collin Sullivan
Board Member
Collin is a retired veteran who has experience working with troubled youth at 6th Ave Skate park inside Rocket Town Youth Center in Nashville Tennessee. He was a youth leader and skate instructor for 6 years and that is where his deep calling to help youth was sparked. After retiring from the Army he knew God wanted him in a place where he can help youth.
Mary Navarrette
Vice Treasurer
Mary has a knack for organization and simplifying processes to make the day to day run smoothly. She manages youth group meals, streamlines coffee shop operations, and helps keep financials in order as we venture into expanding. Mary has a deep faith and strong passion for youth evident in her role as a youth leader for our Wednesday evening youth group.
What is Youth Group?
Every Wednesday at 6PM we serve dinner (at no cost to the kids) hangout, and play games.
At 7PM we split into middle school and high school groups. Each group is taught a lesson by either an adult helper or a video lesson. We then break up into smaller groups for small group discussion. Each grade and gender has one or two leaders to help the conversation stay on topic. Youth group ends at 8pm and kids can be picked up from Chapman Naz (if in Middle School) and Irish Den (if in High School). Feel free to email us if you have any questions at all! IrishDenChapman@gmail.com
Events
Lock-In is an all night event in Wichita, KS. We will leave Friday evening and get back Saturday morning. We will stay up all night doing all kinds of fun things. The evening starts with a speaker and worship. We'll have pizza and then head out for a night of fun activities - rock wall climbing, go karts, arcade games, bowling, trampoline park, ice skating, laser tag etc. We eat breakfast at IHOP Saturday morning and then head back to Chapman...exhausted and happy!
We will be taking the Youth Group to praise fest in Manhattan at Cico Park this fall for delicious food, activities, and a variety of worship music.
High school students will go to Camp Table Rock and get to enjoy fun in the sun! They will get to go tubing, play a bunch of fun games, and most importantly learn about Jesus!
1. Congratulations to the CLASS of 2023!! We are so proud of you! 2. For the remaining and [possibly] stressed high school students, were giving away free ice cream Tuesday May 16! It's fresh and delicious, straight from K-State's own Call Hall dairy bar!
We know the big kids like to hunt for Easter Eggs just as much as the little ones do, so we'll be hiding TWO Golden Easter eggs. They will be hidden in two different locations on Thursday morning April 6th by 7 am. We will give out three clues (that pertain to both locations) starting Monday April 3rd. Follow along on our facebook or instagram page, we will post clues each day to see if you can find the golden eggs and win the prize!! Happy hunting to all Middle and High School Students!!!
We will be doing a potato bar at Irish Fest located at the Middle Schoo, free will donation. All proceeds will go directly towards camp fees for kids!
This is a fundraiser event where the community is able to come eat supper and have the youth group kids wrap Christmas presents for you!! We will be taking free will donations --> every penny will go directly towards summer camp fees. Last year we raised $700+ and we'd love to double it this year...since we have double the amount of students coming.
