How First Grace Dreamed, Directed, and then Delivered The Market Path in Highland Square.

The Market Path is a ministry of Akron's First Grace United Church of Christ, opening in November of 2007. It was the church's vision to see a place where Akron can support the wider community with items that promote fair trade and empowerment of impoverished artisans around the world...

Already supporting ministries of worship, faith, food, recovery, and education -- to name a few -- First Grace wanted to reach out further into the community and develop new and progressive programming and outreach of a not just Christian, but of a human nature.

Many ideas were concidered in the process, but Rev. Bob Dreese, First Grace's Pastor kept coming back to ideas involving kindness, peace, and justice.  This concideration and journey lead to the concept of hosting something involving Fair Trade...