The Vine 155, a new Christian boutique in Murray, celebrated its Grand Opening on Saturday, March 31st.

Trista Larkin and Sara Logue of Benton, Kentucky, are co-owners of the new shop located next to Jasmine Thai & Sushi and Ribbon Chix.

“This is a dream that I’ve had for several years now,” Larkin said.

Both Larkin and Logue have owned businesses before opening the shop.

“In November, Sara went to a conference in Nashville on starting your business,” said Larkin. “We got to talking one day at church about it.”

Logue said after speaking for just a few minutes after Sunday school, the two knew that this project was meant to be.

“It was funny because [Larkin] commented under my picture,” Logue said. “And on the way home I just said, ‘Oh my gosh Trista! She’s my partner!”

The two hit the ground running on this project and accomplished the opening of the shop in five months.

“It’s kind of one those things that you know it’s right and that God’s in it,” Larkin said. “We didn’t know a lot about opening a business, but God sort of showed us every step of the way.”

Larkin and Logue said the name of the shop comes from the Bible verse John 15:5. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.”

“When people walk in the door, we want them to have that good feeling,” Larkin said. “We want [the store] to be a ministry.”

Larkin and Logue said their goal for the Vine 155 is to help as many people as they can, creating a boutique that would give back to the community at large. Larkin said they want people to see Jesus when they walk in the store.

“We want to have a shop and to give back to the community,” Larkin said. “We want to sell products that are either fair trade or have some sort of give back model.”

Larkin said that they want to provide customers with gifts they don’t see in Murray like bath bombs, soaps and other items for the home. Most of the products sold in their shop have some sort of return to the community. The bath bombs and soaps sold in the boutique donate proceeds to mental illness research.

“Shady Ray’s donates to the hungry,” Logue said. “The car coasters help build wells in Uganda and the blankets give back to the homeless.”

Larkin said that even though some brands don’t directly give to the community, Vine 155 plans to do all it can to contribute.

“We are going to donate 10 percent of our net profits to a different organization every quarter,” Larkin said. “We’ll do both local and nonlocal nonprofits.”

You can find more information by visiting their Facebook @shopthevine155.