Our December newsletter is up for your perusal
This newsletter carries the theme of light in darkness. There’s some great articles and pictures from the last few months here at the well. Enjoy!
December newsletter
Life in the margins Workshop
A weekend workshop where we will explore God’s heart for people on the margins of society. We will examine stories from the Bible and share our experiences from life in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. Together we will wrestle with questions like:
Who are the marginalized?
Is God biased toward the poor?
Are we called to save people?
What is the difference between mercy and justice?
What is the gospel?
This workshop will spark your imagination as you live out God’s call to love marginalized people in your own neighbourhood, school, church, or workplace.
January 2012:
Friday January 20th Saturday January 21th
7:00pm-10:00pm 10:00am-4:00pm
To register E-mail workshop@jacobswell.ca or call 604.681.4898. The workshop costs $20.00. Lunch is included.
You’re Invited To Celebrate Jacob’s Well’s 10th birthday at the Well.
Saturday October 22nd, 2011 @ Jacob’s Well
1:00 pm—6:00 pm, Program at 3:30 pm
Drop-in open-house style party
Delicious food ~ Live music
If have been with us here at Jacob’s Well in the past either through prayer, support or time we would love to have you come celebrate with us !
Life in the margins Workshop
A weekend workshop where we will explore God’s heart for people on the margins of society. We will examine stories from the Bible and share our experiences from life in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. Together we will wrestle with questions like:
Who are the marginalized?
Is God biased toward the poor?
Are we called to save people?
What is the difference between mercy and justice?
What is the gospel?
This workshop will spark your imagination as you live out God’s call to love marginalized people in your own neighbourhood, school, church, or workplace.
October 2011:
Friday October 14th Saturday October 15th
7:00pm-10:00pm 10:00am-4:00pm
To register E-mail workshop@jacobswell.ca or call 604.681.4898. The workshop costs $20.00. Lunch is included.
We have been working really hard to get this newsletter out by the end of today, cause later on a bunch of us from Jacob’s Well are headed out to mission BC to attend the first annual Creative World, art and justice festival. So we invite you to read our latests newsletter and to check out the festival if you are in town.
August newsletter
Creative World Art and Justice Festival
Well it’s been a little bit since we last updated our site. We have had our hands full the past 3 months with a bit of a flood here at the well. On April 23rd water poured from the floor above ours and completely flooded our space. You can read all about it in our upcoming newsletter that we hope to have out before the middle of august.
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On a more positive note, one of our Community Members, Tom Wuest, has released a new album called Under the shadow. You can check out the new album as well as his other music by visiting him at
Brass trumpet publishing
Rain Down Heaven is the latest musical offering to come out of our community, thanks to the songwriting gifts of Tom Wuest, accompanied by other Jacob’s Well members.
read the blurb below and enjoy two samples from the CD.
The thirteen songs on Rain Down Heaven are songs of longing, desperation, and hope, which draw from the voices and yearnings of a cast of biblical characters. Daniel prophesies to King Nebuchadnezzar that, though his dominion reaches to the ends of the earth, he must “come to know that Heaven rules.”
Mary, the young, pregnant mother of Jesus, sings a joyful adulation for the God who scatters the proud, brings the rulers down from their thrones, sends the rich away empty, lifts up the lowly and fills them with good things.
Zechariah and Isaiah speak of the ONE who will order His kingdom with justice and peace, who will suffer the sins of His people and bring healing. Luke and Paul suggest that Isaiah foresaw Jesus as the ONE who would reconcile all of creation to the Creator.
David and Solomon, in their psalms, proclaim the Savior as the ONE who will stand with the lowly and break their chains. Paul reminds us that the powers will be judged. Mark echoes Jesus’ first words and tells the story of the resurrection. John the Baptist recognizes Jesus as the Lamb of God who will take away the sins of the world.
Finally, in the last song, a song written for dear friends on the eve of their move away from Vancouver some years ago, several biblical texts are woven together to capture the deep and universal human longing to be rooted and known.
Break Their Chains
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Rain Down Heaven
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If you would like to obtain a copy of the CD please contact brasstrumpetpublishing@gmail.com or visit brasstrumpetpublishing.com for more info
