March 2012 Newsletter
Read the latest news from the life of the Jacob’s Well community in our March 2012 newsletter
Welcome to Jacob's Well
Thanks for visiting Jacob's Well online. As you explore these pages we want you to have a sense of what is happening in our community. We also hope you are able to discover more of what our life together is created from and where it is headed.
Jacob's Well is a non-profit organization in the downtown eastside of Vancouver, Canada. We have a unique approach to sharing life with residents of our neighbourhood, many of whom struggle with drug and alcohol addictions as well as mental illness. As you tour these pages we hope you will discover some of the beauty we have found here, and that even as it is changing us you will also be changed.
News
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.
May 25-26, 2012:
Friday May 25th Saturday May 26th
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.
Creative World Justice Festival 2012
The Second Annual Creative World Art & Justice Festival will be happening, August 10-12th, 2012. Jacob’s Well will be heading out to mission BC to attend it, along with about 700 other folks!
One of the main speakers will be Joyce Rees. She was the Executive Director of Jacob’s Well for the first 8 years of our existence and has also served as a pastor for ten years in two churches. In addition, she has taught extensively about justice! For more information and registration details, please visit the website: www.creativeworldfestival.org
Rain Down Heaven
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