We do this out of brokenness. We humbly understand our great need for a Savior. It is only when we can take our eyes off of ourselves and put them on the only one who is worthy of all our attention that we can truly worship God. God is a person with unlimited resources and He says, “I love you”. He says, “I accept you, not because of what you have done, but because of who I am and who you have believed in.” Jesus told the woman at the well that God was looking for worshippers. So, at the Well our hope is that worship would not just be expressed in our music, but something we do with our whole lives. The Bible tells us to offer our bodies to God as a living sacrifice (Rom. 12:1). When God stirs our hearts and we begin to live differently and act in response to God’s love, this becomes our spiritual act of worship.

First of all, meals are a daily reminder of our common need for God and his faithfulness to provide both physically and spiritually to sustain us. The physical reality is that we cannot live without food and the spiritual reality is that we cannot truly live without a relationship with God.

Another reason we Eat together is because Jesus called us to remember him and his sacrifice for us through a meal. So when we eat together we remember what God has done for us through his Son; we remember the way God has come and given us new life. Thus we celebrate and invite others to take and eat as we have. Finally, we believe God speaks to us through his Word; thus at the Well the bible is our food.

 Jesus told us to go into all the world and make disciples. Jesus said, “Just as the father has sent me, I am sending you. At the Well our desire is to live in such a way that we are on God’s mission all the time. That our lives are not fragmented, but that our actions and words are all part of the life God has given us to live at work, with our families and with our neighbors. John 14:12 – Jesus tells us, “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.” At the Wellwe believe that as we invest our life for God without fear of losing it, the life we find will be an “abundant” life. The words of Jesus are true, “If you lose your life for my sake, you will find it.”

We believe that love has to go farther than words. God could have shouted down from heaven and said, “I love you!” But he went further than that. He came and lived among us and did what a person who loves people does; he cared for people, he healed people, he told people the truth and he showed people what it looked like to be alive spiritually. At the Well we believe that we are not just here to share Good News, but we are here to “BE” good news. Our goal is to “BE” good news to our community and the people who live in it. We believe God’s love will be poured out as we make serving people in tangible ways a priority; especially as we serve the least of these.