We are a new church in Evergreen Park, Illinois.
We are seeking to be learners and followers of Jesus Christ.
Our services are informal and participative.
You are welcome to ask questions and make comments …
not simply sit back and be preached at.
You can be yourself, wear what you want,
and bring your doubts as well as your faith.
We are a community of neighbors and friends …
not just a church that holds services.
We’d love to meet you!
Here are the basics you need to know about Sunday mornings at Jacob’s Well:
Service Time: 10:00am
Service Length: 70 to 90 minutes
Church Location: click here for location info
Children’s Programs: We have infant and toddler care, Continue Reading →
Join us on February 5 at Jacob’s Well for pizza and the game on the big screen. We will be providing pizza set ups so you are able to make your own pizza. Please bring your own drink and a snack to share. Invite your friends and join us; if you don’t like football, come for the conversation and community. Doors open at 4:45pm and cost is a suggested donation of $5 per person to help cover the cost of the pizza. Please RSVP to Jacob’s Well by February 1: jwccoffice@gmail.com.
In December 2011, we went through a process to evaluate and reaffirm our mission statement as a church. Here is our updated mission statement:
Our mission is to partner with God and our community to love, serve, and support our neighbors.
We do this through:
Do you ever wonder why our relationships aren’t working and what the Bible says about how to fix them? Join us on Sundays as we start a new sermon series looking at the Bible’s Teaching on Relationships.
January – February Schedule
Jan 29 - Ephesians 4:1-3 “Setting up your Relationships for Success”
Feb 5 - Ephesians 4:3-6 “How the Church Helps and Hinders”
Feb 12 - Guest Pastor
Feb 19 – Ephesians 4:25-32 “Facing Conflict with Hope”
Each Sunday as part of our worship, we invite someone in our community to share a picture, poem, or quote that they have found especially meaningful in their lives. We invite them to bring this quote to our Sunday gathering, and show or read it to us, and then tell us why it is meaningful to them. Here are some recent quotes:
January 22 - From Sharon P…
Words and music by Rick Founds
(Verse)
Lord, I lift Your name on high
Lord, I love to sing Your praises
I’m so glad You’re in my life
I’m so glad You came to save us
(Chorus)
You came from heaven to earth
To show the way
From the earth to the cross
My debt to pay
From the cross to the grave
From the grave to the sky
Lord, I lift Your name on high
January 15 - From Gloria K…
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.“ – Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 8- From Jan B…
“Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount, ‘Be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect’. Whatever did He mean? ….If this is God’s standard of holiness, then I may as well resign from the start…..Jesus did not proclaim the Sermon on the Mount so that we would furrow our brows in despair to achieve perfection. He gave it to impart to us God’s Ideal toward which we should never stop striving, but also to show that none of us will ever reach that Ideal. The Sermon on the Mount forces us to recognize the great distance between God and us, and any attempt to reduce that distance by somehow moderating its demands misses the point altogether.
The worst tragedy would be to turn the Sermon on the Mount into another form of legalism; it should rather put to an end to all legalism. Legalism like the Pharisees’ will always fail, not because it is too strict but because it is not strict enough. Thunderously, arguably, the Sermon on the Mount proves that before God we all stand on level ground: murderers and temper-throwers, adulterers and lusters, thieves and coveters. We are all desperate, and that is in fact the only state appropriate to a human being who wants to know God. Having fallen from the absolute Ideal, we have nowhere to land but in the safety net of absolute grace.”
The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey
January 1- From Christine W…
“Though still broken hearted, she believes what her mommy tells her about her heavenly Father. That He is at work in her little life in spite of the suffering. That His ultimate plan involves far more than our happiness in this life.”
Source: Heroic Faith by Voice of the Martyrs
Mark Brouwer has recently come to Evergreen Park to serve as the pastor of Jacob’s Well. Mark has been the founding pastor of two churches (in Austin, TX, and Minneapolis, MN). Continue Reading →
We’ve recently completed the renovation of one of the rooms in our church building, and have opened it up as our new nursery! Thanks to the volunteers who helped create this space. We hope that Jacob’s Well can be a place where children – as well as adults – can experience God’s love.
Sonshine Express is a preschool program that meets at Jacob’s Well. We still have room for more children in our Fall program!
Sonshine Express is a faith-based preschool. Our program is designed to help your child grow intellectually, physically, emotionally, socially, and creatively. Our classes are held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9:00am to 11:30am.
Our Goals Include:
The Jacob’s Well campus is open to the neighborhood and public for use…
…conferences
…family gatherings
…showers
…art showings
…birthday parties
…etc.
We have a variety of rooms, and can accomodate groups ranging from five or ten to 300. If you’d like to learn more about Continue Reading →
