Jacob's Well?

So, I was getting my hair cut the other day and the lady that cut my hair was trying to make small talk with me. She asked simple things like, “What are you up to today?” and “What are your plans for thanksgiving?” But then she asked, “So, what do you do?”  And I gave my normal response.  I am the middle school pastor at Jacob’s Well.  She said, oh cool.  But then the conversation died.

So I got to thinking about that answer.  What was so confusing about my answer?  Maybe she was trying to figure out what a middle school pastor does all week?  Maybe she was trying to figure out what Jacob’s Well was? Jacob’s Well is not a normal church name.  If Jacob’s Well was a normal church name like, Eau Claire Baptist Church she probably wouldn’t have gotten weirded out.  But instead she went back to cutting my hair and changed the subject.

Have you ever been asked where you went to church?  Have they ever asked why your church was named Jacob’s Well?  Well, this is exactly what our students are talking about this week at The Edge.  Why Jacob’s Well?  Read through John 4:1-42.  Our church is named after a place where imperfect, thirsty people meet Jesus and change how they live their lives.  Spend some time this week talking to your student about how your lives have been changed since coming to Jacob’s Well.  In what ways, has Jacob’s Well been a place for you when your life was getting messy?  In what ways, has Jacob’s Well been a place for you when you were thirsting for so much more to the life you were living?  In what ways has Jacob’s well been a place for  you to know and become more like Jesus?  Use this Parent Cue, to begin a conversation of mutual sharing with your student about your spiritual journeys.

Sneak Peak:  GRAND OPENING in celebration of the new building is next Wednesday, December 7^th.