Meet Team Thailand!
Welcome to the Thailand team! You are about to join us for a crazy ride into the lives of Amanda Ardemagni, Ashley Raye Ellis, Chaz Phillips, James Anders, Greg Feaver, David Akina, and Stephen Cooley....
View ArticleMeet Team Costa Rica!
How do you prepare for a trip? If you are anything like me, then you do a mental rehearsal of everything you are planning on doing and then follow that up with a list of things you need to bring. You...
View ArticleMeet Team NY!
This July, 20 students and 4 leaders from The Well Student Ministries (WSM) are heading to New York, but this won’t be a vacation. These students won’t be spending their time seeing the sights; they’ll...
View ArticleNeighborhood Blast!
Many of us can remember summer as a time when churches put together a Vacation Bible School program for children and families, where everyone was invited to a church building to hear the Gospel. That...
View ArticleSorry
When said sincerely, the word "sorry" really can change everything.Meet Frank, who invented the word. Or at least this is how it could have happened.
View ArticleThe Comic Book Guy
There is nothing quite like seeing a child experiencing something for the first time. Their eyes fill with wonder and your own adult cynicism breaks as you remember what it's like to be totally and...
View ArticleAt The Park
Join us at the park for an evening of community.We’ll provide the hot dogs, volleyball and some lawn games. Invite a friend and bring a side dish or dessert to share, along with your own water or...
View ArticleHow to Disciple Your Kids With Help from The Well KidsCo
You rush out the door and arrive late to service, again. You quickly check the kids in and make it into service just as worship is coming to a close. Service gets out, you pick the kids up and haul...
View ArticleMy Week at Camp
I recently had the opportunity to counsel with The Well at Hume Lake. We took over 50 kids to Wagon Train for Summer Camp. This was a very unique opportunity for me. The last time I was at Wagon Train,...
View ArticleInternational Friendship Program
GROWING IN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITYI lived overseas for six years, and always my favorite thing to hear was, "You must come over for tea!" It meant I was going to get into a home, meet new friends, and...
View ArticleState of the State of the Church
This year at State of the Church we started out celebrating and laughing a bit at ourselves. Each Campus, Network Church and Church Plant received some silly jabs from our Creative Team. The result was...
View ArticleLanna Club
Beyond the CupLanna Coffee is roasting delicious coffee that goes beyond the cup. What that means for Lanna is it’s not just about an excellent cup of coffee (though they definitely deliver on that),...
View ArticleBaptism
This January 4 The Well is hosting a Baptism service. Different from previous Baptism services, which we lovingly refer to as “Dunkfests,” this service is designed completely differently. Instead of...
View ArticleSafe Families for Children
When overwhelmed, many of us turn to family or our church. But imagine not having those options. Oftentimes, problems like drug addiction, domestic abuse, incarceration or illness can be debilitating,...
View ArticleThe Smallest Gift
To most people who are raising $3,000 for an Exposure Trip, a $12 donation is less than exciting – especially when you’re already fully funded. But for me, this gift was an enormous blessing that...
View ArticleJoin Team Haiti: The Well Summer Exposure Trips
Exposure trips at The Well Community Church are just as they sound – exposure. Opportunities to take men and women out of their normal surroundings here in United States and let them be exposed to...
View ArticleHope Fresno
We are called to be one, but are we? In a nation more polarized and divided than ever, the church has a responsibility to be peacemakers. We have a responsibility to be the ones who are willing to step...
View ArticleHope Fresno Discussion Panel
Many of you came out to hear about issues of race and injustice in our city this weekend at Hope Fresno. It seems there were many others who were unable to attend for one reason or another. Overwhelmed...
View ArticleMy Story of Mission
It was Christmas night, and I was wondering, What in the world have I just done!? In less than 24 hours I was going to be on a plane heading to Thailand. It’s too late to not go! And then we landed in...
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