Our Vision
Jacob's Well is a faith-based, self-funded, non-profit located in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. We walk alongside community members to give and receive friendship and support while equipping others to do the same in their own context. We welcome all who come to our door and there is room for everyone at our table.
Our Mission Statement
Jacob’s Well offers a shared “living room space” that fosters a sense of belonging, intentionally develops social networks, and invites people into mutually transformative friendship.
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Our Values
Hospitality
We continue a tradition of welcome and presence in the Downtown Eastside. We pursue community, radical inclusion, and table fellowship. There is room for everyone at our table.
Mutuality
We receive and extend friendship with each other. We aim to create a place where those who gather experience belonging, interdependence, collaboration, and shared creativity.
Spiritual Formation
We recognize all people as being created in the image of the Creator. We seek to practice the way of Jesus through rhythms of prayer, worship, visitation, celebration, and equipping. We invite every person to find space to seek and participate as they are able.
Pursuing Justice
We strive towards healing, recognizing the injustices wrought by systems, communities and people. We seek restored, right relationships between each other, God, and the world. We work towards reconciliation with our Indigenous friends and neighbours.
*The unceded and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.