People Magazine is running a story about the Well Community. 

The article will be in the February 26 edition

which will be hitting newsstands over the weekend! 

- A Changed Life - Read how the Well's work is impacting individual's lives!

Thursday, February 22 - 6:30pm - 8:15pm

Cliff Temple Baptist Church · 125 Sunset Avenue

6:30pm - Coffee, Dessert, & Community Life Center Tours
7:30pm - Celebration & Vision-Casting

Share with others the good things you see happening at the Well! We encourage you to forward this invitation and to invite others to this event.

A Changed Life!

Last year, we met William, a friend of one of our weekday volunteers.  For years, he had been an extremely successful software engineer and businessman, managing numerous employees.  However, William has suffers from major depression, an illness so debilitating that two years ago he simply walked off the job and began to rarely leave his apartment. 

Beginning last June, William began to come more regularly to participate and help out in the Community Life Center.  Slowly, but progressively, we began to see him blossom as he lovingly and artfully engaged with the other Community Members.  Therefore, in the fall, William moved to Oak Cliff and we hired him to work in the center providing computer education through one-on-one mentoring relationships.  Each day, it is a joy to see him patiently working with Community Members, gracefully teaching basic computer skills and lending a helping hand.  Today, William testifies to the healing power of community and the relationships he has formed at the Well. 

Thanks to all the individual donors.  Over 176 individuals donated to the Well in 2006, an increase of 46% over last year!  Thanks!

Thanks to Cliff Temple Baptist, Covenant 08, Dallas Baptist Association, Forest Meadow Baptist, Grace Temple Baptist, Highland Park Presbyterian, Mercy Place, and Oak Cliff Baptist House Church for supporting the Well through your mission budgets!

Thanks to the Foundation for Community Empowerment for their continued organizational support. 

Thanks to the Hawn Foundation, Foundation for Community Empowerment (FCE) and Tomkins Corporation Foundation for your financial support in 2006! 

Thanks to all of our volunteers – Saturday and weekday.  Your volunteer hours in 2006 were worth more than $30,000 to the Well! 

Thanks to our weekday volunteers: Al and Joyce Curry, Ann Tabony, Evelyn Simmons, Harry Walter, Patsy Fuller, Shelia Mann, Shelley Aubrey, and Sylvia Burks.  You brighten the lives of our Community Members in such a profound way! 

Thanks to the following thirteen congregations for their volunteer support in 2006!  In alphabetic order: Cliff Temple Baptist Church, Covenant: 08 House Church, First Baptist Church of Rockwall, First Baptist Church of Plano, Forest Meadow Baptist Church, Journey Community Church, Kessler Community Church, Oak Cliff Baptist House Church, Park Central Baptist Church, Park Cities Baptist Church, The Reformed Church in Plano, Shady Oaks Baptist Church (Hurst), and Trinity Church of Cedar Hill.

Thanks to all who purchased and prepared food for Saturday Night Life.  Keeping this expense out of our budget saves us more than $10,000 per year! 

Thanks to Park Central Baptist Church for helping with the Volunteer Banquet, Easter service, and Christmas party!  You guys are so festive! 

Thanks for Evelyn Simmons, Darlene Evetts, and others who regularly prepare lunch for participants in the Community Life Center.

Thanks to Mary Rutledge for helping prepare a set of menus for Jacob’s House!  Bon Appétit! 

Thanks to all who donated items for Jacob’s House!  You helped turn a house into a home!

Thanks to all who donated Christmas presents, toiletries, food, furniture, and other items for our Community Members.  For those on meager budgets, these seemingly insignificant items make a big difference!       

Thanks to Glen Schmucker, Jerry Spivey, and Cliff Temple Baptist Church for their continued grace in terms of facility usage.  Without worship space, classrooms, and office space, we would be unable to offer this ministry.  The reduced rent and utility fees that you offer saves us thousands! 

Thanks to the support staff at Cliff Temple – Sophia, Kathy, Nicki, Amanda, Susan, Juan, Eduardo, Antonio, Eddie!  You are all great and help our Community Members is so many ways! 

Thanks to Cliff Temple Baptist Church and Grace Temple Baptist Church for their generous use of their church vans! 

Thanks to Barbara Evetts for your help in transitioning our financial office from basic capacity to über-capacity!  Your graphs are works of art! 

Thanks to NAMI Dallas, the Mental Health Association of Dallas, and all of our friends in the mental health community!  We appreciate your support and all you do for our people! 

Thanks to Cliff Dweller, the Dallas Morning News, and Oak Cliff Tribune.  We appreciate the good press! 

Thanks to Nic Climer for donated time in design services and website maintenance (send him some business; see www.AgeofDesign.com & www.PrintPlace.com)!

Build the Support!

Please prayerfully consider including the Well in your monthly budget!

In December 2001, a handful of people gathered to start a new expression of God’s work in our neighborhood.  Over the course of the past five years, it has been amazing to witness how God has taken our humble efforts and has begun to mature the members of the Well Community in his wisdom, love, and joy.  As we look back and celebrate the accomplishments of 2006, it is with gratitude that we acknowledge God’s favor on the Well as established through your financial contributions.  Therefore, please receive our heart-felt thanks! 

In late November, I informed you of the Well’s financial situation.  Thanks to you, we ended the year better than expected with almost $30,000 being given in December alone!  However, the total giving in 2006 fell short by $25,000.  Therefore, I ask you prayerfully consider your gifts to the Well Community in 2007.  To help meet our budgeted requirements of $15,000 per month, please consider pledging your support for the year, becoming a monthly supporter, increasing your total giving by 25%, and/or asking a friend to become a support of the Well. 

We need your financial support!  the Well is a grassroots movement of people caring for others; therefore, every gift is significant.  Therefore, please be in prayer regarding your giving.

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the Well Community

125 Sunset Avenue

Dallas, TX  75208

Current Financials

Well Financials (as of January 31, 2007)

Coming Soon...

Anticipate additional information on the following:

• Adopt-a-Community-Member – Our Christmas gift program was so successful, we are working on a plan to partner interested volunteers in a mentoring program with one of our Community Members.  The plan would involve training, and we are investigating using COMPEER, a nationally recognized mentoring program for those with disabilities. 
• Artreach – We have applied to Artreach, whose mission is to ensure access to the arts and cultural events of our city for economically disadvantaged adults, the disabled and elderly.  Their Community Events Program will allow our Community Members, and sponsors, to attend a wide variety of arts and cultural events throughout our city free of charge.
• 5-Year Anniversary Celebration – Yes, five years!  Therefore, we are planning a party later in the spring to celebrate!