In 2015, God began speaking to our leadership team about slowing down the pace of our activities and focusing solely on going deeper with Jesus. We gathered around this vision of halting all construction projects, and instead focusing on digging a deep well and providing an abundant source of water to which all can come and drink. We would commit to digging the well (hence our name change) by structuring everything around a single main desire: encountering Jesus! Above all, we want to know Him and live in a continual experience of friendship and yielded-ness. While these encounters look different from person to person and season to season, the unchanging, relational nature of our God remains constant. He loves us and has these encounters waiting for us – and when we encounter Jesus, we experience deep satisfaction, personal transformation, and discovery of our purpose and our destiny.
We guard this priority by avoiding busyness and excess. Sometimes this can mean saying no to an endless list of otherwise good things, such as programs, events, obligations, appointments, projects, and other distractions. Digging the well means waiting on God’s Spirit and going where He leads, but never moving ahead of him. In our church gatherings, it means devoting time to waiting on Him and hearing what He is saying. In everyday life, it means looking for Jesus in the details of going to work, sitting in traffic, exercising, managing finances, washing dishes, changing diapers, and so much more. This relationship with God does not always come as easily as the many quick-fix options that surround us, such as self-medicating, bingeing entertainment, or seeking the deceptive, momentary gratification of man-powered religious efforts. Our mission is to facilitate an environment and a community where people can embrace a lifestyle of wholeheartedly pursuing and encountering Jesus. We want to posture ourselves to be a well in the middle of Los Osos, and the Central Coast. May we truly be people encountering Jesus. So grab a shovel and let’s start digging!
...Everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. - Philippians 3:8 (NLT)
We guard this priority by avoiding busyness and excess. Sometimes this can mean saying no to an endless list of otherwise good things, such as programs, events, obligations, appointments, projects, and other distractions. Digging the well means waiting on God’s Spirit and going where He leads, but never moving ahead of him. In our church gatherings, it means devoting time to waiting on Him and hearing what He is saying. In everyday life, it means looking for Jesus in the details of going to work, sitting in traffic, exercising, managing finances, washing dishes, changing diapers, and so much more. This relationship with God does not always come as easily as the many quick-fix options that surround us, such as self-medicating, bingeing entertainment, or seeking the deceptive, momentary gratification of man-powered religious efforts. Our mission is to facilitate an environment and a community where people can embrace a lifestyle of wholeheartedly pursuing and encountering Jesus. We want to posture ourselves to be a well in the middle of Los Osos, and the Central Coast. May we truly be people encountering Jesus. So grab a shovel and let’s start digging!
...Everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. - Philippians 3:8 (NLT)