Ten years ago, we started Jacob’s Well. During our first five years, we met in schools in the Eau Claire area. And in the summer of 2006, we built our first building with the help of a construction ministry, Builders For Christ.


What’s Happening?
This year we’ve outgrown our space. We also have recognized our need to provide a place for our youth and twenty-somethings to worship, grow and to belong. So this summer, we are building again. Builders For Christ is returning to help us to do that. We are adding a 16,000 sq. ft. student ministry addition, which will include a 2nd worship auditorium.


Who’s Builders For Christ?
Builders For Christ is a network of 2000 volunteers from 135 churches who will work on two projects this summer. They’ve built 57 churches or additions in its 30 years of existence. The founder and leader of the ministry is Lawrence Corley, senior partner of an architectural firm in Birmingham, Alabama. This is the second trip to the Chippewa Valley, as Builders For Christ built Jacob’s Well’s first initial building in the summer of 2006.

Teams from Builders For Christ will arrive in Eau Claire Memorial Day weekend and work throughout the summer. Volunteers, who take their own vacation and pay their own way, will come from at least 15 different states (Alabama, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, Colorado and Connecticut to name a few).