Jacob's Well

05/27/2026

A beautiful morning at the Community Garden!

04/18/2026

Mowing and bed cleanup at the 17th Street Community Garden today.

03/26/2026

We are excited for this new partnership! Jacob's Well will be working with the fine folks at the Havelock Social Hall to create a new space to meet the physical, relational, and spiritual needs of our neighbors in the Havelock neighborhood. This space is the Havelock Social Club! We are having our first fundraiser for the space THIS SATURDAY evening and we'd love for you to join us and bring your friends. Admission includes food for the evening and plenty of fun times. We hope to see you there!

11/27/2025

Today we are thankful for all God has done and provided in our lives and ministry. It is also a day we are praying for one of our long time employees and his family in Haiti as they are having to do an emergency C-section at the end of a pregnancy. We are praying for the health of both the mother and baby, but also that God will provide the emergency funds to carry out this procedure, which is $600. If you are able to help us cover this cost so our employee has one less thing to worry about right now, we would be forever thankful for that as well! If you’d like to help with this immediate need, you can donate through this link listed below. With all that said, we are thankful for you and what you do for others through our ministry…we couldn’t do it without you!

https://app.clovergive.com/app/giving/clodo-jacobswell

01/19/2025

We need help! A couple months ago this garage that sits behind the future Capitol View Social Club caught fire and was heavily damaged. The city has deemed it unsafe and we need to tear it down, cut it up into pieces and get those into a roll-off. Ideally someone with a piece of heavy equipment could knock it down and a solid crew of people with saws could take it from there. We are confident we can find the people for part two of that process, but we need help with the first part. Does anyone out there with a big machine want to help us with this? We are trying to accomplish this asap. Please drop a comment or send us a message if you’d like to help with this in one way or another. This is another project we can’t do on our own and are praying people in the community can step in and help us with this need!

11/26/2024

We have some friends in need of a working washing machine. Is there anybody out there that has an extra they could part with? It would be very much appreciated. Shoot us a message if you do!!!

11/01/2024

Tonight I was sitting on the front porch waiting for trick or treaters knowing we probably wouldn’t have many, but I wanted to be there in case some showed up. You see, most kids in our neighborhood go to more affluent areas to get better candy. Shoutout the “Full Bars” episode of Bob’s Burgers. Haha. I get it.

After a little while, a group of kids came walking up the block, but one of them was crying and seemed scared. I asked if everything was alright and was told “Yes, she’s just afraid because we are lost and don’t know how to get home.” I texted my mom, the neighborhood Grandma, and after getting everyone some candy we talked more about their situation. They didn’t know their address or phone number of a parent, BUT they knew they lived near a park with flowers and fish. Sunken Gardens! We had a lead. Haha. They said if we could help get them there, they would be able to direct us to their home.

Now, I should mention somewhere in the conversation I had noticed some accents and asked if they were from Lincoln or somewhere else and they told us they were from Afghanistan. I asked if they knew of Juniper Refuge and their eyes lit up. One said, “Yes! My sponsor is Chris.” I laughed and said I don’t know Chris, but we are friends with Juniper Refuge and that put some trust in place, which was awesome. JR works with refugees, many living near us and does some awesome work and are quality people.

Long story a little longer, we were able to get the kids to their home safely! I also want to say how cool it is to be a part of many different folks and organizations working to help our neighbors downtown and make sure they are loved and safe. Tonight’s story also goes to show that when we make time and are available to our neighbors, we can make a difference. Something as simple as being present and on your porch can have a direct impact on those around you…so let’s keep getting out there and loving our neighbors!

10/24/2024

Trunk or treat is this Sunday, folks! Come on by the Jacob’s Well house between 4:00 and 6:00 and have some fun. If you’d like to donate some candy, shoot us a message or just drop your candy off on the porch between now and then and we’ll make sure it gets to the neighborhood kiddos! 659 S 18th ST

09/29/2024

We made the front page of the Sunday paper! We are excited to continue working to renovate and open up the Capitol View Social Club, but we still need your support to make the end goal possible. If you want to support this project financially, you can donate by clicking on the link below!

https://app.clovergive.com/app/giving/clodo-jacobswell

City planners want to create a historic landmark designation for the corner stores that once dotted Lincoln's landscape.

05/24/2024

A beautiful day at the 18th Street Community Garden.