Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Wellspring Community

Wellspring is a safe community for people who are spiritual but not religious.  We don’t judge, condemn, or use the Bible as a weapon.  We don’t have a long list of rules.  Questions are normal and we embrace the mystery of God.  We believe that God is beyond our ability to completely grasp or comprehend and so we hold our beliefs both humbly and loosely.  We don’t require certainty or that everything resolve.  Any person is welcome to belong in our community without having to agree with our beliefs.  We don’t tell anyone what to think rather we help people discover for themselves.  We value diversity and dialogue.  We are a community of spiritual seekers.

The people of the Wellspring community practice following Jesus as a way of life more than as a system of belief.  We believe that following the way of Jesus is a better way to live in the here and now not just in the hereafter.  We believe that we are called and sent to represent God’s dream for the world.  We believe that it’s our task to create foretastes of God’s kingdom here on earth.  We seek authenticity and transparency.  We seek to love unconditionally and to include the excluded.  For us being loving is more important than being right in our beliefs. We work to extend mercy and compassion to those in need without making them our projects.  We strive to recognize injustice and oppression and to work to make certain that every person gets treated rightly and fairly. 

Wellspring communities are not organized institutions.  We work to limit any hierarchy. We don’t have our own building and we don’t offer programs.  We don’t struggle for power, control or authority.  We avoid using religious jargon or cliché’s as much as possible.  We aren’t “churchy”.  We are real, we are honest and our gatherings are casual.

At Wellspring we are gaining freedom by closing the gaps between our beliefs & values and our actual behavior.  We are seeking to identify and gain healing in our places of habitual brokenness.  We are moving toward restored wholeness in six dimensions of life; spiritual, physical, psychological, economic, political, and social.

The community of Wellspring in Tomball gathers every Sunday at 4:00 P.M. at Main Street Crossing for some music and discussion.  Main Street Crossing is located at 111 West Main Street just before the railroad track and just under the Blues Brothers.  The dress is very casual and no child care is provided.  Our community is small and
informal.


We who make up the community called Wellspring believe that we are called to journey with people who are spiritual but not religious, joining with them in their movement toward faith & God.  We hope to be a safe community where individuals can pursue God in a non-judgmental & non-threatening environment.  We are seeking to follow the way of Jesus for the common good.

We believe that every person in every group asks the question; “will I be safe here?”  Will I be accepted for who I am?  Is this community safe enough to share what I really believe?  Is it safe enough to express my doubts & fears?  Is it safe enough to share my pain & my brokenness?  Is it safe enough to disagree?  We hope that you find, as we have, that this is a safe community.  Our pledge is to keep it safe.