Mission Partners

WellSpring established The Well in February 2006 and helped transition the ministry into a separate non-profit in 2009.  WellSpring maintains a strong relationship with The Well and encourages families to find ways to volunteer with this very important community partner. Family-friendly serving opportunity.

1. JetPacks – provides nutritious, non-perishable food to hungry children of food-deficient households for the weekend during the school year.
   1. Click here for an overview of the JetPacks Program.
   2. WellSpring currently sponsors three local schools: Chapman’s Retreat Elementary School (Spring Hill), Highland Park Elementary School (Columbia), and E. A. Cox Middle School (Columbia).
   3. WellSpring budgeted $50,000 for JetPacks for the 2023-2024 school year.
   4. How YOU can help: 
      –Click here to make a financial donation to help purchase Jetpacks. Simply use the drop-down menu and select “Missions: Jetpacks”.
      -Volunteer at one of our packing events assembling events. Our next event is Saturday, January 13 at 9 AM at WellSpring.
      -Email traci@wellspringchristian.org to volunteer to transport JetPacks to one of our schools.
2. Mobile Food Pantry – a half-day food distribution event that is an opportunity for families in need of food assistance to receive a grocery cart full of groceries free of charge.
   WellSpring sponsors two Mobile Food Pantries each year, one in the fall and one in the Spring. Other monthly MFP events supported by various sponsors are hosted as well.
   1. Each Mobile Food Pantry costs $3,000, providing 25,000 lbs of food for families.
   2. How YOU can help:
      –Click here to donate financially to WellSpring’s missions fund to help purchase food. Simply use the drop-down menu and select “Missions: Undesignated”.
      -Donate needed food items directly to The Well.
      -Volunteer at one of WellSpring’s sponsored events or any of several other Mobile Food Pantries held each month.
3. WellSpring Wednesdays @ The Well – bi-weekly Wednesday night serving teams work at The Well’s Spring Hill location.
   1. Teams of individuals and families serve by stocking shelves, helping clients select their food, and
      providing general help in the pantry.
   2. Free training is available to fill vital roles of meeting with clients for prayer and counsel.
   3. Evenings run from 5:45-8:15 PM. WellSpring teams serve every other week, either the 1st & 3rd or 2nd & 4th Wednesdays.
   4. How YOU can help:
      -Contact Keith Buddemeyer, our missions coordinator, at keith@wellspringchristian.org to join one of the two teams and serve twice monthly.
      –Click here to register directly with The Well and serve in any of the other needed positions throughout the week.

Compassion is a child-advocacy ministry pairing compassionate people with children living in extreme poverty to release the children from spiritual, economic, social, and physical poverty.

Child Sponsorship:

1. WellSpring currently sponsors 7 children through Compassion.  This is made possible through the Sunday morning Kids’ Ministry offerings, and also through drink & snack purchases from our Student Ministry’s “Snack Stash”.  All proceeds collected through these two avenues go to sponsor kids around the world.
2. In addition to the 7 children that WellSpring sponsors, we also encourage our WellSpring family to sponsor children through Compassion.  $43 per month enables a child to discover their true value through love, education, health care, and recreational activities, provided in a Christian environment. WellSpring will begin sponsoring a survival intervention program with Compassion in 2023, providing food, education, and support for moms and infants.
3. You can sponsor a child of your own through Compassion, here. 

Located in a beautiful setting bordered by the Nolin River, White Mills Christian Camp hosts summer camps and a wide assortment of retreats & conferences throughout the year, serving more than 50 supporting churches. In addition to sending elementary and middle school-age kids to church camp at White Mills every summer, WellSpring contributes 1% of our tithes and offerings to White Mills Christian Camp.