{"id":531,"date":"2023-06-26T13:42:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T13:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewellatlentrise.org.uk\/?page_id=531"},"modified":"2023-07-17T13:19:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T13:19:35","slug":"about-is","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.thewellatlentrise.org.uk\/?page_id=531","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"531\" class=\"elementor elementor-531\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ff1be74 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ff1be74\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-378a0259\" data-id=\"378a0259\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b767d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71b767d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":6} -->\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>OUR HISTORY AND VISION<\/strong><\/h6>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Well @ Lent Rise was initially established as an expression of&nbsp;<a>St Mary\u2019s Church, Hitcham Lane, Burnham<\/a>&nbsp;desire to be an active part of the local community. This became an all year round way of interacting with that community and carrying out the same desire to love and serve them as God loves us and calls us to share his love with others.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In order to engage with a broader spectrum of the community and sustain the work that was being done, it became apparent that The Well needed to become a registered Charity. This allowed established projects to grow in the way that God was calling for them to. It also broke down some of the perceived barriers that some people had about \u2018Church\u2019 and opened the way for grants and funds from external bodies to be accessed.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today, The Well @ Lent Rise continues to function as a Charity in its own right, working closely with other community based organisations in and around Burnham.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Historically wells were places of refreshment; meeting places where people came together to exchange news and information.\u00a0 An encounter between Jesus and a Samaritan woman at a well in Samaria was the starting point. 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