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FALL RALLY 2022

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The Fall Rally was an incredible day of student ministry! The point was clear and Rev. Sarah Wanck did an awesome job sharing it: Jesus notices you and by his grace, you’re going to do greater things than you can imagine!

Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that. - John 1:50
Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. John 14:12
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES

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SEE YOU IN 2023!

SOWER TEAM UPDATE – AUGUST 25, 2022

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A huge thanks to our prayer and support team. We’re grateful for your partnership as we continue to serve in this kingdom work through Harvest Ministry. We just finished a great summer, have had several one-night events this past month and this weekend, and we’re leading worship for Living The Adventure Mission Banquet. Don’t forget, if you’re part of our support team, receive text updates by texting SOWER to 618-243-7476. You can also text PRAY or HARVEST to that same number! Join all three groups if you would like.

A few bullet points and snapshot updates:

SHOUTCO! PUPPETS

ShoutCo! Puppets at Belle Rive Baptist Church, in Belle Rive, IL on August 21.

We kicked off the ShoutCo! Puppet Crew, just before Covid and only did one event in 2020. Since this Spring, ShoutCo! Crew has done several events, including the Light Kids Conferences, VBS events, Summer Camp, and most recently, the first-ever stand-alone event, where Harvest as a whole wasn’t there already. It was great! Thanks to Ruby Price for her leadership and creativity with the scripts and planning. And thanks to Courtney Bettis, Loren Fear, Suzanne Price and Marissa Story for their leadership in the ministry! And of course, thanks to all the team members who have served. The next event is at Friedens Church in Troy, IL in October.

RECENT HARVEST EVENTS

Vandalia, IL – 8.21.22
Oblong, IL – 8.14.22
Carlinville, IL – 8.6.22

The last three weekends, we had the opportunity to serve in worship ministry at First UMC in Vandalia, IL; Outdoor Worship Night in Oblong and an Outdoor Worship Night at the Federated Church in Carlinville, IL. The teams included: Ryan Froidcoeur, Audrey Cheetham, Tim Price, Deborah Thorp, Rebecca Thorp, Daniel Tatjenhorts, Josh Case, Caroline Stewart, Elizabeth West, Ruby Price, Justin Hart, Hannah Thorp, and Dan Yarger.

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SUMMER MINISTRY 2022

The 27th summer of Harvest was a huge blessing! We’re grateful for the way God worked through our team to serve. We led worship for camps, churches, and ministry events. We had lots of time for fun, games, prayer, ministry, worship, and devotions. We heard lots of sermons, drove lots of miles and we’re praising God for the dent we made in sharing the love of Christ with students and children all over the state. We’re so grateful for those who support the ministry and the summer is a huge outcome of your support.

On September 10, our team is reuniting to debrief the summer ministry and officially celebrate as a team. Covid sort of brought an abrupt end to our ministry this summer at the end of the last camp, so we’re looking forward to this day of team ministry closure.

FULL SUMMER PHOTO ALBUM

FALL CONFERENCES

We’re praying for and preparing for the MINISTRY LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE on September 17 and the FALL RALLY on October 29.

The Ministry Leadership Conference will be in Troy, IL on September 17 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm and is for worship leaders, worship tech team members, youth workers, kids ministry leaders, and hospitality teams! Pastors/churches: bring or send your leaders to this one-day training event!

The Fall Rally is for students in 6th-12th grade and it’s going to be an awesome day!

VINTAGE HARVEST SONG

We just recently uncovered a little-known Harvest Recording from 2006. We were asked to write and record a song for the Illinois Great Rivers UMC Annual Conference and we just ran across the song again and loaded it on YouTube. Listen to By Faith In You.

And if you haven’t before, make sure you add Harvest Songs to your playlists!

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SOCIAL MEDIA & CONNECTIONS

  1. Text HARVEST to 618-243-7476
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  3. Follow on Instagram (Harvest, Tim Price, Worship Leader Toolbox, ShoutCo!)

A Memorial Gift

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By: Tim Price

My Granny passed away last month (my mom’s mom). She was 94 years old and passed away at home, just liked she wanted to. Until just a few weeks before her death, she did everything she wanted. She lived on her own, cooked and baked, went to church (most often more than one worship service a week) and loved her family.

I was the oldest grandchild of 30 Grandchildren and 48 Great Grandchildren. A big chunk of these cousins sang a couple of hymns during the funeral service. I was also honored to share the message during her funeral, which was attended by most everyone in the family. Here’s a video of the service here. I also thought her obituary was interesting.

Being nearly 50 years old, I was grateful to have known my granny for so long. She was a part of our lives on a regular basis – coming to many parties and events, having family reunions and visits in her hometown of Mulberry Grove, IL.

Harvest Ministry was named a recipient of her funeral memorial gifts and she’s the third person who has done that over the years. (The first two were my Grandma Agnes Hembrough and long time Troy UMC member, Darrell Burnett). In addition to Harvest Ministry as one of the memorial recipients, my Granny also wanted to name two other missions in which grandkids are currently serving.

Upon reflecting on the three ministries, I realized there was a connection. My cousin Wendy and her husband, Noah, are missionaries in New Zealand and Wendy was on the first ever Harvest Ministry Team back in 1996. The other ministry was Wycliffe, which my cousins, Rachel and Jay Gunn are a part of. Rachel met Jay one summer when she traveled on Harvest Ministry (or somewhere around there, the memories are fuzzy that far back:)!

I know lots of people give part of their estate or memorials to ministries, churches and other causes, but it’s been pretty rare for Harvest up to this point. So as part of our Harvest Ministry Blog, I wanted to honor my Granny and thank God for her and faith. She left (and is leaving) a legacy.

I’m trusting that Harvest Ministry will continue in that line of faith legacy for as long as the Lord leads us to continue.

Granny knew about Harvest from the very beginning. Several family members have been a part of Harvest Ministry, she attended several events and worship services where we served, and various teams stopped by her home on trips we’d take up I-70. She often had team photos on her fridge and she prayed for us.

She also liked to tell stories of me playing guitar and singing – even as a little kid. The famous story, I’ve heard so many times I feel like I remember it, was when Uncle Zack wanted me to sing a song about Kissybabe Scrub. I guess I replied, “I need a book.” So they gave me a hymnal and I turned it upside down, propped it up and started singing.” It must have made an impact for some reason. I just heard the story told again the other day.

All that to say, Granny has been supporting our ministry since before it was even official. Her memorial gives me inspiration to keep investing, keep serving and keep going.

Thanks to all who gave during her funeral service.

VISION 2032

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Thank you for meeting with me!

This is my 32nd year of ministry and the 27th summer of Harvest Ministry, officially. I still believe God is calling us to help serve the greater church, call young adults to grow in ministry and to invite the next generation to follow Christ!

We have been so grateful for the God’s provision through the partnership with those support this work on a monthly basis. These connections have been amazing and the fruit that has come from it is awesome – praise the Lord!

As we look toward the next ten years of ministry, Lord willing, we realize the continued need to grow the support for the work, which leads us to our next partnership goal of $5000 more per month to help fund administrative leadership within our ministry. Without this leap of faith, we fear we won’t be able to reach as many kids and students. We have learned that as God opens doors, he provides.

We’re trusting God to provide and lead people to join our team as we increase the support partnership with friends and family to keep serving well in the mission of Harvest Ministry!

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VISION 2032

In ten years, we want to be able to say some of these things:

  • God has been faithful as Harvest has been a witness for over 35 years!
  • Hundreds of students have accepted Christ at camps, conferences and events where Harvest helped serve.
  • 300 Pastors currently serving in churches served with Harvest Ministry as young adults.
  • Harvest Teams lead worship for countless camps, churches and ministry events each year.
  • Thousands of churches utilize Harvest resources, music, podcasts and more.
  • New music will have been written and recorded .
  • Harvest Conferences will be mentioned in countless testimonies from adults who are still following Jesus and attended a Harvest event over the years.
  • We give God glory for the amazing and miraculous work done through Harvest Ministry!
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STEPS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS VISION

  • Lots of prayer
  • Increased partnerships with new supporters (a goal of $5000 a month)
  • Increased structure so more young adults can experience hands on ministry

To allow for time to focus on equipping, training and development, and this vision in general the administrative load is going to have to be shared with more staff through Harvest Ministry.

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