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!

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!

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.

We’re inviting church leaders, pastors and parents to make plans to bring students from your church / community for one of these events in the next few weeks!

KIDS CONFERENCE – MARION, IL – APRIL 2

KIDS CONFERENCE – TROY, IL – APRIL 30

GIRLS CONFERENCE – TROY, IL – MAY 1

KIDS CONFERENCE – MARION, IL OR TROY, IL

for children in first – fifth grades!

HARVEST MINISTRY GIRLS CONFERENCE

for teen girls in 6th-12th grades!

We’re currently on a Spring Break Trip in Surfside Beach, TX with the Epworth League.

The Epworth League, the revived ministry of the early Methodist Church, is all about reaching young adults and sending them into ministry.

Ken Rheingans, from Sullivan, WI, is the organizer and his vision has grown. There are two weeks scheduled here this March and there will be about 200 or so in attendance between both weeks.

Harvest also has the privilege of serving with Ken and his team each summer during the Christian Disciple Farm, hosted at Ken and Sue’s home in Sullivan. It’s also an incredible week.

But now, a bit about this current week here in March of 2022. The team for this week is Caroline Stewart, Elizabeth West, Noah Durbin, Tim, Suzane, Ruby, and Macy Price. We have jumped in to help with the work for the week, but are also assembling, organizing, and supporting the worship ministry each evening. We’ve connected with several college students who have gifts in music and worship and a different team configuration is leading each evening.

Here’s a look at the schedule:

Saturday – drove all day

Sunday – worship in Galveston, afternoon sightseeing, worship and speaking in the evening

Monday – Friday

6:15 – kitchen team get up to prepare for each house

7:15 – breakfast and testimoies

8:30 – pack lunch at the community center

9:00 – leave for work sites all over region

3:00 – home from sites, free time, beach, etc.

4:30 – band rehearsal / sound check

6:00 – dinner

7:00 – games

7:30 – worship

8:30 – small groups

9:30 – evening activity

11:30 – bed

We’ve had long fun-filled days, but it’s been rewarding and fruitful and it’s a great group of students and leaders!

Everyone is staying in one of the really large beach houses. Breakfast is served in each home, lunch is packed each day for the site, and dinner is served in the community center with the volunteer team preparing it. The teams in charge of scheduling, small groups, buying and preparing food, sending work teams, and setting up evening activities are doing an incredible job – the logistics part of the week is astounding.

As an example of the work: Noah has been moving rock for a habitat project, Elizabeth and Caroline has been working on a home about 40 minutes from Surfside, working on the outdoor exterior of a habitat home, Tim has been shuttling team members to various city projects around the Intercoastal Waterway and the community, and Suzanne, Ruby, and Macy spent the first day painting and the second day shopping and food prep.

We praise the Lord for the opportunity to serve here for the week and thank TUMC for sending those team members who joined in on this mission trip!

Thanks for joining us in prayer!

1. To be on the Fire-Up Prayer List text PRAY4FIRE to 618-243-7476 or join with the Email Prayer Team Link
2. If you know of anyone who wants to join the summer team, let me know!
3. Thanks for your support and partnership in Harvest Ministry!
4. Giving video & link.

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