Harvest Blog

We’re gearing up for the Harvest 2016 Summer Ministry, serving as a worship team and leadership team for camps, events and churches all over Illinois.  If you are interested or know of someone who may be interested in serving for a week, I’d love to connect to explore the possibilities.

DRUMMERS | GUITARISTS | BASSISTS |  KEYBOARD | TECHIES

Serving for a week or more of Harvest Ministry is a great way to minister to the next generation!

BUILDING TEAMS FOR:

Beulah Kids Camp (June 24-July 2)

Beulah Jr. High Alive (week of July 11)

Epworth Journey Camps (week of July 18)

Silvis Outreach Week (July 25-28)

Beulah Holiness Camp (July 29 – August 5)

Here’s a little bit of how it can work:

1. If you are available to serve for all these weeks, let us know.  We would have you fill out an application, we would spend a week in training leading up to this series of camps and then jump in to serving, discipling and growing in faith.
2. If you’re available for one of these these weeks, let’s talk.  We would send you the music before hand online, do online training, meeting for a day before the event to go rehearse and prepare, then hit the road for a music/mission experience.  A week of ministry through Harvest is life changing.
3. During the events, we Harvest is typically housed in a camp type cabin, serving as worship music and ministry team for morning and evening worship services.

Contact:

Tim Price

618-541-8291

Join a team application info 

What a great day at 2016 Light Kids Conference!  We appreciate everyone who was a part – all the children’s workers who brought kids, all the churches that participated and all the families who sent their kids.

The energy and excitement was awesome.  The theme, READY, SET, GO was broken up into three sections:  1) Be ready with the Armor of God, 2) Get Set – God’s word planted deeply in our hearts (Sower and the Seed) and 3) Go – The Great Commission – Even kids can go into all the world (their schools, their homes, their neighborhoods).

We want to thank the host churches for the wonderful set up and hospitality.  And we give God thanks for the wonderful day!  If you’re interested, you can take a look at pictures here.

Hope to see you next year! [subscribe to be reminded of next’s years conferences]

Tim Price, Director, Harvest 

Renovate Conference in East Moline has come and gone for 2016!  It was a great weekend and we appreciated getting connected with all the students and groups in attendance!

A big thanks to Mike Womer for being the weekend speaker!  Great job helping to set the stage for God to be at work in the hearts of students.  The operation game, the Lego Principle and the baggage story all help serve the purpose of God doing a renovating work on our hearts.

Shout out to Matt Young and Christ UMC for their awesome hospitality as the hosting church!  What a great set up, great food and we appreciated your part.

Thanks to the pastors and leaders who brought students for the weekend.  We enjoyed meeting you.

We praise God for the work that was done.  We’re always thankful for times when students can pull away and hear from God’s voice.  I’m thankful for those students who responded to His call.  We give God glory!

See Pictures from Renovate 2016.

Connect with us on Social Media!

Love,

The Harvest 2016 Renovate Team (Tim, Bonnie, Daniel, Matt, and Suzanne)

Would you be interested in joining me in music and worship leadership this summer?

My name is Tim Price and for twenty summers, I have led a Harvest Ministry Team serving in camps and youth events all around Illinois.  It began during the summers while I was in college. I enjoyed playing guitar, leading worship and serving in ministry at youth camps and ministry events all over the Midwest. While attending Asbury Seminary I sensed God’s call to continue in this ministry.  As this ministry of Harvest has continued each summer, I have learned what a great experience it is for any ministry minded young adult musician.

Tremendous ministry can happen as we join together in community, as a worship band, for five or six weeks (or even one or two if you are unable to go the whole summer) to build relationships with students, lead worship and be available to share the faith with the next generation. There are opportunities to serve this summer in ministry… and I’m inviting you apply and join me if you feel led.

Here are the basics about serving with Harvest:

• You must be at least 18 to serve on a team and a follower of Christ.
• Apply to serve on a team – if you have questions about the summer before you go through the application, just give me a call.
• Team members aren’t paid a dollar amount for the summer, but expenses are covered for the team members (lodging, meals, transportation once you get to Troy, IL).  It may sound strange, but for 250 people and for all of the twenty summers of Harvest, it has always been a mission.  In fact, team members are asked to raise some of the costs (if you travel for two weeks, we invite you to raise $150, if you travel for more than three weeks, we invite you to raise $300).  This is in part to invite family and friends to give toward your ministry through Harvest and “go with you” as you serve in the summer.
• If you’re from the local region, you’re welcome to go back home when Harvest isn’t serving (typically, each week of Harvest flows into the next – but there are a few breaks).  If you are from out of the local region, we can arrange for you to be housed here through the church on the short breaks in the schedule (and if you’re interested, we will include in worship ministry around the host church during those times).  Over the years, team members have come from eight or nine different US states and Canada.
• There is a need for drums, bass, vocals, keyboard, guitar and tech ministry roles for the team.
• Ages and styles of the camps vary – from kids to high school students to all ages.

Part of my privilege in ministry is the opportunity to align closely with a team of leaders for the summer and helping to open doors for people to get connected in true, servant leadership.  One of the best ways I know how to do this is to travel with a team – serving together, praying together, and learning together.  Over the years, many of the Harvest Team members have gone on to become local church leaders around Illinois and around the country.  I praise the Lord for these kingdom connections and this work!

Here’s the application process:

Find out more summer ministry details.

Apply Online To Serve On A Team

Use this application if you’ve served before and want to go again.

Send me an email if you have specific dates that you would like to check into – here are some date ranges you could join in if you feel led to be a part of the 2016 Harvest Summer Ministry.  You can either do all of these or some of these during 2016…

June 1-12  | June 20-30  |  July 9-16 |  July 17-31

CONTACT:

Tim Price, Harvest Summer Team, 618-541-8291

In case you just stumbled across this invitation or you were recommended by someone, here’s a little background about me:

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