Harvest Christian Fellowship Blog

With our new facilities about to open, we need more than twice as many Children’s Ministry workers than before! Perhaps you’ve been thinking about how to serve here at Harvest – this is a great opportunity to use your gifts and talents in encouraging our children in their faith.

We need the following:

• Teachers
• Teacher’s Assistants
• Substitute Teachers or Assistants
• Ministry Youth Trainees (ages 12-15)
• Security Volunteers
• Special Needs Assistants
• Office and Supply Room Assistants
• Ministry Arts Assistants
• Puppeteers and so much more!

There are two upcoming introductory meetings on February 1 and February 8 after each service  in Room 11 of the Children’s Ministry Building (you only need to attend one meeting). If you’d like more information, call the Children’s Ministry office at 951-359-8529 or visit them Monday through Friday from 7:30 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.

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Harvest Missions is heading back to New Orleans with another team of 15 people from our church. They leave today, January 23 and return February 1.

This is their 18th trip and they’ll be continuing work on Crossfire Church in Slidell, LA. This is the fourth church the various missions teams have helped to rebuild in this devastated area. The basic construction and framing of this church building is done, and they’re hoping to get the electrical and plumbing completed by the end of this trip. Please pray that God would supply the money and supplies they need to get this church completed. It’s going to be another trip to grow our faith in God’s provision.

Pastor Rick Schutte, who heads the Harvest Missions teams says “By concentrating efforts to rebuild the Bible-teaching, Christ-centered churches, we hope to lay the spiritual foundation this area so desperately needs. Our hope is that a spiritual revival would take place in this area”.

For more information on the Harvest Missions teams and what you can do to get involved visit www.harvestriverside.org. Click on “More Ministries”, then “Missions”.

Here’s some pictures from the teams last trip to Louisiana -

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Jeremiah 1:25 says: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you . . . ” January 18-25 is Sanctity of Life Week and the Heartline Ministry here at Harvest is celebrating it with a baby bottle fundraiser. The proceeds will help them continue to support the women and families of Riverside in sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ through providing free of charge the following services:

• Pregnancy Tests
• Maternity Clothes
• Baby Items
• Referrals for Shelters
• Referrals for Adoption
• Post-Abortion Counseling and
• Abstinence Education.

Donations of diapers, formula, cribs, car seats, etc., are welcomed! For more information on Heartline Ministries and to find out how you can get involved, visit their Web site here and be sure to look for them on the Patio in February with more baby bottles that you and your family can fill with change to help them continue this vital work.

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Mentoring Matters is a ministry at Harvest based on Titus 2. It is designed to encourage and train wives and moms in their high calling, which is to honor God’s Word in their hearts and homes by loving their husbands and children, and by creating a loving environment where the family can thrive.

The women of Harvest Christian Fellowship are invited to take part in an evening of worship, biblical encouragement, and fellowship on Friday, January 16, at 7:00 p.m. There will be a special message from Diane Jackson and an opportunity to pre-register for the next Mentoring Matters session. 

For more information on the ministry, click here.

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Sign-ups are underway for this year’s Women’s Ministry Retreat at the Calvary Chapel Conference Center in Murrieta. Catherine Martin from Quiet Time Ministries will join us for the theme Back to Basics on March 13-15. For more information or to register, you can drop by the table on the Patio this Sunday, stop by the Church Office or go online here. The Women’s Retreat always fills up quickly so don’t miss out on this opportunity to get Back to Basics.

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This Monday night, join us for a new year of lessons in Apologetics from Lenny Esposito and  the Come Reason Ministry. January’s study is Debunking “Bible Secrets”- Television shows.

Recently, PBS aired a program called “The Bible’s Buried Secrets.” It’s the latest in a series of documentaries that attempts to undermine the Bible’s credibility. Are their charges true? How do we respond to family or friends who will dismiss the Bible because of the so-called “evidence” presented in these types of shows. Learn why these shows are nothing more than the emperor’s new clothes at this month’s Come Reason. It starts at 7:00 P.M. on Monday, January 12  in the Resource Center. As always, child care is provided. For more information on Come Reason Ministries, check out their Web site here.

Classes in 2009 include:

• Why Does God Allow Evil
• How to Argue against Homosexual Marriage
• How to Talk to Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, and Muslims
• How to Defend Your Faith

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