Harvest News

Can you believe that Easter is already less than a week away? We are having a great Spring at Harvest Church and are really excited about the rest of the year! Many of you have decided to take a step in one or more of the 4 Things and I want to congratulate you. I know that the economics of life are difficult, however, those of you who have chosen to be generous with your time, talents, and resources are leveraging what God has given in a way that is truly life changing!

Some of you have significantly increased your giving percentage or even started giving on a percentage basis. Thank you! Others have decided to get involved with Strategic Service and are in process of joining a team. Thank you! Still others, have resolved to get into a small group! Thank you! You are what make Harvest Church successful, and together, we can affect change in our community.

I am consistently hearing stories of life change through what God is doing through all of us at Harvest Church. In fact, I just heard of a young couple who invited some friends to Harvest. They were excited because in their previous religious experience they wouldn't have even considered the idea of inviting a friend. Invite a friend, why would I do that? I love that we have been able to create an environment where people are comfortable to invite their friends! Awesome!

I also want to encourage any of you who have been thinking about Starting Point to go ahead and sign up for this group. The material is excellent, and no matter your place in life or church experience or lack there of, I think you will enjoy and benefit from this study. We have a few spots left in the group I am facilitating Sunday's after service so sign up quick!. Register Now

Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University is also kicking off April 8th at 7pm. If you've never experienced Dave, you need to check this out. The first session is free.

Dave is so convinced that you'll see the value in this material, he's giving away the first week absolutely free! Register Now



I mentioned our awesome interns a couple of weeks ago in my service welcome. We have 4 incredible interns who are an amazing part of what happens at Harvest Church! Two of them (Corey and Travis) are moving into a house on church property and are in need of a refrigerator. If you've got an extra fridge laying around the house, let us know and we will be happy to come and get it! Our intern program is called Epic Ventures and I will be sharing more about it and them later! If you don't want to wait, you can find out a little more here.

I hope you have a great week as we get ready to celebrate Jesus' life and resurrection this Sunday in our Easter service. Invite a friend, you'll both be glad you did!
-Jordan

Harvest Quick Update!

1. Don't forget to turn your clocks forward Saturday night!

2. Thank you to all of you who decided to join with us in our mission to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ! We had a phenomenal response last week and are grateful for those who are taking a step to get involved with the 4 Things (Invest & Invite, Strategic Service, Small Groups, Percentage Giving)! If you missed last week, get the message here.

3. Tomorrow (Sunday) is our next NEXT for those of you who may be looking for more about how to get involved at Harvest and what that looks like.

4. Our next Starting Point group will be starting the Sunday after Easter following the service. For more information about Starting Point click the following link: Starting Point

There is a small fee for the material, however we are covering half so your responsibility will only be $10/person. Register Now

5, Harvest Church financial updates are now available on our website (go to bottom of page).

Hope you had a great weekend, see you Sunday!

Video, Balanced, Easter...Spring is here!

Can you believe how fast Spring has come?
We have some great things happening here at Harvest Church and I just wanted to share a couple of them.

First, we have and are still hearing incredible stories of how our series "Balanced" has made significant impact in many lives. Even more amazing is that many of these stories have very little to do with money and much more to do with spiritual balance and health! If you missed any of the weeks during this series, I strongly encourage you to watch online at www.balancedonline.org. You will also find the resources mentioned during the series. If you would like to accelerate your financial journey we will be offering Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University this Spring. Please watch for more details coming soon.


There are also some very practical financial tools online. Two of the
best can be found at www.mint.com and www.mvelopes.com. I just
discovered the mvelopes site and I am really loving what it is doing for my personal finances! Mint is free but somewhat limited, and Mvelopes is a paid subscription with more features.

I will be speaking live this Sunday, March 7th. Don't miss it! We will be looking under the hood of Harvest Church and I'm excited to talk about the 4 Things. What are the 4 Things you ask?... You're just going to have to wait 'till Sunday!


March 14th will be the start of the series that will conclude on Easter called "Playing God," It will be an excellent time to practice the "Invite" part of Invest and Invite!

For those of you who may be wondering why we have done so much video so far this year, here is an answer. We are still learning how best to utilize and leverage the video content. We truly want your honest feedback and thoughts and wanted to give a concentrated dose of video content hoping to gain a pulse of its effectiveness and relevance to our audience. We felt like Andy could better communicate the things that I wanted to share with you the first part of the year leading up to Easter.

The majority of the comments we hear are overwhelmingly positive concerning video messages.
However, we also know that some of you still aren't quite sure about a preacher on a screen.
Rest assured I will still be doing 50% of the speaking for the year. So after Easter you're gonna be stuck, or blessed (however you see it!) with me for a while! So please don't hesitate to share your thoughts about what we are doing as we strive to create a church for people who don't like church. After all, if an un-churched person can't or wont come to church to encounter God in a relaxed and relevant environment, where else can they go?

See you Sunday,
Jordan