A Ministry Legacy

It is a fun phenomenon at Harvest Community Church. Whenever you look at the auditorium on a Sunday morning you see one of two scenes. Either the scene before we break for refreshements, or the scene after. They look different because we have such a nice group of kids and many of them are engaged in Kingdom Kids and Nursery after the break.
Here is my encouragement...leave a ministry legacy with those kids! It would be great from my perspective if our kids growing up around us were able to get input from the adults at church, and it can happen as adults volunteer a Sunday here and there to speak into these kids lives by being their 'teacher for a Sunday'. I know people oftentimes don't think of themselves as a teacher and it may in fact not be your gifting. However love is the trump card, and we can all do that! So rather than signing up to teach for a Sunday, why not sign up to 'love for a Sunday' and spend some time loving on those kids. Let me know or Lori Mynczywor know and we will put you in contact. You can give up a sermon for a Sunday, and both the kids and me will love you for it!

A Season of Preparation

Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the Lenten season for us in the West. There are of course many different traditions that try to give emphasis to this season, and we have some of our own. First of all, we will have Rice Bowls available this Sunday and through the remainder of Lent. The idea behind the rice bowls is to go without or go with lesser (a meal a week with rice) to remind ourselves of the passion of Christ and the coming celebration of Easter. You could fast and pray, observe special times of devotion...the point is to attune ourselves to the Savior. While that ought to be our continual goal, we do give it special emphasis and attention during this season. Also, we have some special times for congregational prayer this season. Thursday night for the ladies (7:00 p.m.) and Tuesday mornings for the guys (5:30 a.m.) both at the Ministry Centre. Hopefully you will engage the season and together we can prepare our hearts for the coming of Messiah. He is risen!