As much as I always look forward to my time at Harvest U - the worship, the teaching, the workshops, the team fellowship...AND the shopping, casual hangout time and yummy food (just being honest)...I don't ever really look forward to the drive. Ten to twelve hours in a van is a bit of a stretch for me. However, this year was SO fun - we laughed until some (mainly me) of us couldn't breathe, we sang worship songs together, we heard about a dad leading his daughter to the Lord...it was a FUN drive!! And no transport trucks ran me off the road!!
Then there's the time at the actual conference - amazing. There's just something so special about sitting amidst 1500 people who are leaders in their various churches and love the Lord full out as they pour out their lives for the cause of Christ. To hear voices raised in worship to the one we love and hear about what God is doing in the various churches - it is impossible to not be fired up about what the Lord has entrusted to us.
I
BELIEVE in the vision of HBC that God has given to us and am humbled that Christ would call me to be a part of what he's doing in Harvest Barrie. I'm excited by the different ideas I've been hearing about and can't wait to get back and start prayerfully considering what the Lord has for me in ministry at HBC Barrie.
I'm thankful for the team that has traveled here from Barrie - they are very "average" people but they love the Lord, want more of him and want to serve him with excellence - I love that I am blessed by that! My heart has been encouraged through worship, the Word, casual conversations and praying with the team...so blessed.
And now I'm also looking forward to a trip to Target tonight :-)
Amy
Roving Reporters
From the Children's Ministry track:
Wow! That
pretty much sums up my experience at Harvest University. It was amazing hanging out in Children’s
Ministry on Sunday morning – oh, how I loved the electronic scanning sign in
procedure. What a powerful message
from Pastor James to kick off Harvest U.
So blessed by the passion that was shared during our ministry tracks. So wonderful to hang out
with our extended Harvest family….can’t wait until next year!!