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The ministry of Harvest Bible Chapel is focused on glorifying God through the fulfillment of the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) in the spirit of the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37-39). We welcome you to find life in Jesus Christ at Harvest. As a church community we are passionately seeking to know our God in a deeper way, and we invite you to join us in that pursuit!.

  1. 3d ago

    Be Glad and Rejoice

    Do you ever wonder what it would take for God to act? So much of the time it seems like we're waiting. Injustice continues, suffering remains, death keeps coming for us and our loved ones, and it just feels like there is no end in sight. We believe in God. We believe that he is powerful and good. All powerful and all good, in fact! So why all the waiting? Can we really still believe he's going to fix this mess? Joel 2:18-27 offers us good news this week. It says that our God will act! "Then Yahweh became jealous for his land and had pity on his people." What does that mean? The jealousy of his heart is moving his hand -- his healing and restoring, his renewing and re-creating power will make all things new. We can be glad and rejoice! Our God is jealous for us! Series: Shock & Awe: The Prophecy of Joel Message 5: Be Glad and Rejoice Text: Joel 2:18-27 Julian Freeman Harvest Bible Chapel November 1, 2026 When God gets jealous… (v. 18) I will be glad because he will renew his land (v. 19-22) Romans 8:19-22 Revelation 21:1 Revelation 21:5 I will rejoice because he will restore his people (v. 23-27) A trampoline sends you only as high up in the air as you have first gone down into it. This life is a trampoline descent into pain and heartache. And as low as we go here, that high will the Lord raise us there. Crucifixion darkness, having descended on Jesus Christ, was then flipped inside out into resurrection brightness. So too, necessarily, for those united to him. The pain in your life that you are hardly able to look at -- that very pain is making you the kind of radiant saint whom others one day will hardly be able to look at. - Dane Ortlund, Finally Home Revelation 21:2-4 RESOURCES Finally Home, The Christian Hope of Heaven Dane Ortlund https://ca.10ofthose.com/product/9781433591259/finally-home-hardback

  2. Oct 25

    Can Troubles Be Treasure?

    Nobody welcomes trouble, but God never wastes it. This Sunday, Pastor Scott Hamilton from Harvest Glasgow will take us through Psalm 25, and we'll see how difficult circumstances can deepen our dependence on God. Sometimes, the troubles that threaten to overwhelm us are defining opportunities to hold more tightly to Jesus. Series: Single Message: Can Troubles Be Treasure? Text: Psalm 25 Scott Hamilton Harvest Bible Chapel October 25, 2026 Troubles can be treasure when I don’t allow them to… ...divide my expectations of life from a doctrine of sin. (v. 1-11) God answers my insecurity with eternity. God answers my inferiority with his infinite sufficiency. God answers the infidelity of those around me with his unchanging faithfulness. God answers my iniquity and incapacity with his mercy. ...detach my expression of life from a doctrine of sovereignty. (v. 12-16) He is going to show me. (v. 12-13) He is going to show up for me. (v. 14a) He is going to help me be sure. (v. 14b) ...disconnect my experience of life from a doctrine of suffering. (v. 16-19) ...delay me from exalting him through a doctrine of sufficiency. (v. 20-22) What can trouble really threaten? What is the worst that can happen?

  3. Oct 18

    Return to Me

    Have you ever been caught red-handed? Guilty as charged. Case closed. It's a terrible feeling. In some ways, it feels like you're seeing yourself through the eyes of the person who caught you; it's almost like you're seeing the guilt in your actions for the first time. It's one thing when we're caught by random people. It's another thing to be caught by someone in authority: a teacher, a parent, a police officer. What is it to be caught in the act -- stopped in the moment -- by God himself? In some ways, that's what we've been seeing the last few weeks in Joel. As Pastor Todd described, it's been wave after wave of judgment. Shock and awe. We're caught. So, what do we do? Is there hope? This week, we turn a glorious corner in the message of Joel as we see bright rays of hope pierce the dark clouds of judgment. But what is the response God wants from us? What can move us from the "being caught" moment to the moment of being forgiven? That's what we'll look at this week in Joel 2:12-17. Series: Shock & Awe: The Prophecy of Joel Message: 4 – Return to Me Text: Joel 2:12-17 Julian Freeman Harvest Bible Chapel October 18, 2026 As a sinner before a holy God, I believe… ...whole-hearted repentance is a good response (v. 12-13a) ...whole-hearted repentance is a bad hope (v. 15-17) Only a bad person needs to repent: only a good person can repent perfectly. — CS Lewis, Mere Christianity If you wait until you are sufficiently contrite, you will never get to the hearing of gladness. — Martin Luther, Works ...my hope is the whole-hearted grace of God (v. 13b-14) His blood covers not only the sin of which you repent, but your imperfect repentance for that sin. — Chad Bird, Struggling to Un-Love Ex-Sins

  4. Oct 11

    Great and Very Awesome

    I’ll be preaching the third message in our series, "Shock & Awe", in the book of Joel. We’ll be looking at Joel 2:1-11 with a message titled, “Great and Very Awesome.” We’ll see how endurance is another defining characteristic of what it means to be a Christian, living in anticipation of the end of all things, never underestimating God’s power, and heeding every word he speaks. Series: Shock & Awe: The Prophecy of Joel Message: 3 – Great and Very Awesome Text: Joel 2:1-11 Todd Dugard Harvest Bible Chapel October 11, 2026 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. — Chinese Proverb One day at a time, sweet Jesus, that’s all I’m asking of you. Just give me the strength to do every day what I have to do. Yesterday's gone, sweet Jesus, and tomorrow may never be mine. God help me today. Show me the way. One day at a time. I will endure in the faith by… …living in anticipation of the end of all things (v. 1-2) If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next. The apostles themselves, who set on foot the conversion of the Roman Empire, the great men who built up the Middle Ages, the English Evangelicals who abolished the Slave Trade, all left their mark on Earth, precisely because their minds were occupied with heaven. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. Aim at Heaven and you will get earth ‘thrown in’: aim at earth and you will get neither — C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity The Day of the LORD is a yet-future, apocalyptic event where God will manifest his divine power in a way that has not yet been seen, revealing his full and complete sovereignty over creation and re-creation, over the timeline of human history, and over those who have believed and embraced his rule as King of kings and Lord of lords and those who have rejected and opposed him. Throughout human history, lesser apocalyptic-like events have served as harbingers of the great and awesome day of the LORD. 1 Thessalonians 5:2-5 …never underestimating God’s power (v. 3-10) …heeding every word he speaks (v. 11) 2 Corinthians 2:14-16

  5. Oct 4

    PUT ON SACKCLOTH AND LAMENT

    That was a “let's-get-right-into-it" start to our new series in Joel last Sunday, wasn’t it?! Hard-hitting, for sure. And it doesn’t ease up too much for the second message on Joel 1:13-20, as we look at what it means to be truly repentant. Sorrow, desperate prayer, and a proper fear of judgment are all in play. But so is the confidence that we can go to our God with our dilemma. The passage seems dark and difficult but brims with hope, as the prophet reminds us of God’s grace and mercy, praying, “To you, O LORD, I call.” We have no other recourse. And he is there waiting for us to approach him. What love he has for his people! I can’t wait to work through that with you on Sunday. See you online or in person. Series: Shock & Awe: The Prophecy of Joel Message: 2 – Put On Sackcloth and Lament Text: Joel 1:13-20 Todd Dugard Harvest Bible Chapel October 4, 2026 Repentance is agreeing with God and turning from my way to his. The Bible is very easy to understand. But we pretend to be unable to understand it because we know that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly. – Søren Kierkegaard When my sin against God is brought to light, I’ll repent… …with deep sorrow (v. 13) Lament is different. The practice of lament—the kind that is biblical, honest, and redemptive—is not as natural for us, because every lament is a prayer. A statement of faith. Lament is the honest cry of a hurting heart wrestling with the paradox of pain and the promise of God’s goodness. – Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy Lament is a prayer in pain that leads to trust. – Mark Vroegop, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy Crying is all right in its way while it lasts; but you have to stop sooner or later, and then you still have to decide what to do. – C. S. Lewis, The Silver Chair 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 …desperate to seek him in prayer (v. 14) …properly fearing his judgment (v. 15-18) Grace is God giving us what we don’t deserve. Mercy is God not giving us what we do deserve. 1 Corinthians 11:30-32 …yet confidently approaching him (v. 19-20) He who sends the storm, steers the vessel. – Thomas Adam, Private Thoughts on Religion and Other Subjects Connected With It God will either give us what we ask or give us what we would have asked if we knew everything he knows. – Tim Keller Hebrews 4:16 ––––– RESOURCES: Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop https://a.co/d/0hX8ZBHf

  6. Sep 27

    AWAKE, YOU DRUNKARDS

    What if God decides that the only way to get my attention is shock and awe? The phrase is a military term coined in the 1990s and refers to a strategy to achieve rapid dominance on the battlefield. As it might relate to the Christian life, which is itself a battlefield, God is patient to an extreme with my obstinate ways, but he certainly reserves the right to act decisively to confront me if it suits his will and ultimately works to my benefit. That, in essence, is the word that the prophet Joel preached to the people of Israel. This eight-message series will take us verse-by-verse through the Book of Joel to examine God’s coming judgment on the world and the only hope we have through Jesus Christ to receive his grace instead. God got the people of Israel’s attention through shock and awe. Will he get our attention too? Series: Shock & Awe: God's Coming Judgment and Our Only Hope (The Prophecy of Joel) Message: 1 – Awake, You Drunkards Text: Joel 1:1-12 Todd Dugard Harvest Bible Chapel September 27, 2026 When all hell is breaking loose around me, it’s time to… …listen to God. (v. 1-2) Hebrews 12:25a …warn others. (v. 3-4) …accept the reality of it. (v. 5-7) What impairs my response to God? 1) Substance abuse 2) Indifference 3) Distraction 4) Unhealthy relationships 5) Ambition 6) Passions God often punishes men, and it behooves them to be attentive as soon as he raises a finger…You must be more than stupid if you perceive not that you were smitten by God’s hand. – John Calvin, Commentaries 14 & 15 Hebrews 12:5b-6 Hebrews 12:11 John 16:33 James 1:2-3 Acts 5:41 2 Corinthians 12:10 More than anything else could ever do, the gospel enables me to embrace my tribulations and thereby position myself to gain full benefit from them…When I view my circumstances in this light, I realize the gospel is not just one piece of good news that fits into my life somewhere among all the bad. I realize that the gospel makes genuinely good news out of every other aspect of my life, including my severest trials. – Milton Vincent, A Gospel Primer for Christians …grieve the losses. (v. 8-10) …regret that it came to this. (v. 11-12) Resource: A Gospel Primer for Christians https://a.co/d/0hClYMe6

  7. Sep 20

    THE LORD HAS DONE THIS – AND HE IS NOT DONE

    We’re privileged to have Joel and Jill Anderson with us this weekend to help us celebrate our 25th Anniversary. Joel has served in pastoral ministry for more than 30 years in church planting, leadership development, pastoral care, and since 2017 as Lead Pastor of Flagstaff Bible Church in the beautiful mountain town of Flagstaff, Arizona. This weekend carries some special history. He and I were young, green church planters together in 2001, launching our first churches within months of one another and remaining close through the joys, bruises, and changing seasons of ministry ever since. This is Joel’s fourth time preaching here at Harvest Barrie. A graduate of Wheaton College and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in the Chicago area, Joel has increasingly come to appreciate the saying, “God uses crooked sticks to draw straight lines.” He would be quick to count himself among the crooked sticks—grateful that the usefulness of a life rests far more on God’s grace than on the impressiveness of the person. He’s a great fit with the “mob of misfits” we have here at Harvest. Joel married his high school sweetheart, Jill—their story began, appropriately enough, in chemistry class. Jill also teaches the Bible and serves actively in women’s ministry. Together they have five grown daughters and one son-in-law, now scattered into their own adventures and vocations. Joel loves the outdoors, his companion Olso (a retired sled dog), good coffee, people in measured doses, and the enduring hope of Hebrews 6:9, “Beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you.” He was invited to this weekend because his love for God’s Word oozes from every pore as he preaches. I’m glad you’ll get to experience that. Single: 25th Anniversary Year Theme Message: The Lord Has Done This - And He Is Not Done: Stones Behind, Jericho Ahead Text: Joshua 3-4 Guest Speaker: Joel Anderson Flagstaff Bible Church, Flagstaff, Arizona September 19-20, 2026 The LORD has done this - and He is not done MOVE NO.1: STEP BACK - GET PERSPECTIVE (JOSHUA 3:1–4) MOVE NO.2: STEP UP - GET PREPARED (JOSHUA 3:5) MOVE NO.3: STEP IN - GET PARTICIPATING (JOSHUA 3:6–17) MOVE NO.4: STEP OUT - REMEMBER & RETELL (JOSHUA 4:1–24)

  8. Sep 13

    THE LORD HAS DONE THIS!

    Do you know what I love most about our church? It's that the Lord keeps surprising me. That has to be the secret to staying in one church for a very long time and not getting bored. On any given week, I will hear a story, meet a person, receive a note, or experience something that I wasn’t expecting. It’s been 25 years of that. And I know that it isn’t because of the people, circumstances, or times. It isn’t because this is a great church (I think it is!), but it's because, as Isaiah said, “The LORD has done this!” And I know that if any good comes from this new ministry year, if we’re to experience surprises week by week, it’ll be because the LORD will have done it. More than anything, that’s what I want for us. Lots of Holy Spirit surprises! This Sunday launches us into our new ministry year. I’ll be preaching Isaiah 41:20, our theme verse for the year, and laying out the priorities we’ll be reaching for in 2026-2027. I will also be interviewing Jen Pollock Michel, author of six books, including her newest, A Rule for the Rest of Us. Jen was with us a few years ago for The Leadership Series. Single: 25th Anniversary Year Theme Message: The LORD has done this! Text: Isaiah 41:20 Todd Dugard Harvest Bible Chapel September 13, 2026 We celebrate these 25 years… …seeing the angst and desperate need around us (v. 1-7) Devoted followers of Christ will always be able to hear the voice of God even with the cacophony of competing voices around us. When his voice is heard and followed, it provides what we need to manage the tension, confusion, crises, and hardships that come our way. - Todd Dugard, September 9, 2001 John 10:3-4 John 10:14-15 The events of this past week demand a leader. Not a political leader. Not a military leader. Not even a religious leader. What we need is a leader who can take us from the precarious and frightening place where we now find ourselves and conduct us back to green pastures and still waters. We need a shepherd. - Todd Dugard, September 9, 2001 …aware of the call of God on our lives (v. 8-9) We must resist the lie that we can go it alone and opt out of the embodied life of the local church. Individualism is a modern value, but it is not a divine good. - Jen Pollock Michel, A Rule for the Rest of Us …having a very real sense of being overwhelmed (v. 10) …knowing who our God is, all he’s done, and will do (v. 20) So, what are the commitments for this new ministry year that need to be considered? What will help us participate with the LORD in this great work of grace? Our elders said: Commit to reading the Bible. Commit to praying. Commit to being at church. Commit to joining and showing up for Life Group. Commit to giving sacrificially and joyfully. Commit to welcoming someone new and inviting them home for food. Step up in serving, asking what’s my next step? - Lindsay, Elder Commit to regular prayer for our Harvest family, city, county, province, nation and the world that the gospel will go out unimpeded by the help of the Holy Spirit through bold declaration by believers of all ages and different tongues. - Clem, Elder Commit to the difficult work of cutting through the motivations of the heart, for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. - Mike, Elder Commit to giving. Regularly and sacrificially. - Peter, Elder Our staff said: Commit to repentance. Commit to leading and loving your family well. Commit to sharing your faith personally. - Derek, Alliston Campus Worship Director Commit to making worship a priority and finding a place to serve. Commit to getting into a Life Group and getting your kids to Harvest Youth. - Jeannie, Senior Director of Connections and Community Life Commit to a Life Group. - Jennifer, Children’s Ministry Director Commit to make hearing from God through his Word a priority every day. - Christina, Office Assistant Commit to pursuing reconciliation, being willing to make the first move when relationships become strained. - Joyce, Senior Director of Admin and Communication Commit to a Life Group and to being contributors, not consumers. - Aneel, Ministry Partners and South Asian Pastor Commit to getting involved because Christianity is not a spectator sport. - Wendy, Finance and HR Director Commit to being intentional about being part of the body of Christ, stay longer after services to have conversations. - Yolanda, Ministry Assistant Commit to getting plugged in from the start through the Essentials class and other groups. - Lance, Facility Director Commit to reading the Bible yourself every day because Christ is our daily bread, not our weekly bread. - Kate, Children’s Ministry Assistant and Office Assistant Commit to give and commit to pray for one another. Commit to meeting those new to the church and to forgive those you’ve held something against. Stir up others to love and good works. - Patrice, Alliston Campus Pastor Commit to a Life Group and consistent worship attendance. Commit to serving and to worshipping with expression. Commit to giving. - Erich, Executive Pastor Commit to worshipping throughout each week. Commit your life as an act of worship, surrendering all of yourself to Christ. - Andrew, Senior Director of Worship and Production Don’t just build connections with your church family on Sunday—reach out throughout the week. - Matthew Davey, Facility Assistant Begin looking for God in the everyday moments of life because he is working. Worship isn’t just something we do on Sunday morning through songs of praise, it’s a lifestyle. We can worship God through our work, our relationships, our challenges, our choices, and even the difficult situations we face. When we intentionally look for opportunities to give God glory throughout the week, we begin to recognize his presence and see him working in ways we may have overlooked before. - Jesse, Production Director

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The ministry of Harvest Bible Chapel is focused on glorifying God through the fulfillment of the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) in the spirit of the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37-39). We welcome you to find life in Jesus Christ at Harvest. As a church community we are passionately seeking to know our God in a deeper way, and we invite you to join us in that pursuit!.

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