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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

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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)

  4. 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

  5. Sep 6

    BAPTISM

    It is plainly obvious to anyone who gets connected in our church that our people come from faith backgrounds of all kinds. In that sense, we are truly a non-denominational church. I’m an example of that. Raised Anglican with an acute sense of God, saved through a Pentecostal youth worker during my time at the Salvation Army church. And then to a Baptist church in my twenties where I was ordained to pastoral ministry. So many in our church have similar stories or at least have their origin outside of our tradition. We are a Bible church, Gospel-centred, Reformed in theology, and Protestant. Harvest is made up of former Roman Catholics, Anglicans, United Church, Baptists, Pentecostals and Charismatics, Presbyterians, Brethren, Christian Reformed, and more. There are also former Muslims and Hindus with us, and maybe some others I haven’t mentioned. There are, of course, many “Nones” who have had no religious upbringing or experience at all. And a handful who would have considered themselves Atheists at one time. It makes for an exciting mix of stories as we have all come to understand the simplicity of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Now, all of that to say, beyond the differences in what we believe, the rites that we follow as a church differ greatly from those many of us experienced in our previous churches and religions. I’m going to insert a short, two message series called The Ordinances, to clearly lay out what we believe about the two Jesus-commanded rites of our church. I’ll preach the first this coming Sunday on Baptism and the second on November 29 on Communion. Series: The Ordinances Message: 1 - Baptism Text: Various Scriptures Todd Dugard Harvest Bible Chapel September 6, 2026 The ordinances are the dramatic presentations of the gospel. They are the moving pictures that represent the spiritual realities of the gospel, written and directed by Jesus himself. - Mark Dever and Paul Alexander, The Deliberate Church Concerning the ordinance of baptism… 1. WHAT is baptism? 2. WHO should be baptized? (Acts 2:37-38, 41; 8:26-37; Galatians 3:26-27) 3. WHY should they do it? a. It is a command (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts2:38) b. It is a picture of redemption (Romans 6:3-4; Colossians 2:11-12) c. It is a personal response of faith (Acts 2:40-41; 8:12-13, 36; 9:17-18; 10:44-48; 16:14-15, 31-33; 18:8; 19:5) d. It is a means of God’s grace (1 Peter 3:21) The sacraments are visible signs and seals of God’s invisible grace promised to his people in the gospel. Because we are weak and struggling sinners, these sacraments are given to us by God to confirm that faith already given us through the preaching of the gospel. - Basics of the Reformed Faith e. It is identification with Christ and his church (1 Corinthians 12:13) By faith in Jesus Christ—his death and resurrection—I am a child of God, baptized into his family and bound together with all who believe. The gifts of God for the people of God—baptism and Communion—reveal to us who we are in Christ. These visible words of the gospel have power to shape our understanding of Christ and ourselves, as well as to subvert worldly notions of the self and personal identity. Many people today are seeking to discover themselves through self-referential means, and the result is confusion. For Christians, identity is not constructed but revealed. It is not self-generated but received. Identity is given in Christ and ratified in the gospel sacraments he has ordained. - Kevin P. Emmert, The Water and the Blood f. It is a testimony to a dying world (Acts 2:41, 47) 4. WHEN should it happen? (Acts 2:37-38; 8:36; 10:47-48; 16:14-15, 32-33) 5. HOW should it be practiced? (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 8:36-39; Romans 6:3-4) βαπτίζω = baptizô = to baptize – to dip, sink, submerge, immerse 6. WHERE should it take place? (Acts 2:41; 8:38)

  6. Aug 30

    LET US MAKE A NAME FOR OUSELVES

    This one may hit a little too close to home for all of us. It seems we’re hardwired to want control of our own lives. To call the shots. To determine our own path. That was the first sin, and it remains widely popular to this day. As we wrap up our series in Genesis 1-11 this Sunday, we’ll be looking at the all-too-familiar story of the Tower of Babel. In the post-flood world, everyone spoke the same language and had the same culture. Recognizing that dispersal to the far reaches of the globe would signal weakness, they wanted to reach for the stars and declare their strength and autonomy as humans. God wasn’t having it and “came down” (an ironic statement given humanity’s all-out effort to reach up) to deal with the matter, confusing their languages and scattering people from the land of Shinar, dispersing them “over the face of all the earth.” Genesis 11 serves as a stark warning to individuals and peoples: when we set out to make a name for ourselves, there’s no escaping God’s scrutiny, wisdom, or plan for this world. The chapter ends with the subtle but hopeful message that, through the godly line of Shem, a plan is being worked out for our good. I’ll see you Sunday. Series: Genesis – The Things That Are Revealed Message: 14 – Let Us Make a Name for Ourselves Text: Genesis 11:1-32 Todd Dugard Harvest Bible Chapel August 30, 2026 When I’m out to make a name for myself (v. 1-4)… Our human sin is that we fail to recognize that God is God, and we try, both individually and corporately, to take God's place. How easy it is to fall into the temptation to grasp at divinity. – David J. Atkinson …God’s scrutiny exposes me (v. 5-6) Psalm 2:1-4a Wherever God has been deposed, some substitute point has to be created to bind men together in some fashion or other. For every one of us has some kind of a lord. We are all driven by something – if not God, then an idol, if not from above, then from below. – Helmet Thielicke, How the World Began …God’s wisdom prevails over me (v. 7) Proverbs 16:18 James 4:10 Humility in the spiritual sense is an inwrought grace of the soul that allows one to think of himself no more highly than he ought to think. – New Unger's Bible Dictionary Humility represents a person's proper estimate of himself in relation to God and to others. – NIEBW Psalm 131:1 Isaiah 66:2b Philippians 2:5-8 …God’s plan advances without me (v. 8-32) –––––––––––––––––– Rebuilding the Tower of Babel https://goodnewsmag.org/rebuilding-the-tower-of-babel/ For resources relating to the Genesis series, go to harvestbible.ca/resources and scroll down to "Genesis."

  7. Aug 23

    THE PEOPLE WERE DISPERSED

    I hope you have a sense that God has overwhelmed you with good things. Blessed you beyond what you deserve. What’s maddening for those of us who do indeed realize this is that despite his goodness, we still freely and often rebel against him. It is like we can’t help ourselves. We love him. Confess him as Saviour. Serve him. And. Still. Sin. Against. Him. So, those of us with a conscience and the indwelling Spirt bear the shame of that, knowing it exposes us to his righteous judgment, or at the very least, his discipline. And all along, we know from the countless narratives in the Bible that he continually offers up hope, working out his will with all the ups and downs to provide a Saviour for us, a clear path to forgiveness and life. Far from being a fun little children’s story about God rescuing a few people and the animals from a global flood, the account of Noah’s life is about our rescue from the far greater threat of sin and eternal separation from God. Over the past three Sundays, we’ve been examining the story of Noah and the flood, and it concludes this Sunday as we see the aftermath in Noah’s life. God had renewed the covenant with humanity as the floods subsided and the rainbow filled the sky, and despite all he experienced and the goodness of God in his life, Noah broke the covenant and sinned. And he is me. And you. We’ll find a ton of help in Genesis 9:18 to 10:32 this week as we navigate this in our own lives. I’m looking forward to being back at it with you! Series: Genesis – The Things that are Revealed Message: 13 – The people were dispersed Text: Genesis 9:18-10:32 Todd Dugard Harvest Bible Chapel August 23, 2026 God overwhelms me with good… (9:18-19) John 10:10 …and yet, I still rebel against him (9:20-22) Exodus 20:12a …bearing the shame of my sin (9:23-24) …knowing it exposes me to his righteous judgment (9:25) Romans 6:23 2 Corinthians 5:21 …while he still offers me hope (9:26-29) A Christian's hope is the confident expectation and desire for good things in the future grounded in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Hebrews 11:7 …and is working out his will to provide a Saviour. (10:1-32) Revelation 21:3 There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us. - Richard Sibbs ~~~~~~~~~~ RESOURCES For resources relating to the Genesis series, go to harvestbible.ca/resources and scroll down to "Genesis".

  8. Aug 16

    THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT

    Famous people usually spend money on things that the rest of us would spend money on if we could. One of the luxuries rich people get is the ability to have their own image "doctored." Online reputation repair and image creation (to say nothing of makeup artists, dietitians, personal trainers, and image consultants) are a thriving industry. Why? Because we don't want people to see us for who we really are. We want to hide our weaknesses and our imperfections from the world. We firmly believe (and usually rightly) that if people saw who we really are, they wouldn't love us. But what about God? He sees us, right? What does he think about us? Coming fresh off flooding the world for being sinful, this painful truth becomes apparent: along with his family, Noah brought his sin in to the ark. It's in his heart -- it's a part of him. So how will God look at him? How does God interact with sinners this side of the ark? In other words, what does God really want to do with the real me? That's the question Julian Freeman will address as we dig into Genesis 9:1-17. Please pray that God would do deep and meaningful work in our hearts, which are truly in need of his grace. Series: The Things That Are Revealed Message 12: The Sign of the Covenant Text: Genesis 9:1-17 Julian Freeman Harvest Barrie August 16, 2026 When God sees that I’m sinful, he calls me to… ...live in the good of his blessing (v. 1-7) ...enjoying his good gifts (v. 1-3) ...following his good guidelines (v. 4) ...expecting his good justice (v. 5-7) Psalm 11:5 ...rest in the kindness of his covenant (v. 8-17) ...trusting in his faithfulness (v. 8-11) ...remembering the sign (v. 12-17) Matthew 26:26-28 ~~~~~~~~~~ RESOURCES For resources relating to the Genesis series, go to harvestbible.ca/resources and scroll down to "Genesis".

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