Upcoming Events & Recent News

09.10.10 | Empower Conference

You are invited to attend the Empower 2010 Conference!
During this year's conference, we will examine the following questions: What examples and models are there of local churches being involved in North Korea? What are the ramifications, positive and negative? Why do we have NGOs and agencies in North Korea? What are their unique contributions in the world?

When: September 10-12, 2010
Where: Seattle Washington
Presented by: REAH

For more information click here.

09.14.10 | Women's Bible Study

We are HCC women's Ministry, committed to growing in Christlikeness by being rooted in God's Word and by encouraging one another through fellowship, accountability and discipleship.

We generally follow the school year calendar and meet for FALL & SPRING semesters. This year we are hosting all Bible Studies at our new Ministry Center in order to better accommodate for childcare as well as more efficient stewardship of the resources God has entrusted to us.
Click here to register!

Curriculum- 2 studies will be offered each day:

- Esther: It's Tough Being a Woman- Beth Moore
A personal journey through the Book of Esther on the difficulties women face today. DVD/Workbook format. Cost: $15

- Little House on the Freeway: Help for the Hurried Home- Tim Kimmel
Finding rest in God and our relationships in the midst of busyness and the hurried lifestyle. Book format. Cost: $10

AM Group- Tuesdays & Wednesdays
                   - 9:00- 11:15am
                   - Childcare provided/ $30 per child

PM Group- Tuesdays
                  - 7:00-9:00pm
                  -Childcare not provided

** All Studies will begin on Sept. 14**
**Please click here to register**

10.08.10 | Women's Retreat

This year's Harvest Women's Retreat will be held at the Cove of Lake Geneva on October 8-10. We will start registration on Sunday Aug. 22. The last day to sign up for the retreat will be Sept 5th. Hope many of you will be able to join us for a blessed weekend.

Retreat Theme: EMBRACE (your trials, the WORD, and your womanhood)

Location & Date: The Cove of Lake Geneva, Oct 8-10 (7pm start time on 10/8)

Cost: $75 ($40 if you attended this year's Congregational Retreat in June)

**Children 12 months & under may attend the retreat with mom**

Please lookout for more details of the retreat once registration is completed....we are so excited for the 2010 HCC Women's Retreat!!

Be my witness

If you would like to share a story with the Harvest Community of how you have witnessed God at work in or through this church? Please submit your stories for the Ashes to Beauty blog to Matt.

Doorway ESL

Can you imagine what it is like to live in a place where you do not know the language well? Maybe you have traveled the world and have firsthand experience knowing how tough this can be.

Imagine now the difference you can make in someone’s life by coming alongside them in friendship and helping them learn the English language. This opportunity is available to us through the Doorway ESL ministry that we are partnering together with Immanuel Community Church. You can make a difference in people’s lives by serving as a:

Conversational Partner: Meet with one or more students 1X/week for 1 hour at the ministry center, library or coffee shop and speak English with them.

Teaching Assistant: Assist Saturday mornings at the Ministry Center from 9:30 am -12:30 pm. Help students with questions in small groups. No teaching experience is needed.

Please email Pastor Jared know asap if you are interested or if you have any questions.

Giving to the Haiti Relief Effort

By now most of us have heard about and seen images of the damage and human suffering caused by the recent 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the island nation of Haiti. Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere and this natural disaster is made worse by their lack of resources. There has already been a tremendous international outpouring of compassion and aid. If you would like to contribute to the relief effort financially, below are some reputable and trustworthy places to send your money.

Help Wanted | Signage Team

The sign team is looking for more people to serve on Sundays. This ministry is in charge of setting up the signs that welcome and guide visitors to our church. We meet at 9:10 on Sunday mornings to put up the signs and we take down the signs after service. If you have 15 minutes before or after service to help out, the sign team could definitely use you! Please contact Steve Chin for more information.

Help Wanted: Prayer Team

In the future, we'd like to have an established Prayer Team that would pray for people after our worship service. If you are interested contact Pastor Frank.

Help Wanted: Sign Team

Have you ever walked into a facility and couldn't locate a restroom? We'd like to make sure this doesn't happen in our new home at Hoffman Estates High School. If you'd like to be a part of the solution we are looking for a team of 3-5 individuals who would help transform the high school into a worship center as part of the Sign Team. To find out more contact either Ruth Carr (630-351-0772) or Keum Chung (630-728-0617).

Help Wanted: Web Team

Our web site is becoming a more important resource by the day. If you have any expertise in developing and maintaining web sites, the Web Team needs you. If you are interested please email webteam@harvest-community.org.

Help Wanted: Welcoming and Food Ministry

Recently, we've had some changes in our Welcoming and Food ministry teams, and are praying to find some new people to join our ranks. If you are interested in serving and getting more involved in the fabric of Harvest, we would LOVE your help! The more people who join our team the less burden or work it is overall because we rotate monthly.

If you are known to be joyful and have a great attitude and love for God - we need you, if you love food and enjoy ppl eating your food - we need you, if you have 2 arms and 2 legs - we need you
In general our team could use more ppl to help serve! For more info, please contact Sang Yoon.

Marriage Enrichment Class

In August we will be offering a 3-week Marriage Enrichment Class. We will try to offer two options: a Wednesday night group and a Friday night group. Times and dates as well as cancellations are subject to change if there is limited enrollment. If you are interested, please contact Pastor Frank.

SEEDS Teachers Wanted

One of our SEEDS teachers can no longer serve with us due to sudden relocation. SEEDS needs a Teachers Assistant to help the 1st & 2nd grade class for the months of April, May, and June. Please contact Jeannie Lee for more information.

Vision Trip to India

Joe Thomas will be leading a vision trip to India this summer and there is a little room left on the team if you are interested in exploring the mission work in different Indian urban centers. The team will be networking with various mission leaders, seeking to understand the challenges and needs of ministries in India, and raising money and support to bless the ministries they are visiting.

For more information on dates and trip details please contact Pastor Jared.

Women's Ministry Announcement

Women of HCC, please be advised that mROC (Mom's Ministry) and Omega Iota Chi (Women's Ministry) will be merging as one ministry. We'll still have mom's group, evening groups, socials & retreats. We are just pulling all our resources under one ministry to avoid schedule conflicts and to facilitate better communication so that ultimately we can better serve ALL women of Harvest. We are very close to finalizing all the details, so please be patient and look for more specific announcements to come in a couple of weeks!

Mark Your Calendar

September 5, 2010

Connection Sunday

Monthly Leaders Meeting

September 9, 2010

Praying the Character of God- Elective Course (7:30-9PM)

September 10, 2010

Empower Conference

September 11, 2010

Membership Class 1 of 2 (11AM-4PM)

September 12, 2010

Intro to Digital Photography- Elective Course (1-2:30PM)

September 13, 2010

The Life You've Always Wanted- Elective Course (7-8:30PM)

Book of Daniel- Elective Course (7-8:30PM)

September 16, 2010

Praying the Character of God- Elective Course (7:30-9PM)

September 18, 2010

Membership Class 2 of 2 (11AM-4PM)

September 19, 2010

Intro to Digital Photography- Elective Course (1-2:30PM)

September 20, 2010

The Life You've Always Wanted- Elective Course (7-8:30PM)

Book of Daniel- Elective Course (7-8:30PM)

September 23, 2010

Praying the Character of God- Elective Course (7:30-9PM)

September 26 2010

Intro to Digital Photography- Elective Course (1-2:30PM)

September 27, 2010

The Life You've Always Wanted- Elective Course (7-8:30PM)

Book of Daniel- Elective Course (7-8:30PM)

October 3, 2010

Intro to Digital Photography- Elective Course (1-2:30PM)

October 4, 2010

The Life You've Always Wanted- Elective Course (7-8:30PM)

Book of Daniel- Elective Course (7-8:30PM)

October 8-10, 2010

Women's Retreat

October 10, 2010

Intro to Digital Photography- Elective Course (1-2:30PM)

October 11, 2010

Book of Daniel- Elective Course (7-8:30PM)

October 17, 2010

Intro to Digital Photography- Elective Course (1-2:30PM)

October 18, 2010

Book of Daniel- Elective Course (7-8:30PM)