Harvest Chapel Concert

“The Harvest is Plentiful but the Workers are Few…”

- Rebecca Eastall

This year our team had the opportunity to be part of an overnight retreat at Harvest Church. We lead worship, played games, had a BBQ and spent time at the bath house all before rising to a homemade breakfast the next morning. It was an incredible time to spend with the families that attend Harvest and to encourage them, to support them and to let them know that we are behind the ministry that they are doing.

Harvest has come a long way in the last couple of years. I’m sure those who were here 2 years ago could tell you more but even from last year when I was here – Harvest was merely a bare warehouse being used for a church. Since then it has been insulated, the dry wall has been put up, the walls have been painted, a new sound system has been purchased and on the outside it’s coming together quite nicely. It’s incredible to see how it’s being transformed outwardly, but the core of the church is its members and right from the very beginning the members of Harvest have been steadfast and faithful.

Our team had the chance to play a concert at Harvest in the last week that we were here. The Harvest concerts are always my favourites. They are filled with lively music, great fellowship and amazing food. It was amazing to see the results of God’s faithfulness as He brought out many non-believers to the concert.

All in all, it was a time filled with laughter and joy as we were able to spread the Good News through song and dance.

I pray that God continues to raise up leaders at Harvest and that He continues to draw more and more people to Him through this ministry.

University Chapel Time

It was an awesome privilege for our team to be able to sing for a chapel service at Hirosaki Gakuin University. It was difficult at first to prepare because there were some very specific requests regarding songs and style. However, our team ended up arranging two acapella hymns and took advantage of the fact that every member of our team could sing! These two acapella songs ended up being a musical highlight for some of our team members and were well received by the people at the chapel service. After the service, we were treated to lunch in one of the school cafeterias and had the opportunity to hear more about the history of the school. The school is a Christian school, but contains very few practicing evangelical Christians. The school is well known for its English program and receives a large number of students coming to study English, often ignoring the fact that it is a Christian institution. After lunch, our team was able to play a contemporary set of worship songs at a welcoming party for 4 exchange students coming from Wisconsin. It was amazing to see so many people excited about this style of church music and we hope that it will change some people’s perceptions on what church might be. Harvest Chapel is an easy bus ride from the school and we hope that one day, there will be a large number of University students coming to worship and be part of the Harvest church community.