This is one of my favorite times of the year. We ask each of our Local Outreach partners to send brief impact reports back to us. This allows us to glimpse what God is doing to unleash hope in our community through your generous Give Hope gifts. This week we are spotlighting our ministry partners Joni & Friends. Be sure not to skip over the success story section!
As you start to map out your holiday plans don’t forget to prioritize serving our city. We have lots of things planned but I would love to hear how you and your small group will unleash hope in your neighborhoods during the holiday season!
| Serving Opportunity | Date | Time | Location | Sign-Up |
| Elections | 11/4 | 6:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m. | HCC North & South Entrances | No additional volunteers needed |
| Post Election Prayer | 11/5 | 4:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. | HCC Chapel | No volunteers or sign up needed |
| Woot Woot Wagon of Snacks to Hackmann Rd | 11/6 | Anytime before 4 p.m. | Hackmann Rd Early Childhood | Email Carissa Figgins
cfiggins@harvestser.cc |
| Harvest Ridge Veterans & Active Military Breakfast | 11/8 | 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. | Harvest Ridge Elementary Cafeteria | Email Rachel Vandemeulen
rachel.e.vandermeulen@gmail.com
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| School Outreach Monthly Pray & Prep | 11/11 | 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. | HCC St Charles Campus
Annex Door 10 |
Email Carissa Figgins cfiggins@harvestser.cc |
| Guest Services/Local Outreach (GSLO) Gathering | 11/14 | 6:00 p.m.-8:15 p.m. | HCC St Charles Campus
The Landing |
https://my.display.church/e/mZ4F75Uh/tqyDV7d8V9U |
| Kona Ice Volunteers at Barnwell | 11/15 | 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | Barnwell Middle | Email Rachel Vandemeulen
rachel.e.vandermeulen@gmail.com
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| The Sharing Shed | 11/16 | 9 a.m.-11 a.m. | The Sharing Shed | Email Carissa Figgins
cfiggins@harvestser.cc |
| Education Support Educator Appreciation Gifts Delivered to Schools | 11/18 | Flexible times | Hackmann Rd
Barnwell Harvest Ridge Becky David |
3 volunteers needed
Email Carissa Figgins cfiggins@harvestser.cc |
| Help Local Outreach decorate the Mission Café Lobby for Christmas at the Movies Series | 11/25 | 10 a.m. until complete | HCC St Charles Campus Mission Cafe | Email Carissa Figgins
cfiggins@harvester.cc |
| School Outreach Monthly Pray and Prep | 12/2 | 6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. | HCC St Charles Campus Annex Door 10 | Email Carissa Figgins
cfiggins@harvestser.cc |
| Undecorate Christmas at the Movies Only | 12/23 | 1 p.m.-3 p.m. | HCC St Charles Campus Mission Cafe | Email Carissa Figgins
cfiggins@harvester.cc |
| Deliver Christmas cards and gifts to local schools | 12/5 | Flexible times | Hackmann Rd EC
Becky David Barnwell
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3 volunteers needed
Email Carissa Figgins cfiggins@harvestser.cc |
| Serve Hot Chocolate to Parent Pick Up Line | 12/12 | 2:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. | Harvest Ridge Elementary | Email Rachel Vandemeulen
rachel.e.vandermeulen@gmail.com
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| Kona Ice Volunteers at Barnwell | 12/13 | 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. | Barnwell Middle | Email Rachel Vandemeulen
rachel.e.vandermeulen@gmail.com
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| Undecorate all Christmas from Mission Cafe | 1/2/25 | 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | HCC St Charles Campus Mission Cafe | Email Carissa Figgins
cfiggins@harvestser.cc |
| School Outreach Pray & Prep | 1/6/25 | 6:30 p.m.-8:0 p.m. | HCC St Charles Campus Annex Door 10 | Email Carissa Figgins
cfiggins@harvestser.cc |
| Food Pantry | Multiple Days | Multiple Times | HCC St Charles Campus Food Pantry | Email Sherry Bollinger
sbollinger@harvester.cc |
| Food Backpack Ministry | Multiple Days | Multiple Times | HCC St Charles Campus Food Pantry | Email Shelly Swart
swartshelly@gmail.com
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We are thrilled to share with you the latest developments in HCC’s Local Outreach ministry and our mission to unleash hope in St Charles County. Firstly, we would like to express our gratitude to all of our volunteers who continue to serve consistently to build relationships with our neighbors in St. Charles County. Continue to share information, opportunities, and prayers with your friends and family. You all are GREAT ambassadors.
In terms of our recent activities, Local Outreach volunteers have been BI-ZEEEE! We cooked and served hundreds of pancakes at Harvest Ridge Elementary, we served at The Sharing Shed, we assembled gifts and wrote thank you cards to local school teachers, and we served at Barnwell Middle during their Kona Ice Days.
| With more and more people finding their way to Harvester we need more and more Guest Services volunteers. In particular, more Parking Lot volunteers would be great! Check-in with Brendon to see what that would look like. Local Outreach and Guest Services had their first fellowship meal in March. It was just a nice time to come together over a fabulous potluck meal and get to know each other better with no other agenda. Together, we can make a real difference in the lives of those who need it most. Thank you for your continued support! Enjoy this month’s newsletter! |
The zip code 63376 which runs through the cities of St. Peters, Cottleville, and parts of St. Charles has the highest substantiated rate of of child sexual abuse. This is one of the reasons we are partnering with the Child Advocacy Center to bring the free Stewards of Children: Darkness to Light Training. EVERY adult needs to protect all children. As the saying goes, knowledge is power and eliminates fear. Join us on April 11th 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Large Conference Room in the lower level of the Offices to learn how to prevent and protect children from experiencing abuse.
| We are also excited to announce that we will be hosting an informational meeting for Safe Families for Children on April 23rd from 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. in the FLC. Safe Families for Children hosts vulnerable children and creates extended family–like supports for families through a community of devoted volunteers meeting is for families that would like to learn more about becoming a host family. This meeting is also for those who want to support host families with things like babysitting, transportation, meals, and resources. Register for one or both of these events on the HCC website or email Carissa at cfiggins@harvester.cc
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“If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Matthew 18:6
Organization | Opportunity | Date | Time | Purpose | Location | Sign Up |
 | Journey Trail-July Workday | Saturday July 8 | 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Repair the bridges and clear the prayer garden and pavillion area through weeding, trimming, limb removal | HCC Journey Trails | |
 | Pack A Pack School Supply Sorting & Organizing | Starting Monday July 10 | Mondays @1p.m. Wednesdays @ 1 p.m. Thursdays @6:30 p.m. | Your help is needed to sort, organize, and pack school supplies | HCC Annex | |
 | The Sharing Shed June Workday | Saturday July 15 | 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | Sharing Shed Crew specifically needs people phyically able to lift furniture and make deliveries to clients' homes | 923 E Terra Ln, O'Fallon, MO 63366 | |
 | Boys & Girls Club-O'Fallon Unit Backpack Delivery | Thursday July 20 | 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Volunteers needed to load and deliver 250 packed backpacks to Boys & Girls Club-OFallon Unit | HCC Annex to 1 Club Way St. Peters, MO 63376 | |
 | Hot Diggity Dog Express-Boys & Girls Club-O'Fallon Unity | Saturday July 22 | 10:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. | Assemble and serve 350 hot dog meals at Boys & Girls Club O'Fallon Unit Back to School Bash | 1 Club Way St. Peters, MO 63376 | |
 | Pack A Pack Delivery to We Love St. Charles | Monday July 24 | 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Volunteers needed to pack, load, and deliver school supplies to We Love St. Charles | HCC Annex to 2665 W. Clay St. St. Charles, MO 63301 | |
| | Pack A Pack Delivery to Boys & Girls Club- St. Charles Unit | Thursday July 27 | 3:00-5:00 p.m. | Volunteers needed to pack, load, and deliver school supplies to Boys & Girls Club St. Charles | HCC Annex to 1221 Lindenwood Ave St. Charles MO 63301 | |
| | Hot Diggity Dog Express Boys & GIrls Club St. Charles Unit | Saturday July 29 | 10:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. | Assemble and serve 350 hot dog meals at Boys & Girls Club St. Charles Unit Back to School Bash | 1221 Lindenwood Ave St. Charles MO 63301 |
Greetings!! Thanks so much for stopping by the Harvester Christian Church Outreach Blog! We hope this is a place of encouragement, inspiration, and information in regard to all things from the Outreach Team here at Harvester Christian Church! Take a look around and don’t hesitate to reach out!
Harvester CC Christmas Eve Services:
Thursday December 22nd @ 6pm
Friday December 23rd @ 6pm
Saturday December 24th @ 3pm, 4:30pm, 6pm & 11pm
No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself.
Because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure? On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee.
“ But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. ”
But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising.
No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself.
Because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure? On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee.
“ But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. ”
But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising.
No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself.
Because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure? On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee.
“ But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. ”
But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising.
No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself.
Because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure? On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee.
“ But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. ”
But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it? But who has any right to find fault with a man who chooses to enjoy a pleasure that has no annoying consequences, or one who avoids a pain that produces no resultant pleasure?
On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to be welcomed and every pain avoided. But in certain circumstances and owing to the claims of duty or the obligations of business it will frequently occur that pleasures have to be repudiated and annoyances accepted. The wise man therefore always holds in these matters to this principle of selection: he rejects pleasures to secure other greater pleasures, or else he endures pains to avoid worse pains.But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising.
