Who we are

Real People, Real God, Real Relationships, Real Change

 

This is the essence and the goal of relational discipleship.  Relational discipleship: We want to make disciples of Jesus who have a heart for God, a mind for truth and a love for the lost and hurting world by connecting people in life transforming relationships.  The biblical structure that facilitates this goal best is the Cell Church model.  The Cell Church model embraces the two-winged approach where everyone in the church participates in the large worship service and the small cell group. Cell Groups (the most basic unit of the church body): In the Cell Groups we have one primary agenda – to provide a safe place where lives can be transformed by the living God.  William Beckham correctly states, “Jesus is the agenda.”  There are four dimensions to the Cell gatherings:

Up – Calling attention to the greatness of God (worship)

In – A safe place to share life (fellowship, prayer, ministry)

On – Helping each other live a life that pleases God as defined in God’s Word, the Bible (Bible study)

Out – Sharing with others the good news of Jesus Christ (evangelism)

 In order to accomplish our goal of Real People, Real God, Real Relationships, Real Change through relational discipleship we ask every member to be involved in five things that require two meetings each week:

 1. Sunday morning worship service where we experience inspiring worship and dynamic, biblical preaching.  Here we see and experience the majesty of God.

 2. Cell Group where deep relationships are formed.  Here we see the closeness of God.  The Sunday morning worship service and the Cell Group in homes during the week are the two essential meetings.  We want to keep it simple so every member is encouraged to say “no thank you” to any other weekly commitment.

 3. Discover and use our spiritual gifts.  As a part of our Growing in Christ Ministry we offer training on how to discover your spiritual gifts, passion and personality style and help each individual find out how he or she can minister in such a way that he or she will be both fruitful and fulfilled.  Every Christian is called to serve, and we ask and equip each member to serve in one or more of three areas: the worship service, Cell Group, or on a ministry team. 

 4. Make friends with unbelievers in order to share Christ with them.

 5. Have a regular devotional time each day – a quiet time in prayer and reading the Bible.

Ministry Teams (seeking to serve the two wings of the church): These teams seek to be an auxiliary resource to the worship service and Cell Groups in order to facilitate relational discipleship.  They will invite individual Cell Groups from time to time to take part in their ministry in order to disciple the group in that particular ministry through the “show and tell” method.  Not everyone will be on a Ministry team, and these teams will not meet weekly.  The Ministry Teams are: 1. Evangelism team   2. Prayer team  3. Children’s Ministry team   4. Youth Ministry team  5. Recovery team (divorce,   alcohol, drugs)   6. Growing in Christ Ministry team  7. Mops   8. Preschool team.

At Harvest Fellowship we want to keep it simple and make sure everyone is discipled without being burned out.  We don’t want to stagnate so we continually seek to grow in our love for God, each other and the world.  The Cell Church model of relational discipleship helps us “keep life simple!”   

    Sincerely,

    Pastor Larry Siekawitch


Harvest Fellowship is a Cell Church. The cell's are called Life Groups. Life Groups are focused on four dimensions:

Up – Calling attention to the greatness of God (worship)

In – A safe place to share life (fellowship, prayer, ministry)

On – Helping each other live a life that pleases God as defined in God’s Word, the Bible (Bible study)

Out – Sharing with others the good news of Jesus Christ (evangelism)

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Contact the Church office, 529-8838, if you would like to talk to someone about connecting in a Life Group!!

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What we are like

*Expository preaching

 

*A place you can easily make friends

*Casual dress

*Contemporary worship

*Not legalistic

*We love our kids

Mission

Real People, Real God, Real Relationships Real Change

 Harvest Fellowship

A Cell Church

"Cell"ebrating Jesus Christ!

 

Vision

“We envision Harvest Fellowship as a mission center, penetrating
central Minnesota by connecting people in life-transforming
relationships.”

 

Statement of Faith