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Harvest Bible Chapel offers several types of care ministry, each designed to connect to the hope of the Gospel for the unique features of our various struggles.   

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Our Ministry Areas

Freedom Groups

A 13-week opportunity that offers freedom from strongholds through the hope found in the gospel.
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Grace Marriage

A quarterly half-day experience that builds marriages to showcase the grace of God through practical next steps.
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Grief Share

A 13-week group that offers helpful ways of coping with grief, in all its unpredictability.
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Freed Up

A 6-week class on managing money in healthier ways, through Biblical wisdom.
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Divorce Care

DivorceCare is a safe place where caring people come alongside you as you find healing from the pain of separation or divorce.
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Benevolence

Support for those in our church family going through a financially difficult time.
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Hope Center

Tangible help and hope to all those in need – from our church and community.
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Cars Ministry

Assistance with car repairs to those in our church family in a financially challenging season.
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Premarital

Let us help you get ready for one of the most important journeys in life.

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Faithful Medical Decisions

Online resources and personal consultations for people making end-of-life or reproductive decisions
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Calendar of Classes

Frequently Asked Questions

God calls for His Church to care for one another. Our primary form of care will be through practicing the one-another’s seen throughout the New Testament. Such as: pray for one another, encourage one another, bear one another’s burdens, and more. The places where that can happen include growth groups, weekend gatherings, prayer, our Hope Center and Benevolence ministries, and more. In those times when additional care is needed, we are prepared to provide that through our staff or trained lay leaders. If a person’s situation requires specialized care, we have a list of vetted local professional counselors and therapists that we could suggest for care.
A Care Connector is a trained volunteer who meets with a person in need one, two or three times. The aim of the Care Connector is to connect personally, connect to the Gospel, connect with truth, and connect to the next best step. Because we believe ministry is done best in community, Care Connectors normally serve in pairs.

You can let us know you would like to meet with a Care Connector by clicking here.

We understand that there will be some situations where the wisest and loving next step would be to suggest that a person/couple in need receives care from a trained professional. To ensure that the care received is trustworthy, the Care Ministry can provide a list of vetted local counselors and therapists.

Click here to find blogs, videos, and more that will help you care for others.

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Freedom Groups

Freedom Groups offer more than recovery from an addiction or new coping mechanisms. It is a 13-session group experience that provides the help, hope, and healing only found in the gospel. You will learn there is freedom for sinners to be restored in Christ; there is freedom for sufferers to be comforted in Christ; there is freedom for wanderers to be brought back to Christ.

Upcoming Freedom Group offerings

Grace Marriage

Grace Marriage helps couples build marriages that showcase the grace of God so that they can thrive, even in trials. This biblically-based curriculum will address relevant topics, like communication, intimacy, roles and responsibilities, and more.

Upcoming Grace Marriage offerings

Grief Share

A Grief Share group is a safe, welcoming place where people understand the difficult emotions of grief. Through this 13-session group, you’ll discover what to expect in the days ahead and what’s “normal” in grief. Since there are no neat, orderly stages of grief, you’ll learn helpful ways of coping with grief, in all its unpredictability—and gain solid support each step of the way.

Upcoming Grief Share offerings

Freed Up

There are more scriptures in the Bible about money than there are about prayer and faith combined. Yet the percentage of Christians that actually manage their money using Biblical wisdom is relatively low. Freed Up offers culturally-current resources to help guide and equip believers to manage money in healthier ways, through Biblical wisdom.

Upcoming Freed Up offerings

Divorce Care

DivorceCare is a safe place where caring people come alongside you as you find healing from the pain of separation or divorce. At this 13-week, video-based support group program, you’ll find helpful counsel to manage the emotional turmoil and practical tools for decision-making.
Upcoming Divorce Care Offerings

Harvest Groups Podcast

Helpful conversations about Community and Discipleship Groups (D-Groups) at
Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago.
Community Group Leader Podcast
Community Group Leader Podcast | Episode 1
Community Group Leader Podcast | Episode 2
Community Group Leader Podcast | Episode 3
Community Group Leader Podcast | Episode 4
Community Group Leader Podcast | Episode 5
Community Group Leader Podcast | Episode 6
Community Group Leader Podcast | Episode 7
D Group Leader Podcast
D-Group Starter Guide Conversation 1 | Share Your Story
D-Group Starter Guide Conversation 2 | Goals and Expectations
D-Group Starter Guide Conversation 3 | HEAR Journals and Scripture Memory
D-Group Starter Guide Conversation 4 | Accountability and Prayer
Conversation 1 D-Group Multiply Guide | Who, Why, Where?
Bonus Episode 1 | Am I Ready to Lead a D-Group?
Conversation 2 D-Group Multiply Guide | Identifying Potential Members
Bonus Episode 2 | How to Select the Right People for Your D Group
Conversation 3 D-Group Multiply Guide | Inviting Potential Members
Bonus Episode 3 | How to Invite People to Your D-Group
Conversation 4 D-Group Multiply Guide | Celebrate & Commission

Community Group Outreach/Service Ideas

Create homeless blessing bags together, distribute to homeless outreach in area or keep in your car to give out.  

Serve at The Ruth Project either downtown Elgin or at the farm 

Serve together at Feed My Starving Children 

Contact campus ministry team to “adopt” a single mother in the congregation, and provide her with ongoing support (babysitting, groceries, gifts of encouragement)  

Contact local elementary/middle/high school and ask to provide regular blessing baskets to teachers   

Contact local senior/assisted living facility and offer to host a praise and worship night or ongoing Bible study 

Serve at local soup kitchen  

Sign up to serve with Habitat for Humanity  

Find more Volunteer opportunities at https://www.volunteermatch.org/ 

Contact the Lead Team