Week 1: MADE – Psalm 139: 13-16, Gen 1:26-27
Week 2: KNOWN – Psalm 139:1-12, Ephesians 1
Week 3: LOVED – Romans 8:31-39
I’m Joel Aurand and I am excited to jump in and serve at the Aurora campus. My wife (Colleen) and I have been married since 2014 and are blessed to parent our 3 soon to be 4 children. We cannot wait to see how the Lord is going to be using us for His glory in the coming years at HBC Aurora!
I serve at the Elgin campus. I have served as the Student Pastor at Harvest for about 4 years. I am an alumnus of Moody Bible Institute and am completing my Masters of Theology at Dallas Theological Seminary. Before coming to Harvest, I was a part of a church plant in the Elgin area. My wife, Faby, and I have been married for two years and live in Elgin. I am beyond blessed to be a part of this community!
I’m from Langhorne, Pennsylvania (near Philly). I graduated from Liberty in 2019 and started a 2-year pastoral residency program on staff at 12Stone Church in the northeast suburbs of Atlanta. In 2021 I started at Harvest where I now serve in ministry at the Rolling Meadows campus and also met my amazing wife Stephanie. I love helping students to pursue the Lord, teaching them to love Him more than anything else, and seeing them reach their friends for Jesus.
I graduated from Philadelphia Biblical University (now Cairn University) in 2009 with a double major in Biblical Studies and Camp Administration. My wife, Maggie, and I were married in 2007 and are parents to two sons, Rex and Uriah—Rex is currently part of our student ministry, and Uriah went home to be with the Lord in 2023. I’ve been part of Harvest for many years, serving in a variety of ministry capacities, and I’m grateful to walk alongside students as they grow in faith and learn to follow Jesus.
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/
