Central Valley Harvest 07 Release
Central Valley Harvest 07 with Greg Laurie to Visit Amphitheater at CSU Stanislaus, August 24–26
More than 150 Local Churches Join Together to Host Community-Wide Outreach Featuring Faith-Filled Message and Popular Music
RIVERSIDE, Calif., July 19, 2007—Working together cross-denominationally to host a community-wide evangelistic outreach in the Modesto-Turlock area, some 150 local churches are teaming up to finalize plans for the upcoming Central Valley Harvest 07. The Central Valley Harvest 07 will take place at the Amphitheater at California State University Stanislaus, August 24–26, and will feature a straightforward message about faith from Southern California pastor and evangelist Greg Laurie, along with the very latest music from popular Christian artists.
The Central Valley Harvest 07 has been months in the making, joining local congregations together in a common goal to bring a message of hope to the Central Valley community. Preparation for the three-night event has been an undertaking of great proportions, with more than 285,000 event invitations and 17,000 bumper stickers being distributed, and more than 3,000 volunteers lending their time to assist before and during the event.
"The preparation process for the Central Valley Harvest is infusing the community with a sense of enthusiasm and unity," said Pastor Garth Aderholt, a member of the local Central Valley Harvest management team. "It's been tremendous to see the local churches in the Modesto-Turlock area working together."
The evangelistic Harvest with Greg Laurie events, which have drawn more than 3.4 million people to stadiums and arenas around the world since 1990, are known for relating to audiences through contemporary means like top notch music, live Internet webcasts and hosted video podcasts. But the crux of each event is the nightly message presented by Greg Laurie. Called the "evangelist of the future" by Billy Graham, Laurie draws on Scripture, flavored with personal and cultural examples, to describe the relevance of faith in today's world. Laurie's talks encompass topics that appeal to people of any age and answer questions like: Why am I here? Is God real? What happens when I die?
In addition to nightly talks from Laurie, each evening of the Central Valley Harvest 07 program will feature some of Christian music's most popular artists, including P.O.D., Jeremy Camp, MercyMe, the Katinas, and Lincoln Brewster. The Harvest event will also include a Saturday evening event called Amplify, designed especially for teens and young adults. Typically the best-attended night of a Harvest event, Amplify is expected to also draw a large Saturday night crowd in Central California for bands P.O.D. and Lincoln Brewster.
Central Valley Harvest 07 Facts and Figures
As preparations are underway for the Central Valley Harvest 07, facts and figures include:
- Some 150 churches are working together to host the Central Valley Harvest.
- Some 3,000 local volunteers will serve as follow-up workers and ushers, and will assist with set-up & tear down during the Harvest event.
- More than 17,000 bumper stickers and 285,000 invitations to the Central Valley Harvest will be distributed locally.
- Church youth groups from locales as wide-spread as Merced to Lodi will join with teens in the Central Valley to "take the message to the streets" and hand out some 25,000 Amplify invitations to local youth.
Central Valley Harvest 07 Schedule of Events
(events are free and open to the public)
Friday, August 24: 7 P.M. (gates open at 5:30 P.M.)
- Featuring Greg Laurie and music from the Katinas and Jeremy Camp
Saturday, August 25: Amplify youth event: 7 P.M. (gates open at 5:30 P.M.)
- Featuring Greg Laurie and music from P.O.D. and Lincoln Brewster
Sunday, August 26: 6 P.M. (gates open at 4:30 P.M.)
- Featuring Greg Laurie and music from the Katinas and MercyMe
The Central Valley Harvest 07 begins at 7 P.M. on Friday and Saturday nights (gates open at 5:30 P.M.), and 6 P.M. on Sunday night (gates open at 4:30 P.M.). All events are free of charge. Each night of the event will be interpreted in Spanish and signing for the deaf will be provided.
Each night of the Central Valley Harvest 07 will be broadcast live on the Internet (www.harvest.org). In addition, video podcasts from each night's program will be made available at www.harvest.org/podcast.
Serving as the founder and evangelist for the Harvest events, Greg Laurie is also the senior pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, Calif., one of the 15 largest churches in the U.S. He also serves on the board of directors for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse.
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Laura Swickard McGowan
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