Meridian Harvest Church

History
In 1975, Mark Bryan moved from Emmett, Idaho to the bustling metropolis of Portland, Oregon to attend Portland Bible College. There he met Diane (DD) Iverson, daughter of the school’s founder and president, Dick Iverson. Six years and a bachelor’s degree in theology later, the two fell in love and were happily married.

Both on staff at the ever-growing Bible Temple, now City Bible Church, the two grew in influence and ministry experience, tag-teaming in a wide variety of positions and responsibilities. They served as children’s pastors, directors of Christian education, worship leaders, district pastors, elders, Bible college professors, international mission team leaders, youth camp directors, and more. Their exposure was rich and diverse.
After twenty years of urban life and mega-church leadership, the two were sent out of their home church to pioneer back in Mark’s homeland, Idaho. With their three kids, they embarked on a mission to plant a new work in Boise.
Harvest Church was born in January of 1996. After a series of miraculous building and facility provisions, Harvest Church bought her first building, an old Catholic chapel off Longmont and Howe in downtown Boise. Those early years forged great faith and excitement into the DNA of Harvest. Multiple times each weekend, that little brick chapel was packed with people from all walks of life finding hope in the saving power of Jesus Christ. The church doubled in size several years in a row.
Out-growing the limited space on that crowded Boise block, Harvest set out to find new pastures. In God’s great plan, and sense of humor, we found ourselves renting a peculiar facility in Garden City. What was meant to be a short-term transitional space turned into years of set-up and teardown for every class, every Sunday, every Wednesday, and every Saturday. The teamwork and continuous effort of an army of volunteers built yet another invaluable characteristic into this growing church family: willingness. Harvest became a church who was willing to tackle any problem, move any mountain.
Before long, the Garden City facility was no longer suitable for the ever-growing church family. Over time, God provided an astounding opportunity for Harvest to buy 831 W. Main Street in downtown Meridian. Though it was old and needed renovations, this building was brimming with possibility! Hundreds of volunteers, thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars later, the facility was transformed into a wonderful church building in the heart of Old Town Meridian, where the Gospel has continued to impact the surrounding neighborhoods and communities.
God has been with Harvest every step of the way. The journey has been exciting, unexpected and miraculous. Through every adventure, the Lord has proven to be faithful, just as He promised. After nearly two-decades, Harvest is a multi-ethnic, life-giving congregation that has brought hope to many and all glory goes to God!

Ministries at Harvest Church

Children’s Ministry
Meridian Harvest Church Nursery
The passion of our nursery ministry is to care for babies and provide a safe, loving and nurturing environment. This frees parents to attend services and grow in their relationship with the Lord. Our focus is to provide a loving atmosphere while teaching Bible stories, songs and games encouraging Christ-centered growth in the children. Our nursery is grouped into 3 age areas, newborn—9 months, 10—18 months and 19—27 months.
Preschool for Harvest Church in Meridian ID
Serving children 28 months through 1st grade!
All our preschool classes are designed with the principles of teaching, showing, playing and experiencing God’s Word and principles. Our heart is for our teachers to pastor love and care for their class and its families. We integrate focused play time, activities, play centers, games, crafts and story time to help kids develop trust in God. His principles and His Word. Each lesson points the child to God, scriptures and principles that they will remember. Our goal is that your child develops a love for God and a deep-rooted belief in His Word.
1st – 5th grade program for Harvest Church
Our ministry for kids grade 1-5 is called “Metropolis” and is one of the most exciting places to be on a Sunday morning! With interactive games, creative crafts and exciting worship, Metropolis will leave your child impacted and curious about God. We partner with YOU (the parents) to meet your child’s needs. Our goal is to help these young ones grow up into their full potential, their complete calling according to the will of our Lord.
Every summer we offer a VBS experience for kids that is out of this world! Click here to watch the recap video from last year.

ROAR is the teen ministry of Harvest Church.

ROAR is a passionate movement in the greater Boise metro area reaching students 6th-12th grade. Young people gather together in a quest for truth, a desire for God, and a dream to change their world. ROAR gathers weekly in a variety of groups and settings across the city, from churches to homes to parks. ROAR is for you; come make it louder!
Our vision is to “win the world for Jesus, one person at a time.” And we want you to join us in accomplishing this! Why not?

ROAR services are full of awesome people, dynamic worship, crazy games, relevant teaching, and fun small groups. This is a great place to learn about God and the Bible in a fun and relevant way. Come join the excitement this week, you’ll be glad you came! Connect with us on Facebook to see if ROAR’s happening this week! Click here to visit the new ROAR website!

Harvest Church Young Adults in Meridian
The young adults at Harvest are the driving force of Harvest ministries and are committed to winning their world for Jesus, one person at a time. Join the young adult culture at Harvest by jumping in a weekly connect group. The pastors of this group are Peter & Kari Carrera. For more information,
 contact Kari@boiseharvest.org. Click here to like us on Facebook to stay up to date with any changes/updates!

Our culture: Real disciples through real relationships.

At Harvest Church, the weekend service is only half the picture. Connect Groups are also a vital part of HC life, meeting throughout the week in various locations around the Treasure Valley.
Connect Groups are the best way to get connected at Harvest. You will be challenged to grow in your relationship with God and to live a life that is pleasing to Him. We believe that real disciples are made through real relationships. Being involved in Connect Group is a great way to build lifelong friendships that have the purpose and potential to impact our world for Christ. Click here to see what groups we have available.

ARE YOU RETIREMENT AGE?
We invite you to come join our Harvest Church Seniors Group which meets bi-monthly on Saturdays from 10-11:30am. From potlucks to prayer, this vibrant HC Seniors Group is a thriving part of our church. We welcome you to come fellowship with us! Click here to view the calendar of events to see the date of the next get together!
For more information, please contact Gary or Crystal Bliss at 208-863-7783, 208-409-8994 or email wattchman@hotmail.com.
We look forward to hearing from you!

Meridian Harvest Church Missions
Harvest Church in Meridian Idaho supports missions, both at home and abroad. Listed below are the missionaries that we support.

Fountain for the World

Mexico
The Jaquith family leads Fountain for the World in Puebla, Mexico.  They just finished three Prosperity With a Purpose conferences and are believing for increase at all levels! They are ministering in two different pastors conferences in Haiti and organizing a trip to Cuba, where they will connect with key Canadian and Mexican pastors in the different provinces for future trips. They continue to travel to outreach works in Mexico strengthening pastors and churches. Their 6th Campus in Puebla opened in November and new souls are being added to the kingdom. Continue to partner with this great ministry by supporting them in prayer and in financial giving to missions.


Revival Chinese Ministries

China
RCMI was founded by Pastor Dennis Balcombe in the 1970’s. Since then, they have grown to touch many of the Chinese people. Their vision is to equip, empower and encourage Chinese believers and pastors. Some of their ministries include: Children’s & Youth ministry, Care Chinese Ministries Movement, Disaster relief, Pray for China Campaign and more. RCMI is instrumental in distributing Bibles, training materials and other vital items to the local churches. We support this ministry because we believe in the work they are accomplishing. For more info about RCMI, visit their website at www.rcmi.ac.

New Heart Christian Ministries International

Boise, Idaho
New Heart Christian Ministries is a local church in Boise focusing on ministry to refugee individuals and families, pastored by Donald & Julienne Batubenga. New Heart gathers on Saturday afternoon for a corporate service, vibrant and lively with singing in Swahili, French, English and other languages. New Heart is thriving with many ministries such as Kid’s Church, prayer on Friday nights, weekly discipleship courses, worship/music ministry, youth group, men’s meetings and more! Your prayers & giving is much needed to help this fruitful ministry to refugees continue.

World Relief

Boise ID
World Relief is a Christian Organization that helps meet needs and provides disaster relief world-wide. The Boise branch is responsible mainly for refugee resettlement, with the majority of clients from Africa and the Middle East. World Relief monitors their English class responsibilities and confirms their compliance for their Idaho refugee grant allowance until their eighth month in the US. Your friendship and support is greatly needed in a variety of ways, such as grocery shopping, giving rides to appointments, playing soccer, practice speaking English, etc. For details about volunteer positions or to arrange to meet a refugee family, contact them at 208-323-4964.



Africa Matters Today

Uganda, Africa
In 2007, Royce & Elizabeth Iverson liquidated their businesses and relocated from Portland, Oregon to Kampala, Uganda to build Africa Matters Today (AMT). Their organization is effective & efficient to meet the real needs of their community, bringing great support and volunteer staff to existing ministries in Uganda. Along with their three children, the Iversons truly exude the heart of God bringing love and hope to the country of Uganda.

Salem Christian Center

Romania
In 1992, Theodore and Zamfira Ciuciui (chew-CHEWy) moved from Romania to Portland to pursue a degree in theology. There, they became life-long friends with Pastors Mark and DD Bryan. Later, Theo and Zamfira moved back to Romania and pioneered a great church there, Salem Christian Church, in Oradea. We have long supported the Ciuciuis through prayer, finances and sending teams. Today, Theo’s eldest son, Ted and his wife Mona, are the lead pastors of that church. Please continue to pray for this family and their labor of love in building the Kingdom of God in Romania!


Boise Rescue Mission Ministries

Since 1958, BRM has been restoring faith, hope and family across the Treasure Valley by teaching the Word of God and providing food, shelter, clothing and opportunities to recover from homelessness for men, women and children in need. Their service reaches the homeless and addicted of Boise, Nampa and surrounding areas from five unique locations in Ada and Canyon counties. At the heart of BRM, it isn’t about taking care of homeless men, women and children by addressing physical needs — food, shelter, clothing — it’s just as much about addressing mental, emotional and spiritual needs. To volunteer, simply fill out the form available on their website and a member of their volunteer staff will contact you to arrange details. Go to www.boiserm.org.


Besides local and foreign missions, Harvest Church also sends out short term mission teams to help churches, orphanages and ministries throughout the world. 

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