It is always an exciting time of the year. As the kiddos head back to school, our own ministry resets and starts afresh for a new year. Awana gets started again this month, and Harvest Youth will be back to their regular Tuesday nights. Our Life Groups will get back to their rhythms, and on Sunday mornings, we’ll focus the preaching time on new series. And on September 14, we’ll take a minute to celebrate our 24th anniversary! Our elders believe it is going to be a great year of serving the Lord and seeing him work!

So, this Sunday we’ll be in a “new” series that is really an old series that we hope to finish up by March. We took parts of six years to work through 90 messages in the Gospel of Luke and then jumped right into Luke’s sequel, the Book of Acts. We’ve got 53 messages behind us in that book and are looking at Acts 20:1-16 this Sunday with message #54. It’ll be 70 by the time we finish up this coming spring! The account of the early days of the Church is as relevant today as they were then. As we jump into chapter 20, we see that in a world of chaos and heartache, Jesus offers each one of us the simplicity of encouraging one another, the clarity of his sovereignty over all things, and the urgency of his mission to spread the good news. I’m eager to get into that with you on Sunday.

Series: The Book of Acts
Message: 54 – Not A Little Comforted
Text: Acts 20:1-16
Todd Dugard
Harvest Bible Chapel
September 7, 2025

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In a world of chaos and heartache, Jesus offers me…

…the simplicity of mutual encouragement (v. 1-6)

παρακαλέω (parakaleō) – to call near or alongside, exhort, cheer, comfort, motivate, stir up

…the clarity of God’s sovereignty (v. 7-12)

Romans 8:28

John 11:25-26

John 11:27

…the urgency of gospel mission (v. 13-16)

You have one life. That’s all. You were made for God. Don’t waste it.
—John Piper, Don't Waste Your Life
https://a.co/d/iOqnoet

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Additional Resources

Sermon Series
The Gospel of Luke - Part 1
https://www.harvestbible.ca/series/the-gospel-of-luke-pt-1/

The Book of Acts
https://www.harvestbible.ca/sermons/?wpfc_sermon_series=the-book-of-acts