She is energetic, fun, and has never met a stranger. She loves to travel and is a proven thrill-seeker. With a bachelor’s degree in communications from Baylor University, Blynda has years of experience in voiceover talent, on-camera talent, public relations, writing, and conference speaking. She has been married for 20 years to the love of her life, Todd, who is the Lead Executive Senior Pastor at Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas. She and Todd have three wonderful children: Olivia, Harrison, and Evelyn.

CRYSTAL MOORE

CONFERENCE HOST

Crystal loves bossing people around, so hosting an event is just up her ally! Crystal has hosted Harvest Conference since the beginning, and aims to incorporate dancing whenever possible. When she's not in front of a crowd, you can find her drinking tea, laughing, cleaning, or reading a good book!

KINGS WORSHIP

LEADING WORSHIP

We are excited to have Kings Worship - the worship team from Kings Church - leading our worship times at Harvest. The worship experience is always a favourite component of Harvest by attendees year after year.

HEATHER CHANDLER

TURNING LEMONS INTO LEMONADE

We often plan for things and expect them to go the way we imagined. This isn't always the case and when we find ourselves faced with circumstances, events and seasons we have not planned for, it can knock us totally off track.

Join Heather as she shares her personal experience with life not going as planned. When her daughter was born with a rare genetic disorder, she chose joy over pain despite the predications from professionals. Her story will show that our God is a loving God who makes all things work together for His good and how we can chose joy even when the world tells us we shouldn't. This breakout will be a testimony of faith, love and encouragement during the dark and difficult seasons in life.

ABOUT HEATHER

JOY HINGLEY

Walking in Contentment: Discover how to unlock God’s power to influence those around you.

Have you ever looked at your bible and thought, "I wish I knew more; I know I need to know more!", but you were unsure how to achieve it?
God’s word is a big book that can be very overwhelming and at times difficult to understand. But yet God tells us that the secret of being content is found in truly knowing Him through His word.
Daniel: 11:32 says, "...the people who know their God will display strength and take action." In Colossians 1:9-10 Paul prays, "We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way."
In this breakout session we’ll walk through the “how to’s” of studying the bible. You'll learn how to study the bible, not just for information about God but to know Him personally.

ABOUT JOY

Joy is a Jesus seeking gal, who loves to study the scriptures with those who’s desire is for Him to be their all in all. She is always seeking grace so she can then extend it to those who God places in front of her. She enjoys walks in nature, flowers, vanilla lattes, books, interior design, and exploring new cities with her husband, Jamie. Although she’s born and bred in the Saint John area, she’s lived in many different places, McKinney, Texas being one of her favorites. While in Texas she studied many books of the bible inductively as well as undert training to lead inductive bible study. During the school months she leads a Precept Upon Precept, inductive study at Kings Church in the Valley campus.

KARI BROAD

Parenting with Prayer

The greatest gift any of us could give our children is focused prayer. By tapping into this ancient gift of direct communication with our Creator, we can provide a level of blessing and favour for our kids that we could never achieve on our own. Want to win in your parenting? Start praying!

ABOUT KARI

Kari Broad has worked in family ministry for the last 8 years. She's married to her husband Andy and has two bouncing boys, Carter and Maxwell. She’s passionate about building a better future by investing in the faith and character of the next generation! Her story inspires and challenges her listeners to persevere no matter what obstacles and to believe that truly anything is possible with Christ.

TRACIE MCGRATH

Turning Grief into Glory

From job loss and the death of loved ones to broken dreams and relationships, everyone has experienced some level of loss or know someone who has. When you experience loss in your life, it's important to allow yourself to grieve. When you don't grieve properly you get stuck.

Join Tracie as she shares how she processed the pain of losing her best friend and mom, and allowed God to use it for her good and His glory. You'll hear how God revealed Himself to her in the depths of sorrow, the steps she took, and resources she used toward healing. Learn about God's faithfulness in His promise that He'll never leave our side and how He gives us a perfect measure at just the right time of everything we need to get through the disappointments and losses in this journey of life.

ABOUT TRACIE

Tracie McGrath has been married to her high school sweetheart for 24 years. She has two children and is an obsessed grammie of three! A good chat is one of her favourite things to do, but also craves alone time - processing her thoughts by writing in her journal.
She's loves all things organizing and her favorite mindless work is pulling weeds in her garden.
She's committed to her work as Executive Assistant and Director of Women's Ministries at Kings Church and is thankful that she gets to have a front seat in their ministry.