Harvest of Hope participants glean crops and donate the produce to food assistance programs such as food banks and soup kitchens. Participants also learn about hunger. Through a variety of educational tools, coupled with the physical labor of gleaning, they begin to see that one person really can make a difference in the life of someone who is hungry. Through worship, participants grow in Christian fellowship and community. They learn about Christian responsibility toward the poor and disenfranchised.
Worship helps bring into focus the relationship between faith and service to the poor.
Good nutrition is stressed at Harvest of Hope. One meal is a hunger awareness experience. Participants form strong bonds of friendship through this experience of working, living, worshipping, and playing together. Harvest of Hope is just the beginning. All participants are encouraged to take what they learn back home with them so that they might impact their families, communities, and churches.