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Today Willow Creek Friends Church will have a special presentation from Jon Harkness, former pastor of Willow Creek Friends church.
Jon was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas and had a mixed religious upbringing. His grandparents loved Jesus very much and but the household Jon grew up in was less than stable. His grandparents tried to provide a counterbalance to the instability, but life was still chaotic. At the age of 17 Jon enlisted and began serve in the US Army Reserves, with the hopes that serving his country would provide for his desire for stability. At the age of 22, after hitting rock bottom in poverty and addiction, with a string of bad relationships left at varying places on the path, Jon looked at what was left of his tattered life and cried out to Jesus. “I don’t know if you can do anything with this,” he cried, holding up the battered remains of a life poorly chosen, “but it’s yours to do with as you wish, Jesus.”
After reaching this point in his life, Jon began to attend meetings for worship, and yearned to worship with expectation and joy. He then began to feel a pull toward a more formal educations and he applied and began to attend classes at Barclay College.
After completing his education, Jon served with me (Jared Warner) at Willow Creek Friends Church. While at Willow Creek, Jon continued his education and eventually obtained a Masters of Arts in religion with a focused on Pastoral Counseling from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
After leaving Willow Creek, Jon and his family moved to serve a small rural church in Northbranch, Kansas for eight years. Jon knows the highs and lows of both urban and rural ministry.
After leaving the ministry at Northbranch, Jon and his family moved to his grandfather’s farm just outside of Wichita, Kansas. He still felt a call to minister and provide encouragement and council to pastors. This is when he began his journey with Standing Stone ministry.
Standing stone Ministry was started by Jim and Debbie Hogan, after three generations of their family experiencing the pain and devastation of losing their pastors to burnout and other issues. This led them to create a ministry designed to strengthen and encourage ministry couples, Standing Stone, in 2002. Their initial ministry grew and in 2014 Standing Stones expanded their ministry outreach by building a team of field shepherds, who encourage ministry leaders and their spouses across the United States and in 30 other countries.
As a personal friend and ministry partner, I am excited that Jon Harkness has joined with Standing Stone ministry. This has been his calling for as long as I have known him. If you would like to learn more about Standing Stone please visit their website at https://standingstoneministry.org .
If you would like to know more about Jon or support his ministry, I encourage you to visit his ministry site also: Shepherd Jon Harkness.
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We have also started a new discussion class called Talking Tuesdays. This class discusses the history and beliefs of the Evangelical Friends Church, and also provides a space to ask questions and to find answers together.
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Previous Messages by Jared:
Live In Peace
By Jared Warner Willow Creek Friends Church May 31, 2026 Click here to join our Meeting for Worship Click to read in Swahili Bofya kusoma kwa Kiswahili 2 Corinthians 13:11–14 (ESV) 11 Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace…
Gifted for Good
By Jared Warner Willow Creek Friends Church May 24, 2026 Click here to Join our Meeting for Worship Click to read in Swahili Bofya kusoma kwa Kiswahili 1 Corinthians 12:3–13 (ESV) 3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one…
In Your Hearts Honor Christ as Holy
By Jared Warner Willow Creek Friends Church May 10, 2026 Click here to Join our Meeting for Worship Click to read in Swahili Bofya kusoma kwa Kiswahili 1 Peter 3:13–22 (ESV) 13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for…
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