About Us
Who We Are
Why We Do It
Who We Are
Harvest City is a dual affiliated Acts 29 and EFCA Church that desires to be part of a movement of the gospel that begins in Iowa City, makes waves in the state of Iowa and has its impact felt to the ends of the earth.
What We Do
Why We Do It
Who We Are
At Harvest City we hope to do a few things well. We gather throughout the week in missional families and seek to live out the gospel together in all of life. Then, on Sundays we gather with all the missional families to worship God corporately at what we like to call the Reunion.
Why We Do It
Why We Do It
Why We Do It
We believe that we have been created in the image of God, but because of sin we often fail to reflect Him to the world around us. However, we have a hero in Jesus who has come to free us from sin and Satan and whose grace can empower us to live the way we were created to live. We live our lives out of gratitude for all Jesus has done!
Kyle Hulshizer, Pastor/Elder
Kyle noticed God beginning to pursue him during his freshman year at the University of Iowa. While Kyle came from a small town in northern Iowa to Iowa City primarily to get a degree and indulge in the party culture, God had greater plans in mind. Within two months after his first semester started, he found himself struggling to fit in, unfulfilled by partying, and fearful of dropping out. During that season his sister shared with him an encouraging Bible verse, and he began reading God’s word for himself for the first time. Shortly after, he got plugged into a college ministry where God provided him with mentors, friends, and gospel teaching. These helped him to see Christ’s love for him and how true happiness can only be found in a relationship with Him.
He started dating his wife, Ashley, during his college ministry years. They were married in 2018 and have lived in Iowa City since. Kyle and Ashley have attended Harvest City since shortly after its inception, being regularly involved in teaching kid's ministry classes and as Missional Family leaders. Kyle became an elder at Harvest City in 2022, and is humbled to take part in knowing, leading, feeding, and protecting God’s flock. Kyle works as a physical therapist, and loves helping improve the lives of his patients through movement and relationship. In his free time he enjoys spending time with friends and family, reading, hiking, cycling, and cheering on the Minnesota Vikings and Iowa Hawkeyes.
Nick Ehlts, Worship Leader
Nick started going to youth group at a church his freshman year of high school and found himself wondering if this God he was learning about could be real. After praying about it at youth group, asking if God would reveal Himself in a way that he could understand, Nick found himself learning about Jesus at school in his history textbook the very next day. He took this as an answered prayer and devoted the rest of his life to trying to get to know God better with each and every day.
After giving his life to Christ, Nick decided to pick up a guitar and attempt to learn how to play, something he had tried before and failed miserably. However God had different plans as it came super easy to him this time and was playing on the worship team at church within a month. During his senior year of high school, Nick decided to go to Bible college to get a degree in worship ministry. He has been leading worship since his days in college where he graduated in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree from Central Christian College of the Bible.
Nick and his wife, Nikita, met in high school at church camp and started dating in college. They got married in 2010 and have 2 girls, Josalyn and Kora. Nick enjoys music, sports, and video games. If you want him to get really excited, just mention anything about golf and he is hooked.