2001 Harvest Time Broadcasts

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January

Guest	OA Date	Prog.	Description
	Week 1	#768	"Israel's Past & Future -- Fall 2000 Holy Land Tour #1"  This program was taped during the Fall tour and was the first Harvest Time tour to be guided by a Messianic Jewish tour guide. She is a third-generation Messianic Jewish believer (quite rare even in Israel) and shares with us about her own family's history, as well as that of Israel. We consider Israel's past and present with a look at the operation of Messianic Jewish community life and a visit to the Holocaust museum at Yad Vashem.
	Week 2	#769	"The Unearthed Remains of Bible Times -- Fall 2000 Holy Land Tour #2"   Today in Israel the excavation of ancient ruins in various places continues and discoveries that support the Biblical record are being made one after another. In this program, we look at some excavation work that has been hastened due to interest in the A.D. 2000 celebration. Some areas new to public viewing are ruins of the Mediterranean city of Caesarea, and the south wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. You'll also see some moving scenes from the tour at the end.
	Week 3	#770	"Handyman: The Life of Katsuyoshi Ukon"   Katsuyoshi Ukon, who once loitered around like a gangster in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, is now a much-sought-after professional handyman who has been frequently profiled on television and in books and magazines. What was it that caused him to become a handyman? And, from his observation, what kind of needs do people in society have these days? We'll talk with him about how his life has changed and about a certain encounter he had with a missionary.
	Week 4	#771	"An Egyptian Who Discovered God's Plan" -- Melad S. Samuel   A youthful Melad Samuel once dreamed of making money and traveling all around the world. He became successful in the flower growing business, but wasn't satisfied, so he gave up everything to follow what he felt to be God's plan for his life. In looking back on it now, he says that the result of following God's plan was an amazing journey that is also fulfilling his personal dreams. Currently, he is publication director for the Arabic Communications Center near Los Angeles. In this program, we ask him about his involvement in sharing the message of the Bible with Arab people living in the United States.

February

Guest	OA Date	Prog.	Description
	Week 1	#772	"Through the Bible Window (17) -- The Land in Between"  On this program, Dr. Clarence Wagner visits Megiddo and brings a message entitled, "The Land in Between." He invites the viewers to think together with him about what this "Land in Between" is and what that name implies. In addition, we'll see some beautiful images from the city of Eilat at Israel's southern tip, and take a look at what it's like to travel by camel.
	Week 2	#773	"My Turning Points" -- Kazuomi Tsuchiya   On December 23, 2000, an epoch-making event in celebration of 2000 years since the birth of Christ took place in Los Angeles, California. One of the leading figures that contributed to the success of "A.D. 2000 Christmas Celebration LA," Kazuomi Tsuchiya, is our guest on this program. We visit the unified church he serves in Little Tokyo and ask Pastor Tsuchiya about turning points in his life.
	Week 3	#774	"Daily Life in Bible Times, Part 1 -- Fall 2000 Holy Land Tour (3)"   This program was shot on location during last year's Holy Land tour. In this episode, we visit the "Bible Gardens" -- a park featuring displays which re-create the daily life activities of Bible times. We'll see a threshing floor, a stone cutter's workplace, fig tree husbandry, a grave site, a tent dwelling, and learn about water and plant life. How did people in Bible times live? In giving some thought to this, viewers will surely find the Bible coming alive to them in fresh new ways.
	Week 4	#775	"Daily Life in Bible Times, Part 2 -- Fall 2000 Holy Land Tour (4)"   We continue our visit to the "Bible Gardens" in this program. This time, we take a look at a sheep fold, an olive press, crucifixion crosses, a sacrificial altar, and a pit for grape treading. Having seen with their eyes and touched with their hands, tour members went away with eyes twinkling at this very Jewish way of learning by experiencing.

March

Guest	OA Date	Prog.	Description
	Week 1	#776	"From Darkness to Light" -- Takayoshi Isetani, Mitsuko Kikuchi  As the victim of an eye disease, Takayoshi Isetani became virtually blind by the time he was midway through his 40s. This led him to make the acquaintance of a home helper sent by the city social services, Ms. Mitsuko Kikuchi. Within a few months, Isetani had moved from a sense that religion was something that was not to be trusted, to becoming a regular worshipper at the church Ms. Kikuchi attended. In this program, we talk with him about what it was that happened to make such a big change in his life.
	Week 2	#777	"Golf & the Bible: V.I.P. Festival, Part 1" -- Tsuneyuki Nakajima   In January, the International V.I.P. Club held its "2001 New Century Festival" meeting at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. We bring you a look at this meeting in a two-part series. In this first program, we showcase the event that drew everyone's attention -- an address by pro golfer Tsuneyuki Nakajima. Also featured is the music of gospel singer, Rutsuko Honda.
	Week 3	#778	"You Can Start Over Again: V.I.P. Festival, Part 2"   Continuing from last week's program, we take a further look at the International V.I.P. Club's recent gathering. Using the theme of "You Can Start Over Again," this program features Harvest Time's Kenichi Nakagawa as guest speaker and the music of Rutsuko Honda.
	Week 4	#779	"Through the Bible Window (18) -- The Threshing Floor"   This program is the final one in this series. Dr. Clarence Wagner brings a message with a focus on the meaning of the threshing floor. In addition, we'll also see some tree-planting in Israel and take a look at an olive pressing operation. Beautiful music, as well, is a feature of the program.
	Week 4	#780	"The Hippopotamus Postman, Part 2" -- Dr. Joseph Ozawa   Because of the messages of love he brings, psychologist Dr. Joseph Ozawa has been become known as "the Hippopotamus Postman." In this program, we bring you some of the moving, yet true stories that he has come across in his travels around the world. Arranged with artwork and narration, today's program features stories from Russia and Africa. It's a program you'll want to watch with your whole family. (Re-broadcast)

April

Guest	OA Date	Prog.	Description
	Week 1	#781	"The Gospel According to Luke, Part 1"  This is the first of a multi-part study series on the Gospel of Luke, using video from the "JESUS" movie produced by Campus Crusade For Christ. In this program, we go from the prologue of the Gospel to the presentation of the infant Jesus at the Temple.
	Week 2	#782	"Coming Soon: 'Jesus Is My Boss'" -- Tetsuo Nakajima   Filming for the movie "Jesus Is My Boss" was completed last Fall and now the release day is finally at hand. Today's guest, former gangster Tetsuo Nakajima, himself had a hand in bringing the production to completion. He'll talk with us about the film-making process and, in particular, the movie's strong points.
	Week 3	#783	"Agape: Working For Reconciliation, Part 1" -- Keiko Holmes   Keiko Holmes has spent the last few years trying to bring reconciliation between former Pacific War combatants from Japan and England.  She does this by bringing back to Japan former British P.O.W.s who had been once been forced to do hard labor here by their Japanese captors. Her work got its start when, on a trip back to her home in Kiwa-cho, Mie Prefecture, she heard about a gravesite for former British P.O.W.s that was being cared for by the people of that community. We'll watch some video of one of the visits to that site by former P.O.W.s she invited and talk with her about the project.
	Week 4	#784	"Agape: Working For Reconciliation, Part 2" -- Keiko Holmes   Keiko Holmes says that the thing which keeps her going in her work is actually the deep convictions she developed during a time of great sadness in her life. That event was the death of her British husband in a plane crash and the necessity of having to raise their two small children alone in a foreign country. What happened to her that enabled her to recover from despair and go on to begin her work of reconciliation through Agape?

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