About Pastor Skelly

March 30th, 2009

img_1400cprt4prtnsftv21Welcome to my site, and thank you for visiting! For those of you who may not know me, I am the Senior Pastor of Harvest Baptist Church in the Greater Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania where, along with my wife and 4 children, I have served since 1996. You can learn more about us at our church web site under the “Meet the Pastor” tab  (www.harvestbaptist.info).

The picture of my family includes my wife Wanda and our four children.  From oldest to youngest their names are Nathaniel, Joshua, Caleb, and Hannah.

  1. Daniel
    March 31st, 2009 at 19:58 | #1

    Pastor Skelly,
    This blog is great! I’ve added it to my “favorites” list- at least I think I have. I’m still not very internet savvy. Anyway, I was just thinking about calling you today anyway. A friend will be out in the Philadelphia area (Winwood- to be exact) and they will need a good church to go to. I was wondering if you knew of a good one in that area. I’ll call you in a couple days if I don’t hear from you.

  2. George Anderson
    April 3rd, 2009 at 21:59 | #2

    I miss u guys and your guys help me through rough time and help me with mom and I to have a better relationship with god more and I really like that in a pastor and if u like u can always email at george_anderson26@yahoo.com if u like to talk more and God Bless u and your Family thank for have me as a member at the church and treating me like I am your own family.

  3. Rose
    April 13th, 2009 at 16:37 | #3

    Hi Pastor! I love this blog idea for you, it is a great way for us to stay updated on all that God is doing at home. Your family is always in our prayers.

  4. Brandi Hobble
    April 18th, 2009 at 14:47 | #4

    Pastor Skelly,
    Thank you so much for coming to our church last night for our youth conference at Cedar Crest Independent Baptist Church it was amazing!! Your messages were absolutely great! They really have helped me out in what I need to do more in my life. I am not one of the teenagers but I was one of the adults that were there I was the one that was talking with olivia patterson…but thank you so much for coming the teens and our whole church sure appreciated you very much!!!

  5. Alicia Armstrong(Agro)
    April 22nd, 2009 at 07:40 | #5

    Pastor Skelly,
    Hi, what a bleesing of a ministry God has given you. So awesome to finally get in contact with you after all these yrs. Your family looks wonderfull even you do :) tell them hi and i miss you all and send my love. I would love to hear you preach again and have my husband hear you preach. David has family in PA i want to see how far you are from them it takes us 4 hours from CT to get there. Are you coming to CT any time soon? Well take care and talk to you agin soon. Alicia

  6. Brittany Mechling
    May 4th, 2009 at 14:06 | #6

    Hi Pastor Skelly,
    I just looked at the pictures of the new building. It is awesome how fast it is going up!!! I am so excited to see it. I can’t wait to be home :) Please tell your family I said hi.

  7. Sarah Barclay
    May 5th, 2009 at 18:58 | #7

    Hi Bro Skelly,,

    I was at the Conference you spoke at recently in Maryland and I jsut wanted to say Thank You SO much for coming. Your messages you preached there were AMAZING and God used every one in my heart. I also wanted to Say Thank you for All the other services I’ve heard you preach at… I’ve listend and watched many of you sermons from Westcoast and other places and Each Time God has spoken to me through you . Thank you again. Praying for you ,
    Sarah Barclay

  8. Karen Ball
    May 11th, 2009 at 07:24 | #8

    Pastor Skelly -
    I enjoyed this past Sunday’s special music with the Jacob women. It was so beautiful. Has it ever been brought up to make a CD of the choir and special music to be sold? I know I would definitely buy it. I enjoy our choir very much and feel blessed that we can hear such touching music every week.
    Karen Ball

  9. Hanna
    May 18th, 2009 at 10:59 | #9

    Bro.Skelly,
    You are the best! :) Your preaching is AWESOME! Thank You for coming to CCIBC’S Youth Conference, “Get On Board”.
    ~Hanna

  10. May 29th, 2009 at 23:35 | #10

    Pastor Skelly,
    Wow, it’s been a LONG time! I’ve enjoyed catching up with what’s happening in your life and ministry via your blog and Harvest’s website, and am glad to hear of God’s hand of blessing and trust that He’ll continue to bless for His glory.

    We’ve been in Cameroon, W.Africa for nine months now and are excited about the doors of ministry that God has opened for us here. Perhaps our paths will cross next time we’re back in the States on a furlough.

    God bless you!

  11. Page Madison
    June 4th, 2009 at 12:15 | #11

    Is Dan Seely a brother to Doug Seely, the missionary our Church
    supported to Atlantic Canada? God does have His plans for Cameroon!

  12. Faith Mccoy
    June 6th, 2009 at 09:06 | #12

    Hi Pastor Skelly!!
    You have a beautiful fam!!! It was a blast having you at camp last week…Your messages really spoke to my heart. Ill be praying for you and your family and I know God’s blessing is on you all.
    In Christ,
    Faith

  13. Sam Gunner
    June 8th, 2009 at 20:34 | #13

    Hey Pastor,

    I was reading some of your book reviews when I thought how its been awhile since the last time we have talked, I know I’m horrible at keeping in touch. Graduating was a relief and I’m still working toward future ministry in india. I also just read the purity principle about two weeks ago, my first time through the book. I have been away for so long that home is starting to feel like a long ways away, but it is always close to my heart

  14. Naomi
    June 12th, 2009 at 18:16 | #14

    Just wanted to thank you for the awsome time at camp this year. Our church (Berean Baptist) had a wonderful time.

  15. Carl Maroni
    June 13th, 2009 at 07:31 | #15

    Bro. Skelly,

    I just want to thank you & HBC for investing, praying, & believing in me. Keep up the great work.

  16. charlie batze
    June 27th, 2009 at 17:13 | #16

    dear pastor skelly
    i jus wanted to thank you for your tremendous preaching these last 24 hrs have helped me alot in my walk with the Lord i think he chose me to go up there cause i havent been doing what im suppossed to do and i see that now and im gunna do my very best to read my Bible and pray and witness everday i cant wait to hear you at youth confrence.
    sincerely Charlie Batze

  17. Ashley Dodd
    June 29th, 2009 at 10:32 | #17

    Bro.Skelly,

    I was at Triple S Christian Ranch the week that you preached. Our church (White Drive Baptist) had an awsome time!! I just wanted to say thank you for all the messages you preached! They were such a help and encouragement to me. :) I would love it if you could e-mail me sometime!! You and your family are always in my prayers!! :)

  18. rebecca
    July 3rd, 2009 at 15:43 | #18

    hi its rebecca from bay days in maryland please pray for me im reading my bible every day and night. you are the best pastor ive ever heard

  19. Cara Engle
    July 24th, 2009 at 21:17 | #19

    hey Bro. Skelly thanks for your great preaching at Indian Creek Camp teen week 2. you’re a one of the greatest preachers i’ve ever heard. thanks for being funny too. keep playing carpet ball. :-)

  20. David Grove
    August 1st, 2009 at 11:12 | #20

    hey pastor skelly! It’s Dave, we met at camp this week and before you left I was the one who talked to you after service about witnessing to other actors, if you can e-mail me at dantefilipovic@gmail.com, thanks!

  21. Timothy and Jennifer Mueller
    August 9th, 2009 at 03:39 | #21

    Hello Pastor Skelly,

    This is Tim and Jen Mueller. We met at Rhein River Baptist Church in Mannheim, Germany. We can see how much God has blessed your church, and how God speaks through you. We really enjoyed your preaching that Sunday you visited, and we would like to keep in touch. We were also wondering if you could put up videos of your preaching on the church web site. We would enjoy watching them, as well as others I am sure! Please let us know if there is anything we can pray for you or your church about. We love what God is doing through you and your church. May God Continue to Bless!

    In Christ,
    Tim and Jen Mueller

  22. Brandon Lee McGraw
    August 11th, 2009 at 18:40 | #22

    How you doin pastor Skelly.Thank you for an awsome messages you gave to us at Cleveland Baptist church’s youth con.It changed my life so much it is not even funny.

    may god be in your day for an eternity.
    Brandon McGraw-Temple Baptist church of Cincinnati Oh

  23. chasta peterson
    September 2nd, 2009 at 12:23 | #23

    i love u brother skelly i miss ur preaching we are writtin about a life changing story mine is about the last message of church camp and part of my story is just talkin bout you and your likes and family and stuff. just know u are in my prayers and your amazing!!!!

  24. Joanna from GLYC and CGBC
    September 3rd, 2009 at 16:39 | #24

    Mr. Skelly,
    Thank you for the great sermons at youth conference and camp. They really spoke to my heart. I will never forget the illustrations you gave. They were hilarious! I have put myself in the center of God’s wheel and Jenny says “Hi”.

    Thanks again,
    Joanna

  25. Jeff Weber
    September 20th, 2009 at 22:43 | #25

    I met you before the service at the Grand Opening of the new church. When you spoke of the different ways one could treat their relationship with Jesus, I was impressed. Well done!! I have a PERSONAL relationship with Jesus (required). I agree with what you said about one’s heart too.(1Samuel 16:7). You see clearly (Mat 7:5). Thank You and God Bless.

  26. Tim Hicks
    September 26th, 2009 at 09:10 | #26

    Members of Harvest Baptist Church:

    I am still rejoicing over what God has and is doing at Harvest. My heart was heard when I heard of the incredible day you had as you moved into the long awaited site. I’m so excited to see what the Lord will do as you continue to yield to his and your Pastor’s leadership. The times that my family and I have spent there with you have been uplifting, more I’m sure than you can imagine. Your Pastor and church family are something special, and we pray for you often. Keep up the good work. Congratulations.

  27. scotty burrows
    October 27th, 2009 at 10:12 | #27

    You probably don’t know me, but my mom and dad are Scott and Theresa Burrows, I am their son, Scott Burrows. They were excited when they heard you were preaching at the college I am currently studying at, Pensacola Christian College. I really appreciated your messages that you preached here on the 25th and 26th of October. The messages really have inspired me to be real and authentic and have caused me to be more conscious to the condition of my soul, which worsens when I do not rely on God. I will pray for you and the ministry at your church that is currently flourishing for God. People are always looking, I just hope that we as christians are always ready to give them the only answer that will give them hope for tomorrow and for the rest of their lives. Have a great day and I will pray for you, your family and the great ministry that you are and will be accomplishing for God.

  28. Mark Bookout
    November 6th, 2009 at 15:38 | #28

    Hey, Pastor Skelly!

    We had a great time at your church while on college tour! You were a great blessing to me and to all the guys in the group. I am excited about the opening of your new facilities! God truly is great! I hope He continues to bless you richly through the coming years. I will be praying for you, and let me know if there is anything I can do for you.

    Mark Bookout

  29. Daniel Ligon
    November 12th, 2009 at 12:50 | #29

    Dear Bro. Skelly,

    I just wanted to let you know that you have been a blessing to me, and I have been privileged to get to know you. Thank you for letting God use you and your preaching in August at the Great Lakes Youth Conference in Cleveland. Thank you for being open and responsive to the Spirit’s leading, especially the last night of the conference. Thank you for the burden for souls that led you to preach such a powerful message leading to the salvation of so many teenagers. Thank you for taking the time to care about us and give us good advice as we head toward the ministry. Every week, I am praying for you and your ministry as you serve God. I pray that God will bless you as you stay faithful to Him. Thank you for investing in my life.

    In Christ,

    Daniel Ligon
    GloryBound ‘09
    2 Corinthians 4:7

  30. Brian Berg
    November 14th, 2009 at 18:03 | #30

    hey Pastor Skelly this is brian from PCC. i just want to thank u for the messages that u preached down and how much they meant to me.

    In Christ

    Brian Berg
    Psalm 6:2

  31. Jessica Monosmith
    February 6th, 2010 at 19:54 | #31

    Hello Pastor Skelly,
    You were the guest speaker at Camp CoBeAc when I went. You are an amazing pastor. Thanks(:
    -Jessica.

  32. Elise Underwood
    February 20th, 2010 at 12:43 | #32

    Hi Pastor Skelly,

    I wanted to thank you for preaching at PCC last semester. I know the Lord was working in many hearts during your visit, including mine. Lord willing, I may get the chance to stop by your church sometime in the future. My family drives through Pennsylvania occassionaly. God bless you, your family, and your ministry.

  33. Gordon
    March 1st, 2010 at 19:09 | #33

    Kurt was one of the best guys I knew at HAC. He’d work more than 40 hours a week, took 19 hours of school, made A’s, memorized most of the New Testament, and was involved in a ministry all while making everyone think he didn’t have a care in the world. They don’t come any better than Kurt Skelly.

  34. Michelle Riley
    July 24th, 2010 at 18:03 | #34

    Pastor Skelly, First of all i want to thank you for preaching for teens! I know you touch the hearts of each and everyone of them!
    Second, I would like to thank you for preaching at Indian Creek Baptist Camp on June 8, 2009! Although i don’t remember the title of the message or even what it was about I know God did a great work in my heart that night! Later in the early morning of June 9th, myself and three of my best friends where led to the Lord by my Pastor’s wife! I also loved your message on ” How to be a valuable vessel”! That helped me alot too! You are deffinately one of my favorite preachers along with Freddie De Anda!!! Thanks again! Michelle Riley~ Psalm 27:1

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