Worship

Gloria Dei Lutheran Hispanic Mission invites you to participate in this year's Via Crucis (or Way of the Cross), a one-mile procession through the streets of Valparaiso on Good Friday. The Via Crucis is a walking service, in which we hear the story...

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“Brothers and Sisters in Christ” Begins Wednesday April 6th Dinner at 6pm Classes at 7pm Portage Christian Church 5880 Evergreen Avenue (across the street from the Portage Boys and Girls Club) B.A.S.I.C. is our Wednesday night program that will...

Open to the public! Sunday, April 17th PALM SUNDAY Please have your child at the church by 10:15am, as the children will be given palm leaves, and do a short presentation in the auditorium. Friday, April 22nd GOOD FRIDAY 7PM Join us for a special...

The Sermon Study Guide is here. Romans 6:15-23; Luke 13:10-17 February 27, 2011 • Portage First UMC Several years ago, I was visiting a member of this congregation in the hospital shortly before she was to be taken to a rehab facility. In fact, as...

The Christian season of Lent, 40 days of preparation for Easter, begins with Ash Wednesday, a time of reflection and repentance. To mark this holy day, a service of worship will be held at First United Methodist Church in Portage on Ash Wednesday,...

The Sermon Study Guide is here. Mark 11:12-25; Job 16:9-17 February 6, 2011 • Portage First UMC I was in my dorm at Ball State somewhere in the late 80’s when I felt a sharp, piercing pain in my chest. I laid down for a while, but it didn’t go...

What started as an innocent offhand remark will (Lord willing) turn into an adventure in less than a week. It was almost a year ago as I was leading a Bible study that I made the comment, "One of my goals is to travel to the Holy Land." As the words...

The Sermon Study Guide is here. Romans 12:1-2; Mark 3:31-35; Genesis 22:1-14 January 16, 2011 • Portage First UMC Never before had God asked someone to do this. And never would God ask someone to do this again. But the old man hiking up the...

“When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for another?’” (Matthew 11:2-3). We are deep into the season of waiting. Advent is all...