Sharing Life Together
Portland Bible College Classes for Everyone
- Basic Doctrine 1 & 2
- Old Testament Survey
- New Testament Survey
- Holy Spirit
- Doctrine of the Church
- Covenants
This Week
January Wednesdays
You are all invited to a weekly time of prayer and worship, weekly on Wednesday evenings in January, beginning tonight, January 8th. If you are able to attend, we will have time for food and fellowship from 6:00-7:00 pm. Starting at 7:00 pm, we will all pray together.
FIRST Prayer & Fasting Begins this Saturday
Would you like to start this year with hope and clarity? Setting aside extra time and energy to focus on God can help you find this meaningful reality. Changing up our daily activities, in this way, gives us a chance to find greater freedom and focus in our relationship with God. Let’s take steps in that direction together. It is a matter of responding to the call of Jesus that we, “seek first the Kingdom of God”. Before we look for anything else we should search out the living God. What lasts forever is most valuable. Each of us would benefit from more relationship moments with God. We will find mercy and truth by interacting with God the merciful Holy Spirit and the truth found in the Word of God, in Scripture.
This January 11th thru 31st, let’s share a weekly time of “first” prayer. Taking steps on this spiritual journey together makes it easier and builds momentum. For this reason we will offer suggested daily prayer topics and reading. The spiritual practice of fasting is a decision to go without food, praying more than usual. This principle can also be applied to the normal habits of how we spend time. Less of this…allows for more of that…relationship time with God. Please join us. Give time to think and pray about what you should do.
Please consider this: “If prayer only starts from our thoughts and emotions, then it will be limited by them. We will only ever enjoy part of the relationship with God that He designed. “If God is not the starting point, then our own perceived emotional needs become the drivers and sole focus of our prayer. We cannot grow in a relationship with a person unless we learn who they are.” – Timothy Keller, Prayer. “We must know the awe of praising his glory, the intimacy of finding his grace, and the struggle of asking his help, all of which can lead us to know the spiritual reality of his presence. Prayer, then, is both awe and intimacy, struggle and reality.” – Timothy Keller, Prayer
Sunday Church Service
We are looking forward to our weekly church service this Sunday, January 12, at 9:00 am. You can listen to the recordings of previous messages here.
Upcoming Events
- January 8th, 7:00 pm Prayer & Worship Night
- January 8th, 7:00 pm CHC Youth Night
- January 11th – 31st FIRST Prayer & Fasting
- January 12th, 9:00 am Sunday Church Service
- January 15th, 7:00 pm Prayer & Worship Night
- January 15th, 7:00 pm CHC Youth Night
- January 19th, 9:00 am Sunday Church Service
- January 22nd, 7:00 pm Prayer & Worship Night
- January 22nd, 7:00 pm CHC Youth Night
- January 26th, 9:00 am Sunday Church Service
- January 29th, 7:00 pm Prayer & Worship Night
- January 29th, 7:00 pm CHC Youth Night
Good to Know
Community Partners Page on HUMC Website
We’re excited that the list of individuals, artists, and organizations operating out of the Hampden UMC facility is growing! Please check out the Community Partners Page on our website In the near future, we will be sharing facility improvement projects that are planned along with invitations to participate.
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