Author: office

Greetings in the name of Christ Jesus.

Portage Lake United Church is canceling our worship service this Sunday, March 13th.

The consistory will be meeting this week and will consider any future suspension of worship and/or whether to make our worship services available online. We will also discuss our congregation’s response and care for one and other and the community as the coronavirus epidemic evolves.

Please know that the decision to cancel worship is made not out of fear, but from caring and caution. Our participation in the society-wide practice of social distancing to “flatten the curve” of any outbreak is one way to care for our neighbors and neighborhoods.

So, on this Sunday, March, 13th, rather than attending worship at PLUC, I encourage you to read the scriptures for the day (listed below), pray for one another, check out the attached hymn that we had planned to sing, and reach out to or re-connect with someone in Christ’s name. This change in our routine is an opportunity to modify the way in which we participate in God’s mission in the world.

I will let you know new developments regarding PLUC as the guidance, situations, and decisions evolve.  

May you know and embody the love of God, the compassion of Christ, and power of the Holy Spirit. 

The Peace of Christ be with you all, 

Pastor Peter Norland

Join the congregations of Portage Lake United Church and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church for an Ash Wednesday Service at 7 p.m., Feburary 26th, at PLUC.

We will be gathering after worship on February 9, 2020 for our Annual Meeting. We will be presenting our 2019 Annual Report, voting on consistory members, and adopting the 2020 Budget.

Get a printed copy of the report in the office, or check it out online here.

Portage Lake United Church is conducting a Congregational and corporation meeting on November 3, 2019, following the worship service.

Business will include the presentation of the proposed 2020 Budget, a presentation of constitutional amendments, an update on Angel Mission, and the overall state of PLUC.

All are welcome to attend; all members are urged to participate.

Click here to see a draft copy agenda which is subject to revision.
A copy of the proposed 2020 budget can downloaded, by clicking this link.
A copy of the proposed changes to the PLUC constitution can be downloaded here.

This is the image of baptismal waters bringing the Holy Spirit into our lives, nourishing the body of Christ in body, mind, and spirit. It is written at the end of John’s Revelation, “[the angel] showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.”