MIDWEEK MINISTRIES
AWANA stands for Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed and is based on the importance of memorizing verses from the Bible, described in 2 Timothy 2:15, “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.”
AWANA clubs are filled with fun, friendships, learning scripture and Biblical principles, games and other great activities. All PCC child-safety protocols are in place during AWANA.
Christian Service Brigade seeks to build up Godly men of today and tomorrow. It’s a multi-year discipleship program designed to give a boy everything he needs to be a man of God. Boys learn real world skills as well as spiritual ones that they can apply throughout their lives.
Weekly meetings involve games, lessons, achievements, and life skills to model and foster biblical manhood.
GEMS is an acronym for Girls Everywhere Meeting the Savior. Our vision is to see girls around the world actively and enthusiastically expressing love for God and others—girls equipped, motivated, and passionately engaged in living out their faith.
Portage Community Chapel’s GEMS Girls’ Club seeks to build up Godly women of today and tomorrow by providing real answers to the challenges girls face. It’s a multi-year discipleship program designed to give a girl everything she needs to be a woman of God, to remind her that she’s seen, known, and loved. Girls learn real world skills as well as spiritual ones that they can apply throughout their lives. Weekly meetings involve games, lessons, achievements, and life skills to model and foster biblical womanhood.
AWANA
Children age 3 through 8th grade
Wednesday evenings 6:15pm-8:15pm, August through April
Please don’t let the cost of uniforms and books be an obstacle to bringing a child to Awana. Contact us for help, if needed.
Register online anytime or in person on any club night.
Note: If you have already filled out a background check form for other PCC ministries or events this year, you do not need to do so again.
Email AWANA leadership at PCCAwana@portagechapel.com
8/21 – First Club night
9/19 – Balloon-A-Fair children’s parade
3/1 – Grand Prix
4/9 – Last Club night
4/16 – Award Ceremony
BRIGADE
Boys in 1st through 12th grades
Dads and other male adult mentors are invited to attend. Consistent adult volunteers and leaders must have a background check on file with PCC.
Tuesday evenings 6:30pm-8:30pm, September through April
Register online anytime or in person on any meeting night.
Note: If you have already filled out a background check form for other PCC ministries or events this year, you do not need to do so again.
Email Brigade leadership at PCCBrigade@portagechapel.com
9/3: 1st meeting night
9/27-29: Campout at West Branch
10/22: Picture Day
10/26: Leaf cleanup service project
11/2: Dodgeball tournament
1/17-19: Klondike
3/1: Grand Prix
3/8: Basketball tournament
4/19: Frisbee tournament
5/2-4: Campout at Stony Glen
GEMS
Girls in 1st through 12th grades
Moms and other female adult mentors are invited to attend. Consistent adult volunteers and leaders must have a background check on file with PCC.
Tuesday evenings 6:30pm-8:30pm, September through April
Register online anytime.
Note: If you have already filled out a background check form for other PCC ministries or events this year, you do not need to do so again.
Email GEMS leadership at gems@portagechapel.com
9/3: 1st meeting night
9/20-22: Fall camping
10/26: Leaf cleanup service project
12/7: Christmas tea
12/10: Cookie baking
1/17-18: Winter lock-in
2/7: Gems & Gents dinner
3/1: Grand prix
3/7: Game night
5/2-4: Spring camping