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Welcome to the new Portico Newsletter!

Humanism
Chris Larsen

Humanism: the doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self-realization through reason; rejects religion and the supernatural.
The idea of Humanism is that it is about me, my needs and wants and cares and hruts. The problem is that Humanism takes the Creator out of the center of the Universe and replaces it with the created. We see this take place in our schools with the removal of prayer and the ten commandments and replacing them with self help and "you can rise to greatness". (Chris's message will be available on CD this thrusday night)

What happening at the Portico?

Message from Scott

Prepare for our NEW Lakewood location!!!

""John 13:14 " So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet,
you also ought to wash one another's feet".

God is taking the prayer partner ministry to a new level. Do you want to
be a part? Prayerfully consider applying for the prayer ministry as we
prepare for the new Lakewood location. We invite you to be
apart of washing the feet of the porticans. You can pick up an
application & prayer partner requirements at the info table.

Last week at the Portico

Chris Larsen on Humanism

Chris is the College/Singles pastor at Sugar Creek in Sugar Land. Chris and his wife Sunni have two kids and have been friends of Pastor Scott for several years. You will enjoy Chris's relevant teaching and humor.

Sports

Spring I Seesion
COED:
Mondats March 21 - May 2
Men's League:
Tuesday March 22 - May 3

Location:
300 Oates Rd.,Herman Brown Complex
Registration is over, look for spring 2 sign ups.

Who's going to be visiting the Portico?

Dr. David Capes- on The Bible

Dr. David Capes serves as Chair of the Department of Christianity and Philosophy at Houston Baptist University .

The Word of God? It was written over thousands of years and then written and rewritten. Do we really today have what God wanted us to read? How did we end up with 66 books in the Bible? Didn't the Apostle Peter write a gospel; how come it did not make it?
Come join us May 12th as we get a understanding of the Bible.
Dr. Capes is a professor at Houston Baptist University. Dr. Capes serves as Chair of the Department of Christianity and Philosophy and teaches courses on Christian Scriptures and Greek.

Week's Message

Give me Something to Believe In

"Didn't God intend to make
man happy? Yes. But as a by-product, and not a prime-product." Paris Redhead

"We keep digging broken cisterns,
looking for them to satisfy, all the while the sound of the fountain of
living water can be heard in the background."

-Scott Crenshaw

April 28th:
Virgin Birth/Resurrection
-Scott Crenshaw

May 5th:
One Way to God
-Scott Crenshaw

May 5th:
The Word of God
-David Capes, Ph.D