LaPorte New Church

07/30/2026

Many Christians understand grace as God's undeserved favor. While that is certainly true, the teachings of the New Church invite us to see something even deeper. Grace is the continual activity of Divine Love reaching into our lives, inviting us to become more fully human, more fully heavenly, and more fully united with the Lord.

Come join us this Sunday in the sanctuary as Tammara Mounce leads us on "Finding Grace". As always, refreshments will be served. When we gather together in harmony, we can connect more fully with our spiritual source and with each other. Your presence, friendship, and gifts are valued beyond measure.

LaPorte New Church, located at 812 Indiana Avenue on the corner of Indiana and Maple Avenues, welcomes everyone to all 10 a.m. Sunday worship services, followed by coffee hour. Children's Sunday School is on hiatus for the summer and will resume on September 6.

The New Church is a warmly inclusive and welcoming Christ-centered ministry for everyone on their journey to draw nearer to God, while fostering relationships that encourage mutual spiritual growth and respect. Holy Communion is open to all.

For the worship Zoom link and other information, email LaPorte New Church at [email protected], and learn more about the New Church at www.laportenewchurch.org and on Facebook.

A welcoming, inclusive church in LaPorte, Indiana where thoughtful discussion, spiritual exploration, and community gather in a charming historic sanctuary.

06/19/2026

LaPorte New Church
All are Welcome
Holy Communion Service
June 21... 10am
The Demons We Would Rather Keep

Might we sometimes cling to familiar burdens rather than welcome an uncertain freedom?

It was an uncomfortable truth that the Gerasenes (Luke 8: 26-39) were more frightened by the cure than by the madness. Grace, when it finally arrives, can look at first like loss — the loss of a familiar, manageable misery we had half made our home — and about how often we, too, send the healing away and ask to be left as we were.

Come for this Sunday's life-applicable worship message "The Demons We Would Rather Keep" with Dell Rose, with readings including Psalm 42 and 1 Kings 19. All are welcome to partake in this communion service, with coffee hour following.

LaPorte New Church, on the corner of Indiana and Maple Avenues, welcomes everyone to all 10 a.m. Sunday worship service. Children's Sunday School, on hiatus for summer, will resume September 6.

The New Church is a warmly inclusive and inviting Christ-centered ministry for everyone on their journey to draw nearer to God, while fostering relationships that encourage mutual spiritual growth and respect.

To request the worship Zoom link and other information, email LaPorte New Church at “[email protected]”, and learn more about the New Church at www.laportenewchurch.org

06/11/2026

LaPorte New Church
June 14... 10am Coffee Talk
The Wonder of Dreams

When you have dreams of departed loved ones, does that have special meaning for you?

Dreams may be one avenue through which God, angels, spiritual realities, or meaningful inner experiences may reach us. Our dreams can carry spiritual significance, comfort, guidance, or reassurance. Perhaps we are being reminded that love never dies. An important question is not, "Did my loved one literally visit me?" but rather, "What love, comfort, truth, or guidance from God was awakened in my heart through this dream?"

Come join us this Sunday for conversation on 'The Wonder of Dreams' as Barbara Halle hosts an around-the-table Coffee Talk (held monthly) in the church Fellowship Hall and via Zoom. As always, refreshments will be served. When we gather together in harmony, we can connect more fully with our spiritual source and with each other. Your presence, friendship, and gifts are valued beyond measure.

LaPorte New Church, on the corner of Indiana and Maple Avenues, welcomes everyone to all 10 a.m. Sunday worship services, followed by coffee hour. Children's Sunday School is on hiatus for summer and will resume September 6. Please note that due to denominational meetings, there will be no services here on June 28 and July 12.

The New Church is a warmly inclusive and welcoming Christ-centered ministry for everyone on their journey to draw nearer to God, while fostering relationships that encourage mutual spiritual growth and respect.

For the worship Zoom link and other information, email LaPorte New Church at “[email protected]”, and learn more about the New Church at www.laportenewchurch.org

06/03/2026

Self-Expectations at LaPorte New Church
812 Indiana Avenue
Sunday, June 7, 10am
All are welcome

We live in a world filled with expectations. Some come from family, some from society, some from our occupations, and many arise from our own minds. We often measure ourselves against impossible standards, comparing our journey to the lives of others. When we fail, we may experience disappointment, guilt, or discouragement.

But what expectations does the Lord have for us? What expectations should we have of ourselves?

Tammara Mounce will present "Expectations of Self: Walking in the Light of Divine Purpose" during this Sunday's worship service, with readings from Micah 6 and Luke 12.
As always, refreshments will be served following the service. When we gather together in harmony each week, we can connect more fully with our spiritual source and with each other. Your presence, friendship, and gifts are valued beyond measure.

LaPorte New Church, on the corner of Indiana and Maple Avenues, welcomes everyone to all 10 a.m. Sunday worship services, followed by coffee hour. Children's Sunday School is on hiatus for summer and will resume September 6.

The New Church is a warmly inclusive and inviting Christ-centered ministry for everyone on their journey to draw nearer to God, while fostering relationships that encourage mutual spiritual growth and respect.

For the worship Zoom link and other information, email LaPorte New Church at “[email protected]”, and learn more about the New Church at www.laportenewchurch.org

05/29/2026

The Ministry of Parents"
LaPorte New Church
812 Indiana Avenue

The glory of Heaven comes from the fact that it is assembled from the many types of service that people may perform for one another. Do you know that there are myriad ways this occurs? The most fundamental of human relationships is parenthood, which forms the basis of all of the other forms of service.

You are always welcome at LaPorte New Church. This Sunday's message is 'The Ministry of Parents' as Dell Rose, seminary student from Chicago, shares the first part of a 4-part series on human relationships, in the church sanctuary and via Zoom. As always, refreshments will be served following the service. When we gather together in harmony each week, we can connect more fully with our spiritual source and with each other. Your presence, friendship, and gifts are valued beyond measure.

LaPorte New Church, on the corner of Indiana and Maple Avenues, welcomes everyone to all 10 a.m. Sunday worship services, followed by coffee hour. Children's Sunday School is on hiatus for summer and will resume September 6.

The New Church is a warmly inclusive and inviting Christ-centered ministry for everyone on their journey to draw nearer to God, while fostering relationships that encourage mutual spiritual growth and respect.

For the worship Zoom link and other information, email LaPorte New Church at “[email protected]”, and learn more about the New Church at

A welcoming, inclusive church in LaPorte, Indiana where thoughtful discussion, spiritual exploration, and community gather in a charming historic sanctuary.

05/14/2026

What Remains?' at LaPorte New Church

From our earliest days—when we first felt the warmth of care, when we trusted without calculation, when we delighted in simple goodness—the Lord God was planting seeds, or remains. Every act of kindness we received, every truth that stirred our conscience, every moment we chose honesty over deceit, or compassion over indifference—these were gathered up and stored. These were, and continue to be, gifts from God and serve as our spiritual foundation for growth and regeneration

We invite you to join us this Sunday as Barbara Halle presents "What Remains?", with Bible readings from Ecclesiastes 3, Mark 4, and Luke 17. The sanctuary worship service will also be available via Zoom. When we gather together in harmony every week, we can connect more fully with our spiritual source and with each other.

LaPorte New Church, on the corner of Indiana and Maple Avenues, welcomes everyone to all 10 a.m. Sunday worship services, followed by coffee hour. Children's Sunday School is on hiatus for summer and will resume September 6.

The New Church is a warmly inclusive and welcoming Christ-centered ministry for everyone on their journey to draw nearer to God, while fostering relationships that encourage mutual spiritual growth.

For the worship Zoom link and other information, email LaPorte New Church at “[email protected]”, and learn more about the New Church at www.laportenewchurch.org

04/23/2026

Shepherd Sunday at LaPorte New Church
April 26, 2026

On this fourth Sunday of Eastertide, "The Secret of the Easy Way" will be shared by New Church seminary student, Dell Rose from Chicago. His message will focus on the deeper meanings of Genesis 7, Psalm 23, and John 10. These stories are all written in the style that corresponds and applies to our lives today. Hear how the Lord came into the world to bring everything in the heavens and everything on earth back into order, and to make His human nature divine. If this had not been done, no one could have been saved.

We welcome you to join us this Sunday for an insightful around-the-table Coffee Talk (held monthly) in the church Fellowship Hall. When we gather together each week, we can connect more fully with our spiritual source and grow in friendship, with love, wisdom, and compassion.

LaPorte New Church, on the corner of Indiana and Maple Avenues, welcomes everyone to all 10 a.m. Sunday worship services, followed by a coffee hour. Children's Sunday School is on first Sundays of the month, from September to May.

The New Church is a caring, warmly inclusive, and welcoming Christ-centered ministry for everyone on their journey to draw nearer to God while fostering relationships that encourage mutual spiritual growth.

For a Zoom link or other information, please email LaPorte New Church at “[email protected]” and learn more about the New Church at www.laportenewchurch.org

04/16/2026

LaPorte New Church: Growing with Earth Day
April 19, Sunday, 10am

Celebrate Earth Day with us this Sunday through a Swedenborgian lens— that 'All things of the natural world correspond to spiritual things, and from this correspondence, the natural world exists and subsists.' This reflects our spiritual connection to creation and our call to care for the Earth. A message of hope, renewal, and sacred stewardship shines through in "Tending the Garden Within and Around Us."

We welcome you to join us as New Church member Jane McFeaters will present this important and affirming message as passages from Genesis 2 and Psalm 24 are shared. When we gather together each week, we can reconnect with our spiritual source and grow in friendship, with love and wisdom.

LaPorte New Church, on the corner of Indiana and Maple Avenues, warmly welcomes everyone to this 10 a.m. worship service on Sunday, followed by a coffee hour. Children's Sunday School is on first Sundays, from September to May.

The New Church is a caring, inclusive, and welcoming Christ-centered ministry for everyone on their journey to draw nearer to God while fostering relationships that encourage mutual spiritual growth.

For a Zoom link or other information, please email LaPorte New Church at “[email protected]” and learn more about the New Church at www.laportenewchurch.org

04/08/2026

Sunday Worship April 12. 10am

LaPorte New Church: After the Rooster Crowed

Great drama surrounds the Easter story. Before Good Friday, Jesus was carried away to the Roman governor Pontius Pilate. In a famous story, the disciple Peter, who was waiting through the night to hear Jesus’ fate, denied three times that he knew Jesus. After the third denial, the rooster crowed, signaling the end of the night, and Peter realized what he had done. He had denied the Man to whom he had devoted his life. Devastated by his utter failure, he went away and wept bitterly. With the crucifixion, it must have seemed to Peter like the end of his life as well as that of Jesus. But the story doesn’t end there! Jesus appeared to Peter and the other disciples after he rose from the tomb. He gave Peter a special message and a new beginning. The story of the new beginning is a special message for each of us about our capacity for resilience and recovery after failure.

We welcome you to join us as New Church member Charlotte Gyllenhaal will present this after-Easter message. When we gather together to read or listen to the Bible's Holy Word each week, we can reconnect with our spiritual source and grow in friendship, with love and wisdom.

LaPorte New Church, on the corner of Indiana and Maple Avenues, warmly welcomes everyone to this 10 a.m. worship service on Sunday, followed by a coffee hour. Children's Sunday School is held on First Sundays of the month, September to May.

The New Church is a caring, inclusive, and welcoming Christ-centered ministry for everyone on their journey to draw nearer to God while fostering relationships that encourage mutual spiritual growth.

For a Zoom link or other information, please email LaPorte New Church at “[email protected]” and learn more about the New Church at www.laportenewchurch.org