About our Pastor:

Pastor Steve Portner was born and raised in Rome, New York. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1982. He worked as an industrial designer for four years in New Hartford, NY, up to the point he received the call to ministry. In 1991 Pastor Steve graduated from Drew Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree. His first two churches, Delaware Water Gap and Poplar Valley, were in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church. Since 1989 he has been appointed as a pastor in churches in the Central Pennsylvania Conference, including Grace UMC in South Williamsport (1989-1991), Morrisdale and Palestine UM churches near Philipsburg (1991-1996), Lightstreet UMC near Bloomsburg (1996-2004), and now Chambers Hill UMC (2004-present). Pastor Steve is married to Christine and has three children, Nate, Alex, and Ben. Pastor Steve also provides a monthly cartoon to the Central PA Conference’s newspaper, “Link.”

Contact Information

Email:
Web Master
Pastor Stephen Portner
Church Secretary
Senior High Youth Directors
Junior High Youth Directors

Phone:
Church Office: 717-561-0388
Church Fax: 717-561-2457

Address:
Chambers Hill United Methodist Church
6300 Chambers Hill Road
Harrisburg, PA 17111