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Pastor’s Ponderings – Jesus, Remember Me

Pastor's Ponderings
Dear Glen Mar friends, When I was in college, I spent every Wednesday at 5 pm in the Chapel basement with Wesley friends—we had a short communion service that I came to love (and I came to crave the Lord’s Supper as a result in my life). It was like a spiritual filling station (what we old timers call “gas…
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This Just In: February 21, 2024

This Just In

SPOTLIGHTS . . .
– Vacation Bible School (VBS) – Registration begins this Friday, March 1.
– 30 Hour Famine – purchase baked goods or give a donation to World Vision this Sunday.
– Easter Food Collection
ACT NOW . . .
– Holy Week Music – Sign Up Today!
– Sleep in Heavenly Peace – Sheet Collection throughout February
– Glen Mar Early Learning Center – Registration Now Open
– Cruising in 2024?
– Baptism @ Glen Mar
– Glen Mar’s kids need YOU!
– Altar Flowers – Sponsor/Purchase Flowers for the Sanctuary
– Stephen Ministry at Glen Mar
UPCOMING EVENTS . . .
– Youth Group – Sunday, February 25 at 5:30 pm
– Cold Weather Shelter – February 26 to March 4
– Grassroots Meals Ministry: Make a Meal – Tuesday, February 27
– Family Matters Pot Luck Dinner – Saturday, March 2 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm
– HOLA Toastmasters of Ellicott City – Tuesday, March 5 at 7:30 pm
– Habitat for Humanity – Next build date is March 9
– Mission Trip Information Meeting – Saturday, March 9 from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
– Social Justice Group – Tuesday, March 12 at 7:00 pm
– Dancing Needles – Thursday, March 14 at 1:00 pm
– Easter Eggstravaganza – Saturday, March 23 from 10:00 to 11:00 am
– Youth Summer Mission Trip to Plymouth, NC – June 23-29

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Pastor’s Ponderings – Lent is Here!

Pastor's Ponderings
Dear Glen Mar friends, Happy Lent! If you are searching for some special Lenten disciplines to make this Lent a space “set apart” for some “heart work,” I would suggest reading through the Gospel of Mark as a discipline (It’s the shortest….) for this 40 day time, and embracing prayer 5x day (waking, meals, bedtime) for God to make God’s…
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This Just In: February 14, 2024

This Just In

– Lenten Series: Witness at the Cross starts Sunday
SPOTLIGHTS . . .
– Easter Food Collection
– Cold Weather Shelter – February 26 to March 4
ACT NOW . . .
– 30 Hour Famine
– Sleep in Heavenly Peace – Sheet Collection throughout February
– Holy Week Music – Sign Up Today!
– Cruising in 2024?
– Glen Mar Early Learning Center – Registration Now Open
– Youth Summer Mission Trip – Registration Now Open
– Glen Mar’s kids need YOU!
– Altar Flowers – Sponsor/Purchase Flowers for the Sanctuary
JOB OPENING . . . Minister for Youth & Mission
UPCOMING EVENTS . . .
– Youth Group – Sunday, February 18 at 5:30 pm
– Lunch Bunch – Tuesday, February 20 at 11:30 am
– Alphabet Soup – Tuesday February 20 at 7:00 pm
– Our Next Turn @ Rt. 1 DRC – Saturday, February 24 from 11:45 am – 2:00 pm
– Grassroots Meals Ministry: Make a Meal – Tuesday, February 27
– Family Matters Pot Luck Dinner – Saturday, March 2 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm
– Youth Group Bowling – Sunday, March 3 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm
– Easter Eggstravaganza – Saturday, March 23 from 10:00 to 11:00 am
KIDS/YOUTH Save the Dates!
– VBS 2024 – July 8-12. Registration begins March 1
– Youth Summer Mission Trip 2024 – June 23-29
Glen Mar Church is a Lighthouse Congregation of the Baltimore Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church.

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