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The Messenger 2024-02-01

The Messenger
The Messenger 2024-02-01
Our next quarterly issue of The Messenger newsletter, covering February, March, and April 2024, is ready to read! Click on the articles below to begin reading. ARTICLES & INVITATIONS Opening Day – By Pastor Mandy Sayers Dwelling in Love – By Pastor Melaina Trice Sunday Nights @ Glen Mar Are for Youth! – By Tom Barnes Confirmation Class 2024 Kids…
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This Just In: January 31, 2024

This Just In

SPOTLIGHTS . . .
– Prepare for Lent with a Bible Study.
– Pancake Supper – Tuesday, February 13, 5-7 pm.
– Ash Wednesday, February 14.
==>”Ashes to Go” – 12:00 to 2:00 pm
==>Ash Wednesday Worship Service –  7:30 pm
ACT NOW . . .
– Cold Weather Shelter – February 26 to March 4
– Glen Mar Early Learning Center – Registration Now Open
– Youth Summer Mission Trip – Registration Now Open
– Overnight Camp – Registration is Now Open
– Baptism @ Glen Mar – Next Baptism Date is Sunday, February 18
– Glen Mar’s kids need YOU!
– Altar Flowers – Sponsor/Purchase Flowers for the Sanctuary
– Join Glen Mar’s Memorial Service Team
– Youth Sunday is March 3 – Join the Planning Team
JOB OPENING . . . Minister for Youth & Mission
UPCOMING EVENTS . . .
– Family Matters Pot Luck Dinner – Saturday, February 3 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm
– Youth Group – Sunday, February 4 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm
– HOLA Toastmasters of Ellicott City – Tuesday, February 6 at 7:30pm
– Dancing Needles – Thursday, February 8 at 1:00 pm 
– Habitat For Humanity – next build date Saturday, February 10
– Social Justice Group – Tuesday, February 13 at 7:00 pm in room 159
– Lenten Series: Witness at the Cross – February 18 – March 24
– 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
– Youth Group Bowling – Sunday, March 3 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm
KIDS/YOUTH Save the Dates!
– VBS 2024 – Dive into friendship with God this summer at Scuba VBS – 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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Opening Day

The Messenger
The Messenger 2024-02-01
Dear Glen Mar Friends, Welcome to the spring edition of the Messenger! Did you know that Opening Day for Major League Baseball is March 28 this year — and Easter is on March 31? For me baseball, spring, and Easter are connected. The turning of the seasons to spring — new life, flowers, and that bright green of grass in…
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Dwelling in Love

The Messenger
The Messenger 2024-02-01
By Pastor Melaina One of my favorite devotional books, “You Are Beloved” is written by one of my favorite Christian writers, Henri Nouwen. An April 6 reading is entitled “Come Home to Where Love Dwells.” In this devotion he discusses how we have been loved long before we ever knew what love was or how to love others. We are…
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Sunday Nights @ Glen Mar Are For Youth!

The Messenger
The Messenger 2024-02-01
By Tom Barnes 2023 is HISTORY! And that history includes the revival of Youth Group on Sunday nights at Glen Mar from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Glen Mar’s Youth Group started the school year with some new leaders and a lot of excitement. Fall programs included a mix of fun activities, topical discussions, and service projects, as well as the…
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