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Pastor’s Ponderings – 4th of July

Pastor's Ponderings

Dear Glen Mar friends,
As we prepare for July 4, I am in prayer for our nation and our leaders, and for all of us, as we ponder our nation’s complicated and tumultuous history and our hope for the future. We are in many ways divided as a nation, but this is hardly a new condition for any student of American history.

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This Just In: July 3, 2024

This Just In

MINISTRY SPOTLIGHT:
– The Soldiers’ Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band
ACT NOW:
– Volunteer greeters are needed
– Sunday Praise Team needs instrumentalists
– Hosts Needed for Dinner & Movie Nights
– Messenger Deadline – July 15 for Aug. 1 publication
– Volunteers Needed! The Kids & Youth Ministries
– We like to think of summer as being a relaxing…
UPCOMING EVENTS:
– Social Justice Group – Tuesday, July 9 at 7:00 pm
– Our Next Turn @ Rt. 1 DRC – July 27, 2024
– Grassroots Meals Ministry: Make a Meal – Tuesday, July 23
YOUTH INFO/EVENTS:
– Youth Pool Party – Saturday, July 13, 4 – 6:30 PM
– High School Dinner & a Movie – Tuesday, July 16, 6:30 – 10 PM
– Flip Flop Game Night – Wednesday, July 17, 6:30 – 8 PM
– Six Flags Trip – Friday, July 26, 9:30 AM – 10 PM
– Youth Pool Party #2 – Saturday, August 10, 4 – 6:30 PM
– SAVE THE DATE – Middle School Retreat – October 11-13
MUSIC CORNER:
– Two More Summer Concerts on Tap
– “No Strings” Choir – Love to sing?
– Pianist/Accompanist needed for Children’s Choir

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Pastor’s Ponderings – A Summer Day

Pastor's Ponderings
Dear Glen Mar friends, Reports from the Mission Team in Plymouth this week are that it is warm but all is well and everyone is having a great time doing great work! Keep those prayers coming! My thoughts this week turn to a favorite Mary Oliver poem, appropriately called “A Summer Day”: Who made the world? Who made the swan,…
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This Just In: June 26, 2024

This Just In

ACT NOW… 
– Mark Your Calendars for Two More Summer Concerts
-+ The Soldiers’ Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band on Friday, July 19 at 7:00 pm.
-+ Quey Percussion Duo on Friday, August 16 at 7:00 pm.
– Sunday Praise Team Needs YOU!
– Sunday Morning Kids & Youth Teachers Needed
– Alphabet Soup
– Collection for Migrants
– Glen Mar Singles Social Network
– Glen Mar Early Learning Center – Registration Now Open
– Habitat For Humanity
– Hosts Needed for Dinner & Movie Nights
– Messenger Deadline – July 15 for August 1 publication
– “No Strings” Choir
– Pianist/Accompanist needed for Children’s Choir
– “Pull Yourself Together!”
UPCOMING EVENTS…
– High School Dinner & a Movie – Tuesday, July 2, 6:30 pm
– HOLA Toastmasters of Ellicott City – Tuesday, July 2 at 7:30pm
– Youth Flip Flop Art Night: Cupcake Decorating – Wednesday, July 3, 6:30 to 8:00 pm
– Youth Pool Party – Saturday, July 13, 4 – 6:30 PM
– SAVE THE DATE – October 11-13 – Annual Middle School Retreat – at Camp Manidokan
Glen Mar Church is a Lighthouse Congregation of the Baltimore Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church.

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Pastor’s Ponderings – A Summertime Dance

Pastor's Ponderings
Dear Glen Mar friends, Our daughter Lydia has discovered the joys of swing dancing…and she’s quite good at it. She has only been to a couple dances in the area, and has already made many friends. I think she likes the joy of movement, and movement together, that dancing brings—and a great band playing along with it…there is such joy…
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