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Habitat for Humanity – 2024

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Come build dreams with the Habitat Crew! Glen Mar’s Habitat for Humanity team has resumed work with a reduced crew.  We work for Habitat on the third Saturdays of every month. We work most often in Baltimore,  where we work with Habitat for Humanity Chesapeake. Sometimes we work additional days at other charities: details are announced through Adrienne’s monthly emails.…
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Embracing Community, Glen Mar Continues to Support Cold Weather Shelter

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February 26 – March 4, 2024 In a heartfelt collaboration with Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, local faith congregations, including Glen Mar, rally each year to provide food and support for those in need in Howard County. This year, Glen Mar’s sponsored week for the Cold Weather Shelter (CWS) is set to run from February 26 to March 4. Similar to…
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Gift Card Program Sales Pass $5.35 Million

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The Messenger 2024-02-01
By Van Beall The Gift Card program celebrated its 17th Christmas bringing total gift card sales to over $5.35 million! The program continues to do what it was designed to do – provide people with an opportunity to create extra money for ministries from the money you will already spend on other things. The total amount generated – for free!…
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Stephen Ministry Training and Commissioning

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The Messenger 2024-02-01
Stephen Ministry is an international, ecumenical program that provides one-to-one, Christ-centered care to people experiencing life difficulties. Glen Mar has had a Stephen Ministry program since 1988! Through our membership in a Howard County consortium of Stephen Ministry churches, we provide 50 hours of training to those who feel called to join us in care-giving. Our current training class began…
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Unite to Fight Cancer

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The Messenger 2024-02-01
By Connie Ballenger Glen Mar’s Relay For Life team, Angels for a Cure, will collect donations and luminaria requests for the American Cancer Society in the Gathering Place after church services on Sundays, April 14 and 21. The team’s Relay For Life of Baltimore and Howard Counties will take place at the track and field at Howard Community College on…
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