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Day of Service Back to In-Person for 2023

The Messenger
The Messenger 2023-02-01

By Bruce Leuthold
On Monday, January 16, 2023, Glen Mar hosted the ninth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service with AMES Memorial and St. Johns Baptist Church as co-hosts. The event was a community-bridging opportunity where everyone was invited to meet the emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of our neighbors and ourselves. It was a relationship-building event with activities on the side. The event was an example of what faith in action looks like and being the hands, feet, and listening ear of God.

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Family Gets a Real “Home for the Holidays”

The Messenger
The Messenger 2023-02-01

By Connie Ballenger
Thanks to Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake, Whitney and her family moved into a three-bedroom renovated rowhome in Baltimore shortly before Christmas. Habitat workers, many from Glen Mar Church, restored this home with almost 100 percent volunteer labor. It was a project that took many workdays held over the course of 15 months.

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