Dear Glen Mar friends, Our first significant snowfall in a long time has led to some time home for Glen Mar children and staff too. Snow slows us down in sometimes needed ways, and invites us to play, or to sip hot chocolate, and perhaps give thanks for the gift of life and God’s presence.   I’m hard at work…

Dear Glen Mar friends, It’s a different pastor pondering this week, as Pastor Mandy and Eric are celebrating their 30th anniversary with a cruise. I was reading an article recently that spoke about people’s openness to hearing the message of Christmas. The writer noted that, overly commercial or not, our faith story is front and center in popular culture through…

Dear Glen Mar friends, I hope you’ll join us for our 70th birthday celebration this Sunday! Pastor Emeritus Andy Lunt will be our main preacher of the day, and we will have a great time of praising God, growing disciples and serving the world together! If you missed my sermon on Sunday, folks have been wanting a link they could…

Dear Glen Mar friends,  I hope you’ll join us this weekend as we hear again the Gospel, good news for all people, and learn about how to “render unto God the things that are God’s.” Did you know that the Roman Empire had one concept of “gratitude” and that Jesus had another? Come be reminded of who we are and…

Dear Glen Mar friends, This weekend, we’ll have our 8th annual Jewels for Hope sale on Saturday! Come on out and buy some wonderful treasures for a terrific cause! And on Sunday, we have All Saint’s Sunday, Holy Communion, and the start of a worship series on thankfulness called “Bless this Mess.” Y’all come! (And don’t forget to set your…