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Pastors Ponderings – Fall Kick-Off! Don’t miss it!

Pastor's Ponderings
Dear Glen Mar friends, This Sunday is our Fall Kick-Off, and I hope everyone will come out to worship and to sign up for fall classes, meet your kids’ Sunday school teachers, and see old friends and make new ones. if you’ve been away for a while, this is a great time to reconnect. We’ll have worship at 9:30 and…
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Pastors Ponderings – Wanted: Follower of Jesus

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Dear Glen Mar friends, As Labor Day weekend comes to us, I give thanks for all the ways God gives us the chance to do meaningful work. This Sunday we will pray for workers, and those looking for work, and those “working” on retirement; as well as be fed for the work ahead of us at the Lord’s Table. If…
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Pastors Ponderings – Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

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Dear Glen Mar friends, I hope you have enjoyed August Family Worship as much as I have. Last week, Matthew Johnson did a wonderful job looking at transformation from the inside out. He used the illustration of Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out movie where the lead character, Riley, was going through many changes in her life – especially her family’s move from…
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Pastors Ponderings – Thank God for Teachers!

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Dear Glen Mar friends, As we prepare for another school year, I just wanted to give a big shout out to all in our church who engage in the important, exciting, and challenging ministry of teaching! From our own Sunday morning teachers, and small group facilitators,  and other Bible study teachers to our ELC teachers and helpers, to folks who…
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Pastors Ponderings – Reshaped

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Dear Glen Mar friends, Change is a hard thing, and something that we often resist. How often do we hear (at other churches, not Glen Mar), “But this is the way we have always done it!” or “We’ve never done it that way before!” Change comes as part of living, or in response to God’s call. Sometimes change comes from…
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