Greetings Glen Mar, What a week! This past Monday was Glen Mar’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. While this has been happening for 12 years, it was my first time witnessing firsthand the beauty of what God does through this church. We welcomed over 1,000 participants into the building, and who knows how many more at our…

Greetings Glen Mar, I hope you had a good week! This past Tuesday and Wednesday, I had the privilege of serving on the Baltimore-Washington Conference Board of Ordained Ministry (BOOM) at the annual ordination exams. I have been serving on the BWC BOOM since 2022, as part of my connectional service. Over those two days, I listened to the stories,…

Greetings Glen Mar, I hope you had a good week and a great beginning to the New Year! I have been down at Duke Divinity School this week, working on my thesis. For those of you who may not know, I have been in the Doctor of Ministry program at Duke Divinity School since August 2023. I completed my coursework…

Greetings Glen Mar, I pray you had a wonderful week and are all ready for Christmas! Alert: only six shopping days left! Remember that even if you don’t have every gift purchased (let alone wrapped), that is not what it truly means to be “ready” for Christmas. Advent is all about getting ready for Christ to come, and if you…

Greetings Glen Mar, I hope you are having a good week and have recovered from the remarkable event “Journey to Bethlehem” this past weekend! We had 1,819 people journey to the manager this year. Thank you to the entire JTB team that made it happen! I don’t need to tell you how much work goes into that production, but I…