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Pastors Pondering – Opening Day

Pastor's Ponderings
Betsy Bucks, Easter, Easter Sunrise, Good Friday, Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, Palm Sunday

Dear Glen Mar friends,
I hate that baseball’s Opening Day was delayed, because I love baseball…but the delay has put Opening Day closer to Easter…and for some reason to me baseball, spring and Easter are connected. The turning of the seasons to spring—new life, flowers, and that bright green of grass in ballparks–fills me with joy and hope.

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Pastor’s Pondering- Plan for Lent

Pastor's Ponderings
grassroots, Lent, Lenten calendar, Lenten devotions, Peace in Ukraine, UMCOR
Dear Glen Mar friends As Lent begins I want to thank Pastor Melaina for her powerful message on Sunday. I had the honor of teaching confirmation class at 9:30, where the topic was “grace” and also “items in our toolbox that help us interpret Scripture/know what God wants us to do  (aka the Wesleyan Quadrilateral). Our Lenten series is called…
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Pastor’s Pondering- A Call to Pray

Pastor's Ponderings
Dear Glen Mar friends, At the end of this pondering, I share with you a Call to Prayer that Bishop Easterling sends to the churches of our conference. I join in praying for the Ukraine and for our world. I wanted to share that our Task Force advises that we can be “mask optional” for most events here at Glen…
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