Hey Glen Mar! When we hear the term “New Year,” we often think of January 1st and the literal start of a new calendar year. This week our Jewish friends will be celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the New Year in Judaism. Christians recognize the first Sunday in Advent as the beginning of the Church year, and hundreds of millions of people…

Hi Glen Mar, This coming Sunday, we will continue in our series, “What Disciples Do”, and we will be talking about “Seeking others for Jesus” while looking at Luke 15:1-10. You will most likely remember the parables that Jesus shares in this passage: the shepherd leaving the 99 to find the one lost sheep, and the woman who seeks and…

Greetings Friends! Things are picking up at Glen Mar Church, and everything kicks off this coming Sunday! In previous ponderings, I have written about getting involved in children and youth ministry, but now I invite you to consider participating in praising God through our music programs. Praising God and making a joyful noise are mandatory for worshipping God! Remember Psalm…

Many years ago in the late 1980s, the first year Disciple Bible Study was in existence, I was encouraging a couple of folks to participate in the class that was forming. I urged a certain youngish man to sign up, and with a mischievous grin, he said that if there were Cliff’s Notes on the Bible, he’d do it. He…

Hi Friends, Summertime is almost over, kids and teachers are going back to school, and Youth Group kicks off this coming Sunday, August 24th. I know a lot is going on at home, in the church, and everywhere else these days, but one of the matters on my heart this week is the children. In particular, the children and youth…