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Unite to Fight Cancer

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The Messenger 2024-02-01
By Connie Ballenger Glen Mar’s Relay For Life team, Angels for a Cure, will collect donations and luminaria requests for the American Cancer Society in the Gathering Place after church services on Sundays, April 14 and 21. The team’s Relay For Life of Baltimore and Howard Counties will take place at the track and field at Howard Community College on…
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Summer Camps 2024

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camp, elementary school, high school, kids, middle school, The Messenger 2024-02-01
Overnight Camp Registration is Now Open Registration is now open for Manidokan and West River Summer Camps, offering overnight programs for students entering 1st through 12th grades. Students get a week away and enjoy all that camp has to offer: swimming, climbing, hiking, canoeing, games, and much more. Visit the BWC Camps and Retreats website. Camp Manidokan is in Knoxville,…
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Where Everybody Knows Your Name

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The Messenger 2023-11-01
By Pastor Melaina Trice There are some television sitcom theme songs that stick in our heads long after they have gone to syndication.  One of the theme songs that I often sing in my head is the theme song to Cheers.  It goes, “Making your way in the world today, takes everything you’ve got, taking a break from all your…
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Why Youth Group?

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The Messenger 2023-11-01
By Amy Barnes, (fellow mom of a youth) Has your youth been to Youth Group yet this fall?  No?  Here’s why I would suggest sending them, even if/when they are resistant. First off, what is Youth Group? Youth Group is an opportunity to praise God, grow as a disciple, and serve the world through fellowship, fun, food, and most importantly…
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Trees Planted at Glen Mar

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The Messenger 2023-11-01
By John Barnes Most of us will remember the dangerous flooding that occurred in Ellicott City in 2016 and again in 2018. New Cut Road from just past Glen Mar into Ellicott City was closed for some three years while the road was reconstructed. While the road closure was an inconvenience for some of us, the possibility of further flooding…
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