Dear Glen Mar friend,
2023 has started off on a Spirit-filled note, with our amazing Martin Luther King Day of Service, and our worship series “Let the Son-Shine In!” With a nod to the winter weather, this series is designed to help us with our “Spiritual Affective Disorder” by letting the light of Christ shine in our hearts and out into the world through acts of love, mercy, justice and service. I hope you’ll join us for this series, our Lenten series called “Good Enough,” and our Easter services as well, where we will again hear the story of a stone rolled away, and learn what difference Easter makes in our lives today. Join us for worship! You’ll find it a blessing!

By Melaina Trice, Pastor for Worship & Communication
“Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away, on my way to where the air is sweet—can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?” 
This is the song that I often sing in my head on cloudy and/or rainy days as a reminder that the clouds and rain are finite because sunny days are ahead. The sunny day is accompanied by sweet air in the beautiful urban neighborhood of Sesame Street or wherever you imagine is a Utopia.

By Heerak Kim, Pastor for Youth & Mission
What’s been going on in the Youth World? I’m glad you asked!
Exercise more, procrastinate lass, learn new things; Stop eating junk food; Work out every day: dead lift 320lb, bench 200lb, curl 80lb, 50 sit-ups, 50 pushups without stopping
These are some of the promises our high school youth made in the beginning of the year.

By Lisa Arbelaez, Stewardship Committee Chair
Some time in the next few weeks, you should receive an invitation to respond to a survey about your participation in the life of Glen Mar. We hope to learn what inspires your discipleship, and what would help you increase your involvement.