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The Messenger 2024-11-01

Operation Christmas Child 2024

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The Messenger 2024-11-01
Donations and Packed Boxes can be dropped off Sunday, November 3 & 10 Operation Christmas Child is a project that ships shoe boxes filled with toys, school supplies, and hygiene items to children around the world. Community churches distribute the boxes, allowing them to connect with children and families and share the love of Jesus. Boxes are delivered to children…
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The Lunch Bunch – Winter 2024

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The Messenger 2024-11-01
Join us on Tuesday, November 19 at 11:30 am in the Lower Gathering Place for our Fall Kickoff Lunch! Lunch Bunch is a group of “seasoned citizens” who meet the third Tuesday of each month from September through June for fellowship, fun, and of course, lunch. Our menus vary. Sometimes everyone just brings a sandwich.  Occasionally we do “potluck” and…
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Dancing Needles – Winter 2024

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The Messenger 2024-11-01
Do you enjoy knitting and crocheting?  We need you in our prayer shawl group.  Prayer shawls are given to those in hospitals and those in need of special care as a reminder that others care and are praying for them. We also make baby blankets for our newborns, scarves for our armed forces, and now shawls for the Women’s Pregnancy…
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Glen Mar Celebrates 70 years!

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The Messenger 2024-11-01
Please join us on Sunday, November 17 between the 9:30 am and 11:00 am service to celebrate seventy years of Glen Mar Church! Curious about how Glen Mar came to be?  Here’s a brief timeline! 1953: Dr Norman Trott, District Superintendent of the Baltimore South District of the Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Church explored Howard County looking for…
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Advent Communion Service

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The Messenger 2024-11-01
By David Ward Many of us are familiar with Lent as a time for spiritual discipline, when we give up something that has a hold on us (potato chips, chocolate, gossip) or take up something to help us grow closer to God (daily scripture reading, an extra prayer time). But Advent, the weeks before Christmas, is also a traditional time…
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