This Just In: December 8, 2024

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This Just In: December 8, 2024

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This Just In

There’s always something happening at Glen Mar.

MINISTRY SPOTLIGHTS:

Sunday, December 22, 9:30 am and 11:00 am join us for this year’s Christmas Cantata Love: A Gospel Christmas Celebration by Joel Raney! Invite your friends and family!
Serve as an MLK Jr. Day of Service Activity or Hospitality Assistant – Monday, January 20, 2025 from 8:30 am to 12:45 pm or from 12:15 pm to 4:30 pm. Sign up at Day of Service Support or email Day of Service Team.

ACT NOW:

Advent is a time of waiting but sometimes the wait for feeling the love of Christ can seem too long. If you are in a time of loss or transition, consider the support a Stephen Minister relationship can bring to you. For more information, talk to one of the pastors or email us.
It’s almost the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! Honor a loved one this Christmas and help beautify our Spirit Center by ordering a poinsettia! Please place orders by December 15.
Year-end is a time for Giving! As we take stock and reflect on our blessings this year, it seems only natural to express our gratitude with a gift, and while many of these gifts will be given to family and friends, many of us have been blessed by our church!
VBS 2025 Needs Your Old Christmas Tree! Help us venture into the forests of the Pacific Northwest by donating your old artificial Christmas trees! Please drop trees off in the Children & Family Office. Questions? Contact Julie Metakes.
What time are the Christmas Eve services this year? Family Christmas Eve services will be held at 2:30 pm and 4:00 pm (also online), Traditional Christmas Eve services will be held at 7:00 pm (also online) and 9:00 pm, and a Candlelight and Communion Service will be held at 11:00 pm, and please join us Christmas Day at 10:00 am.
Journey Through Grief – January 11 – February 15. A six-week support group meeting on Saturday mornings from 9:30 am to 11:00 am for those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. There is no cost, but there is a sign up. Please sign up through Realm or call the Pastors’ Assistant to be signed up. Sign up deadline is January 9.
Mark your calendars! – for the 11th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday, January 20, 2025 to honor Dr. King’s legacy through acts of kindness, service and unity!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Advent Communion Service – Sunday, December 8-22, 8:30 am. Join us in the Glen Mar Chapel for an intimate 30 minute service of communion, prayer and scriptural reflection throughout the season of Advent! Let’s get ready for the birth of our Savior through gathering for Holy Communion!
Habitat For Humanity – Saturday, December 14. Do you enjoy doing handy work? Or do you wish you knew how to do handy tasks around your home? The Glen Mar Habitat Crew welcomes you to join us, either way. You must be 16 or older to work on a Habitat site. Contact Adrienne Taylor to learn more or to sign up.
Looking for service hours? Are you handy with tools? We need you! Sunday at 12:30 pm: indoor scenes and marketplace, 8:30 pm: outdoor scenes, and Saturday, December 14: outdoor buildings.
Glen Mar’s Social Justice Group – Tuesday, December 10, 7:00 pm. This group educates itself on the many social justice issues to be addressed in our community and discerns how to effectively engage and take action. All are welcome to attend this group.
Dancing Needles – Thursday, December 12, 1:00 pm. 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 Center. We meet on the second Thursday of every month from September through June at 1:00 pm in room 144.
Lunch Bunch – Tuesday, December 17, 11:30 am. A group of “seasoned citizens” who meet the third Tuesday of each month from September through June for fellowship, fun, and of course, lunch! Join us for our Christmas turkey lunch provided by George Dohner! Questions? Contact lu********@gl********.org.
The Longest Night Service – Saturday, December 21, 7:00 PM. Are you grieving or suffering through a challenging time? Join us to reflect on God’s steadfast faithfulness when life feels like a dark winter night.
Journey Through Grief – January 11 – February 15. A six-week support group for those who have experienced the loss of a loved one. More details coming soon!

YOUTH INFO/EVENTS:

No Youth this Sunday, go to Journey to Bethlehem!
Youth Caroling and Party – Sunday, December 15, 5:00 – 8:00 pm. Meet in the Youth Lounge to spread some holiday cheer around the community (make sure you have a permission form on file), then return to Glen Mar for food, festivities, and a crazy gift exchange. Start shopping now for your epic $5 gift. Parents! We will need drivers for this activity! Contact D.C. Veale to let him know if you are able to drive.

MUSIC MINISTRY:

Christmas Cantata – Mark your calendars! Love! A Gospel Christmas Celebration by Joel Raney will be performed on Sunday, December 22 at both the 9:30 and 11:00 am services. Contact Sophie Hong for more information.

Music groups for adults, youth, and kids: For more information, visit our Glen Mar Music Ministry blog. Sundays: Children’s Choir at 10:45 am, Voices of Praise Youth Choir at 10:45 am, and Youth Bell Choir at 11:30 am.