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This Just In: July 10, 2024

This Just In

There’s always something happening at Glen Mar.

MINISTRY SPOTLIGHT:

New Member Class – Lunch w/the Pastors on Sunday, August 4 at 12:30 pm – Join us for a special New Member Class – for people who want to join Glen Mar Church! We would love to meet with you in person for lunch – on us – and talk about what it means to be a member at Glen Mar Church. Sign up Today! [Learn More]

The Soldiers’ Chorus of the U.S. Army Field Band will perform “America the Beautiful” on Friday, July 19 at 7:00 pm. in the Spirit Center. This concert is free. [Learn More]

ACT NOW:

Save the Date: Introduction to Modern Square Dance – Saturday, August 10 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Join us at Glen Mar and learn how to square dance. For FREE! No experience necessary – if you can walk, you can dance. Couples & Singles welcome. [Learn More]

Christmas in July – Summer is expensive for struggling local families – please donate a gift card for Bridges to Housing Stability families. Gift cards for gas, food, pharmacy & essentials are needed. Buy gift cards at the Glen Mar gift card table between services & donate to Bridges in the Gathering Place on July 21 & 28 – (we’ll have a table in the Gathering Place). Visit our website for more information about us.

Health Fair Greeters Needed for a free Community Health Fair on Saturday, August 3 from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM at Glen Mar. It will include back-to-school student immunizations; hearing and vision screening; and blood pressure check and BMI assessment. If you have any questions or are interested, email the Health Fair Team. [Learn More]

Adults Needed! The Kids & Youth Ministries are looking for adults willing to be part of a dynamic team of teachers for our Sunday morning classes during the school year. Whether you enjoy working with “Kids” – 1st-5th graders, 6th & 7th graders in our “Fuse” class, or senior high youth in our “Rooted” class, we have the place for you. Get more info today!
For Kids, email Julie Metakes
For Fuse or Rooted, email D.C. Veale

Movie Night Hosts Needed for our summer high school youth weekly gathering from 6:30-10:30pm – where they eat dinner together, then watch and discuss a recent movie. Hosts need to provide dinner for 12ish youth and have a TV space for the same size group. Youth will bring money to help pay for dinner. We only need hosts for July 23 and August 13. To volunteer or for a list of movies, please email D.C. Veale.

Messenger Deadline – July 15 for August 1 publication. A lot ‘s happened at Glen Mar the past three months! A lot is planned for the summer & Fall! Share your enthusiasm for how God is working through your group, team, or ministry here at Glen Mar. Let’s get the stories behind these happenings in the next Messenger Newsletter. [Learn More]

Difficulties May Seem Even Worse during the summer because everyone else seems to be enjoying life while you are feeling down. To learn more about Stephen Ministry, talk to or email Pastor Mandy or email the St*************@gl********.org“>Stephen Ministry Team.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Our Next Turn @ Rt. 1 DRC – July 27, 2024 – 11:45 am – 2:00 pm. One of 50 churches supporting the Grassroots Rt. 1 Day Resource Center (DRC), Glen Mar provides lunch on the 4th Saturday of every month. If you’d like to contribute to the menu, help serve on site, or even view future SignUps, visit our web blog.

Grassroots Meals Ministry: Make a Meal – Tuesday, July 23. Love to cook? Looking for a way to serve those in need in Howard County? Sign up today to provide a meatloaf or two for the Grassroots emergency shelter, serving families in need in Howard Co. Learn more visit our web blog or email ra********@ho*****.com“>Linda Hunt w/ any questions.

YOUTH INFO/EVENTS:

High School Dinner & a Movie – Tuesday, July 16, 6:30 – 10 PM – Rising 9th grade and older are invited to the home of Tom and Amy Barnes (email D.C. Veale for address) for dinner and the movie “Jesus Revolution.” Bring $5 for dinner.

Flip Flop Game Night – Wednesday, July 17, 6:30 – 8 PM – Middle and high school youth are invited to a night of youth choice games. Meet on the baseball field (Youth Lounge if the weather is bad).

Six Flags Trip – Friday, July 26, 9:30 AM – 10 PM – Register now for some amusement park fun. Cost is $45 per person. Register HERE by July 21.

Youth Pool Party #2 – Saturday, August 10, 4 – 6:30 PM.

SAVE THE DATE – Middle School Retreat – October 11-13.
The annual Middle School Retreat will be the weekend of October 11-13 at Camp Manidokan.

MUSIC CORNER:

“No Strings” Choir – Love to sing? Interested in trying out Choir but not ready to commit long term?
Already in the choir and still wanna sing? Join our “No Strings” Choir. We will sing on July 28 and August 25 with rehearsals
on the Thursdays before (July 25 & Aug 22) at 7:00 pm in the Music Suite downstairs. Questions? Contact Sophie Hong.

Instrumentalists Needed – Our 11:00 am Sunday Praise team needs instrumentalists – guitar, bass, keyboards. If interested, please email Max Mason.

Pianist/Accompanist needed for Children’s Choir – We are looking for a volunteer to accompany our Children’s Choir starting in the Fall 2024 season. Love working w/children? Contact Sophie Hong.

Lighthouse Congregation

Glen Mar Church is a Lighthouse Congregation of the Baltimore Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church.

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