What would it be like to welcome a “full house” to worship every week, as more people came to know Jesus through Glen Mar’s online and in-person worship ministries? What would it look like to expand mission trips and service opportunities such that every Glen Martian was intentionally blessing their communities in service – in schools and hospitals, in their homes and in their streets? If you’re reading this, we are likely in the midst of our Mission Possible: Room to Grow stewardship campaign. God has worked through Glen Mar to change lives in many ways. Here are just a few (of many) examples ..read more

There’s always something happening at Glen Mar. SPOTLIGHTS… Confirmation Service – Sunday, May 19 at 4:00 pm. Everyone is invited to this special worship service. Support Glen Mar’s confirmation students as they profess their faith and join the church. The service will be led by the students with a special message from Pastor Mandy. 1st Summer Concert – Monumental Brass Quintet – Friday, May 31 at 7:00 pm. Join us in the Spirit Center at Glen Mar! This quintet is known for playing Renaissance, jazz, and contemporary chamber music with energy and spirit. [Read More] Church-Wide Picnic at noon o ..read more

Dear Glen Mar friends, As Mother’s Day approaches, we give thanks for the gift of God’s love shared through mothers or people who have been like mothers to us. We also give thanks this Sunday for our 2024 Graduates too. On one level, it doesn’t seem to take much to be able to “grow up.” Time waits for no one, and getting older happens, whether we like it or not. But as followers of Jesus, we are not just called to grow older, we are called to grow up” in faith, love and wisdom, to grow in knowledge of and love of our Lord, and to grow in generosity and giving. As we grow, our support of the c ..read more

There’s always something happening at Glen Mar. SPOTLIGHT . . . MARK YOUR CALENDAR! “A Celebration of Hymns” – 7:00 pm on Saturday, May 18 – right here, for FREE, in the Spirit Center. Join Eric and many friends from Glen Mar’s music ministry as they present a variety of stirring arrangements of some of the church’s most beloved hymns and songs. The program will include renditions of several concert arrangements by artists such as Mark Hayes, Joel Raney, and Joseph Martin along with some of Eric’s original anthems for chorus and handbells, and more! Come celebrate with us! ACT NOW . . . Save T ..read more

WHEN: Wednesday, June 12 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm WHERE: 1100 Church Street Baltimore, MD 21225 Glen Mar Church has been a long-time partner with Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake – spending countless hours on build sites. The Glen Mar Habitat crew as well as Glen Mar donors have contributed heavily to the number of homes completed. We have been invited to join Habitat in celebrating their 800th Home Dedication on Wednesday, June 12 on Church Street in Curtis Bay, celebrating this milestone, as well as six of their first-time homeowners. The hour-long festivities will include special remarks ..read more

Dear Glen Mar friends, Jesus calls us to grow disciples and to grow AS disciples throughout our lives, and to bear fruit in the world—fruit like love, joy, peace, patience, and kindness. Fruit like food for the hungry, hope for the hopeless, comfort for people in trouble, and good news for the poor. Our new worship series, starting tomorrow, will examine ways God is calling us to GROW, as individual disciples, and as a church, as part of our annual stewardship campaign. I hope you’ll make attending worship online or in person a priority as we talk about Glen Mar’s future as a greenhouse for g ..read more

There’s always something happening at Glen Mar. Next Sermon Series – Mission Possible: Room to Grow, Sundays, May 5 – June 9 As disciples of Christ, we are called to grow as disciples who serve the body of Christ for the transformation of the world. This growth is initiated and sustained by the generosity of God, the Holy Spirit; it is the working of grace. Through our growth as disciples our hearts are filled with gratitude and that gratitude becomes the foundation of our generosity. This stewardship sermon series, Mission Possible: Room to Grow, will aid in our mission possible of growing as ..read more

Our next quarterly issue of The Messenger newsletter, covering May, June, and July 2024, is ready to read! Click on the articles below to begin reading. Dear Glen Mar, They say that to everything there is a season; a time for everything. There is time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant, to uproot, a time to teach and a time to learn, a time to tear down and a time to build, to laugh, and to cry, to grieve, to scatter and to gather, and everything in between. In case you didn’t notice, I added a few of my own to the Ecclesiastes list ;^). [Read More] Let’s Grow As Easter People – By ..read more

Dear Glen Mar, They say that to everything there is a season; a time for everything. There is time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant, to uproot, a time to teach and a time to learn, a time to tear down and a time to build, to laugh, and to cry, to grieve, to scatter and to gather, and everything in between.  In case you didn’t notice, I added a few of my own to the Ecclesiastes list ;). The point is that there is an appointed time for all things. Yet, as we think of there being a time for everything, time is something we covet. Time is something that we never feel that we have ..read more

By Pastor Melaina Trice Through the month of April, we discovered that living as Easter people is not only for a day, week, month, or season but it is a life that recognizes that resurrection is possible every day. Despite our situations, circumstances, relationships, statuses, and/or financial situations, resurrection is possible through Jesus Christ. Scarcity mindset tempts us into believing that resurrection is impossible because we do not have enough resources or abilities to be resurrected. This scarcity mindset is often driven by a level of idolatry because scarcity mindset tricks us int ..read more