A new class will be offered this fall called “Glenwood Membership Matters”. Each week, this class will allow an attendee to meet the elders, staff, and ministry leaders of Glenwood, who will discuss their roles and specific works within their respective ministries, along with presenting Glenwood’s core values and providing basic biblical doctrinal principles and instruction.
One key goal of the class is to assist attendees in identifying their spiritual gifts and work interests. This will be a 13 week class that begins this fall. A sign-up sheet for this class will be available in the Foyer in front of the Worship Center.
For more information, please contact Tommy Gilbreath, Dewayne Manning, or Chris Neel.
As Glenwood’s Season of Transition continues, the elders want to assure you that trusting in God to work through us and in us and for us is still our best course of action. This congregation has been extremely blessed by several groups of people during these months, including:
A. Our short-handed ministry and support staff who have worked extremely hard to help us maintain the level of ministry and equipping and caring that we are known for.
B. Our guest speakers who have ministered to us through the sermons and lessons that God has placed on their hearts for us.
C. Our young summer interns who have shouldered huge responsibilities and provided much-needed leadership of our Children’s Ministry and Youth Ministry programs.
D. And, the dozens of volunteers who have stepped up their involvement to serve on the Search Teams, to teach classes, to welcome visitors, to care for the hurting, and to lead in ministry to our children and youth group.
At this time, the Preaching Minister Search Team has reviewed recommendations and information on dozens of prospects and is in the process of interviewing viable candidates. The Children’s Minister Search Team has done a large amount of research and has prepared a survey to receive congregational input about our ministry to the younger members of the Glenwood family.
Recently, the decision has been made to form a Search Team for the Youth Minister position, based on input we received from the congregation. On an interim basis, the Youth Ministry leadership has been organized from a combination of experienced volunteers, elders, ministry staff and committed parents to form a Task Force to ensure this ministry continues to function well during the next several months. Likewise, the Children’s Ministry is being coordinated by volunteers and staff who are fully devoted to loving and ministering to our children.
Despite the uncertainties, Glenwood continues to attract new families to our membership, attendance and contributions continue to meet or exceed prior years’ levels for these summer months, and our new and existing ministries continue to thrive. We ask you to continue to pray and to work for the unity of this body. We are eagerly looking forward to the time when we will again be fully staffed, but this Season has reminded us that all will be well when we place our complete trust in the LORD! Grace and peace to all!
The Glenwood Elders
Following is a list of Events for our Children this Summer. If you have any questions, please contact Tara Tesseyman in the church office at 903-509-9494.
Monthly Events
Sunday – Kids of the Kingdom – June 6 – August 15 @ 6 to 7pm
- entering 2nd through entering 6th grade (or currently 1st – 5th)
- Children’s Worship Room
Monday – Girls’ Bible Study
- June 7 – August 9 @ 2 to 3 pm
- entering 2nd through entering 6th grade (or currently 1st – 5th)
- 4th grade classroom
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The countdown to VBS has begun! VBS will take place over the course of several Wednesday nights. We will meet beginning June 9 through August 4, from 6:30 -7:30 p.m. This is for all those that are 3 years of age through those entering 6th grade. We look forward to taking our kids on a journey through Egypt! If you have any questions, contact Tara Tesseyman in the church office at 903-509-9494.
Do you want to read through the entire Bible, but aren’t sure where to start or how to go about doing so? There is no shortage of new plans or creative approaches. One of the most recent is READ THE BIBLE IN 90 DAYS! Another brand new resource is God Sightings One Year Bible by Tyndale. There are one minute plans, a five minute one chapter a day Monday through Friday 52 week plan to read the entire New Testament and many, many other systematic plans. One thing is for sure, READ THE BIBLE IN 90 DAYS (or B.I.N.D.) is outside the norm of most other approaches. So why select this approach? (more…)
Join us this Wednesday night, November 4, for a new class entitled Christian Conversation – Sharing Your Spiritual Story. This class will meet in Adult classrooms 6 & 7 and be facilitated by Dewayne Manning.
The objective of the study is two-fold. First, we want to discuss ways of expressing our faith in words of everyday life. We want to explore ways Christians can talk about their faith when they are not in church. At the most profound level, we will consider how Christians can publicly speak about their faith since they are called to bear witness to the truth. (more…)
Members of the Glenwood Prison Ministry would like to invite you to take part in encouraging our brother’s in Christ who are incarcerated at the Powledge Unit and the Coeffield Unit located about 15 miles west of Palestine. At this time Dee Kingsbury, Chester Amidon and Jim LaRue take turns going to these two prison units to help facilitate worship services for the inmates who wish to take part in Church of Christ worship services. The Glenwood ministry has the opportunity to facilitate services at the Powledge Unit on the 1st and 4th Sunday’s of each month and at the Coeffield Unit once every 3 months. The Christians in these facilities are extremely grateful for our presence in these services since TDC will not allow them to worship unless an outside volunteer representing the church is present. We believe that you will be extremely impressed with the love and enthusiasm that the men in these facilities have for God and for the opportunity to worship Him. If you are interested in visiting either of these prisons please contact either Dee Kingsbury, Chester Amidon or Jim LaRue for details about how to receive clearance for entering these prisons and sharing your love for Christ with these men.
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