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Deer Park United Methodist Church will have its 10th annual Christmas bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 15 at the church, 6107 Deer Park Road, Reisterstown.

Howard County datebook

Howard County datebook

The Glenelg High School Orchestra, conducted by Kevin George, will perform with the Glenwood Middle School Orchestra, under the direction of Patricia DeOrio, on Wednesday, Oct. 29, in the Glenelg High School Auditorium, in the String Thing Concert

You are invited to come listen to the Mt. Zion United Methodist Choir of Highland, along with choirs from Glen Mar, Glenelg, and Linden-Linthicum United Methodist churches, when they perform in a concert to benefit the American Cancer Society on Nov. 16 beginning at 3 p.m. at Bethany United Methodist Church, 2875 Bethany Lane in Ellicott City.

Ellicott City briefs

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Ebenezer United Methodist Church will have its annual Holly Mart bazaar — a tradition in the community for more than 20 years — from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 8.

At Strawbridge United Methodist Church in New Windsor, some members participated in a faith-based Bigger Loser contest.

Flohrville United Methodist Church's annual yard sale, with bake table, will start at 8 a.m. Sept. 27.

At Taylorsville United Methodist Church, The Woodchuckers group chops wood to give to those in need.

The Rev. Dr. L. Carroll Yingling Jr., a retired United Methodist Church minster and former superintendent of the Baltimore Northwest District, died Aug. 23 at the Charlestown retirement community of cancer. He was 87.

Pine Grove United Methodist Church's longtime minister Peggy Glick retires and Andrew Greenwood takes over as new pastor.

Hunt's Memorial United Methodist Church in Towson church hosts week-long Baltimore County Christian Work camp during which 200-300 volunteers take on painting, repair and building projects in homes of those in need.

Harry E. Klages, a World War II pilot who later owned Cathell Bros. & Co. Inc. and was a longtime volunteer with the Friends of Jerusalem Mill, died Monday at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center of complications from a fall. He was 93.

Retired Methodist pastor walks into sticky situation as interim pastor of Hampden United Methodist Church. The church lost its pastor of past 10 years, who moved to Florida, then got a new, 31-year-old pastor, who they thought would help grow the aging church. But he died unexpectedly without starting the job. Now, congregants are feeling beaten up. The new guy wants to help.

Ralph W. Miller, a retired mechanical engineer who was a partner in a Baltimore engineering firm, died may 8 of heart failure at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 91.

The Rev. Gerald W. "Jerry" Weiss, who had pastored United Methodist churches in Maryland and was an inveterate collector and repairer of antique clocks, died April 6 of heart failure at Charlestown Retirement Community. He was 84.

Mark your calendar for the 19th annual Consignment Sale and Auction, which benefits the Howard County Antique Farm Machinery Club in West Friendship.

Spring season heralds Easter holiday.

Invitations to area churches' Lenten services and meals

The Eagle Scout rank, the highest advancement possible in the Boy Scouts of America, is earned by only about 5 percent of the boys who join Scouts. Boy Scout Troop 793, which meets at Glenelg United Methodist Church, has had 10 members move into the "Eagle's Nest" in the last year.

The Rev. Bonnie McCubbin, 27, will be celebrating her first Easter next month as pastor of Good Shepherd, a United Methodist congregation of 60 members. While it's the biggest UMC in Hampden, that's not saying much, as mergers in recent years have left only two UMC churches in Hampden. She is one of only three full-time pastors in the area of any denomination. We profile her.

Help the homeless in Howard County by eating chili at the fourth annual Hotter Than Thou chili cook-off Sunday, March 9, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., at the Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City.

Start of Lent also a time for fundraisers

Heavy rains Sunday, as well as a critical Baltimore Ravens game kept the typical large crowds away from the annual Christmas Open House tour of historic Havre de Grace churches.

Churches of all size congregations, practices and denominations will open up their doors on Sunday for the annual tour and open house at Havre de Grace's historic 19th and 20th Century churches.

Schedules for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

Eva A. Burton, a homemaker who was active in the United Methodist Church, died Monday of complications from a stroke at her daughter's Chestertown home. She was 100.