by MCCDC-Dale | Apr 17, 2015 | EBLAST
“Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward.” ~ Philippians 3: 13-14 The invitation of Jesus includes freedom from the past. In Jesus, the future is open....
by MCCDC-Dale | Apr 9, 2015 | EBLAST
Dear Members and Friends of MCCDC, In the months ahead we continue to invite our whole congregation into the spiritual practice of discerning our direction for the years ahead. On March 14 about 40 of us gathered for a time with Rev. Elder Don Eastman for a...
by MCCDC-Dale | Mar 26, 2015 | EBLAST
“Blessed are hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.” ~ Albert Camus The journey of Jesus as told by Mark begins with the proclamation of John the Baptist in Mark 1:7-8, “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not...
by MCCDC-Dale | Mar 12, 2015 | EBLAST
“By grace we see what we see. To have faith is to respond to what we see by longing for it the rest of our days; by trying to live up to it and toward it through all the wonderful and terrible things; by breathing it in like air and growing strong on it; by...
by MCCDC-Dale | Feb 26, 2015 | EBLAST
“For those who have no voice, we ask you to speak. For those who feel unworthy, we ask you to pour your love out in waterfalls of tenderness. For those who live in pain, we ask you to bathe them in the river of your healing. ” ~Maya Angelou Never mind the...
by MCCDC-Dale | Feb 3, 2015 | Current Events & News, EBLAST
“Gracious and Holy God, we pray for those who are tired and dusty from hard labor; for those whose backs are bent by care and worry; those laid low by illness or guilt or grief. Wash away, we pray, the tiredness of our bodies and souls. Hold gently in your...
