by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 31, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“The star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the child was.” ~Matthew 2:9 In the Christian calendar, early January brings not only the new year, it also brings a celebration of the Epiphany. This special day...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 24, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
The Holy Spirit plays an important role in the early life of Jesus. Our scripture for Sunday is the story of Jesus’ official Naming Day, a Jewish blessing ceremony on his eighth day. The way the Holy Spirit works on this special day is of great importance: “Now there...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 17, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Somehow I have to trust that God is at work in me and that the way I am being moved to new inner and outer places is part of a larger movement. . .” ~ Henri Nouwen The story of Mary is a story of willingness and trust. Scripture describes her as being “much...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 10, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Can God spread a table in the wilderness?” ~Psalm 78:19 The scriptures for Sunday are evocative. And they are fitting for this very different Advent season. Isaiah 43:20-21 evokes hope in our God who “provides water in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” In...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 3, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“God wills comfort and consolation to those in the very depths of despair and depends upon human as well as divine agency to bring that message from God’s royal realm.” ~Richard F. Ward Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain, we all have sorrow. But if we are...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 26, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“We are alive in God’s wildness. This Divine wildness is beautiful, strange, and not at all controlled by us. There are places in the Divine plan that we do not know…The activity in these spaces brings life and death, spiritual warfare, and new creation. Occasionally,...
