by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 9, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ, give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous, all for your...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 2, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the LORD will deliver you into my hands . . . and the...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 26, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it can only be lived forwards.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard Spiritual writer Clifford Rawley, on a trip to China, was journeying on the Yangtze River when he noticed an unusual sight: old shoes floating by. He learned these old...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 19, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“. . . the angel Gabriel’s first words to Joseph were, ‘Do not be afraid.’ If we want to enter into God’s messy story, then perhaps these are the first words we need to hear, too: do not be afraid. Do not be afraid when God’s work...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 12, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Courage is the virtue that moves us from being weak-souled (pusillanimous) to being great-souled (magnanimous). It enables us to overcome obstacles to doing the work of the saving God in this world.” ~Rosemary Broughton Mary was just a teenager, yet she...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 5, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“God is in the advent wilderness of this holy season. God knows what I look like in my bathrobe, all alone late at night. And never once has God suggested that the sight is pathetic. Instead, in those empty hours God says, ‘Talk to me. Then be still and...
