by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 23, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“We ought to live each moment as if all eternity converged upon it.” ~H. N. Weiman Every Monday through Saturday at noon we share a moment of eternity. The noon prayer calls started on March 26, shortly after the stay at home order. Today we joined together for our...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 16, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“In each heart are both weeds and wheat, and we are not wise enough to know what, in fact, is what. Better to let God and the angels do their work.” –T. R. Steagald Though my gardening experience is limited, I think I have a pretty good eye for weeds. This time of...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 9, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
The scripture for Sunday is a garden of life. It has a little bit of everything: soil, seeds, thorns, birds, and so much more. Like so many scriptures, Jesus’ parable of the sower from Matthew 13: 1-9; 18-23 has often been taught with a slant towards works rather than...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 2, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Some care for others with great conviction. But do not care for themselves with the same conviction.” ~ Wayne Muller from “Sabbath: Restoring the Sacred Rhythm of Rest,” alt. Are we experiencing a true movement for systemic change or just a moment? Protests in...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 25, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
For Jesus a seed is not just a seed. For Jesus a seed is a force for life. A seed is hope. A seed is potential and transformation. As seed is a miracle waiting to happen. In Sunday’s Scripture from Mark 4:26-34 Jesus says, “What’s a good image for God’s realm? What...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 18, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. ~ Frederick Douglass Tomorrow on June 19 there is, for many, a celebration of Juneteenth. This day commemorates bringing the...
