by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 22, 2026 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“You have the potential to participate in healing and changing lives; you can help pull people out of the deep and into the boat. God’s boat. Dare you trust yourself to fulfill that potential?” ~Terrell M. McDaniel There is a compelling moment in our scripture for...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 15, 2026 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“I have also decided to stick to love. For I know that love is ultimately the only answer to our problems. And I’m going to talk about it everywhere I go. I know it isn’t popular to talk about it in some circles today. I’m not talking about emotional bosh when I talk...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 8, 2026 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“We are invited to grasp with our hearts the deep truth that our minds might never comprehend: the God of heaven and earth, the Creator of the sky and the stars, loves us more than we will ever fathom. This loving is not our doing but God’s. We can only accept it and...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 1, 2026 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Sing a new song to the Lord, who has worked wonders.” ~Psalm 98:1 Our first Sunday of 2026 will engage with two iconic texts: Psalm 98 and John 1: 1-18. Take time to read them to prepare for Sunday. Both scriptures put the past and the future into perspective. Our...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 25, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
In the song, “What Child Is This,” the writer poses two questions for us to consider about Jesus and who he is: 1) “What Child is this, who, laid to rest, on Mary’s lap is sleeping?” and 2) “Why lies He in such mean estate, where ox and ass are feeding?” Is he...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 18, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
What child IS this? The birth of Jesus was a rebirth of love. It was made possible by risk takers. Joseph and Mary had reasons to fear, yet they responded to divine guidance and acted through and beyond their fears. In Matthew 1: 18-25, an angel appeared to Joseph in...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 11, 2025 | 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, centered in joy. Scripture describes her as...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 4, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“And you, my child, will be called the prophet of the Most High, for you’ll go before our God to prepare the way for the Promised One. . . Such is the tender mercy of our God, who from on high will bring the Rising Sun to visit us, to give light to those who live in...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 27, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Like the iconic figures gathered around the Christ Child in our nativity scenes, we gather together because we want to know Jesus more as we seek to bring his Reign of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love on earth” ~Marcia McFee This Sunday is the First Sunday of Advent. Our...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 20, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Space Rental
“God so loves you that God has laid out a path for you to follow. God has given you something that makes you uniquely you. There is something in you that transcends employment, labels, gender, or status. God has created you with a purpose, and is calling you to that...
