by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 10, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Within you dwells the Beloved, the Breath of your breath; Open your heart in the Silence and know the One in the many.” ~Nan Merrill from Psalm 82 At times it may seem we are defined by circumstances. Discouraging circumstances may lead one to say: “I am...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 3, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
It undoubtedly comes as no surprise to say that we are living through trying times, so often expressed by sharp divisions between individuals and groups with radically different views. We are, it seems, suffering with serious social disease. Lately I have been...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 26, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Prayer is the only way to get through these days.” ~Peggy Brown, MCCDC Member Peggy is right. We are living through troubling days, globally and locally. And prayer is not only the best way through; it is the only way through. Yet prayer itself can be...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 19, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“In Christ’s family there can be no division or separation into Jew and non-Jew, enslaved and free, male and female. All are equal and one in Jesus Christ. And being in Christ’s family makes you a descendent of Abraham and heirs to the covenant promises of God.”...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 12, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Creativity is a gift from God’s power, an indication of the divine spark within us.” ~Sara Cowley God’s fingerprints are everywhere. The psalmist looks to the heavens and is awestruck at the expanse of the moon and stars. The psalmist gazes at the “work of God’s...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 5, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.” ~Acts 1:8 Like the earlier followers of Jesus, we need power from beyond ourselves, power from the Holy Spirit. In the mystery of our faith, the power from the Holy Spirit becomes the power from within....
by MCCDC-Dale | May 29, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“When we anchor our hope in God’s steady love and good plans for us, hope becomes a permanent part of us. We have hope not because we are powerful or smart or resourceful but because of who God is.” ~Mary Lou Redding On our crowded planet there is much talk of limited...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 22, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; but the kind of peace I give you is not like the world’s peace. Don’t let your hearts be distressed; don’t be fearful. “ ~John 14:27 Jesus weaves peace through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. This peace is not the...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 15, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“These days I find myself reflecting on fierce and mighty love: the kind that steps up, stands strong, and marches alongside, no matter what. A love that stares down monsters, thrusts a lantern into the deep night, and holds on tight to the rope when life’s storms...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 8, 2025 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
Peter knelt and prayed and said, “Tabitha, get up!” ~Acts 9:40 God provides us with what we need to get up. Down times are a part of life, a part of being human. And they are not intended to become a lifestyle. When we go through the down night of the soul, the...
