by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 20, 2022 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “The instructions of the Lord are perfect, restoring the soul.” ~Psalm 19:7 Jesus came to restore lives. He came to restore the lives of individuals and communities. As we continue to “Follow the Star” to launch 2022, our scripture for...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 13, 2022 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love illuminates it.” ~Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. bears powerful witness to what it means to live with strength and...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 6, 2022 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection Do you remember your baptism? Or were you, like me, too young to remember? I imagine however that you remember other baptisms—perhaps your children or grandchildren, a dear friend, or others in a worship service. I certainly remember those...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 30, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “God is more than a companion and more than a memory. God is the path itself. That is why all our journeys are sacred. The ground over which we travel, whether we realize it or not, is holy ground.” ~T.R. Swears, Weavings (Volume IV,...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 23, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection We have heard the story many times. We’ve also seen it enacted in nativity scenes from various cultures. One year when I was pastoring in Houston a pink flamingo showed up in our large nativity scene composed of life sized participants....
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 16, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection My soul proclaims your greatness, O God, and my spirit rejoices in you, my Savior…For you, the Almighty, have done great things for me and holy is your Name. (Luke 1: 46-47, 49) I love the story of Mary, the mother of Jesus, as told in...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 9, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “The Joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you.” ~ John Greenleaf Whittier The invitation of this Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent, is to follow the star to restorative joy. Sometimes I hear someone say, “I have lost...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 2, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection As we continue on our shared journey following the star I realize how much we need as a people to find the best star(s) to guide us through and out of the morass of conflict, injustice, disease, war, poverty and more afflicting not only...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 25, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection We are entering the Advent season with its themes of Hope, Love, Joy, and Peace. This period of preparation and anticipation is the time that leads to Christmas. It is a time during the church’s liturgical calendar when we are asked to...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 18, 2021 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “. . .what was profoundly lost now is astoundingly found. The poor receive good news: those of little importance are now the apple of God’s eye. It is imperative to go tell these things, to describe the compelling authenticity of this...
