by MCCDC-Dale | Aug 27, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Pruning is necessary for shaping, for producing stronger growth, for getting rid of dead or diseased limbs. This process is a basic principle of horticulture. The cutting and trimming that seems so ruthless actually is invigorating and life producing. The result is...
by MCCDC-Dale | Aug 20, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
Your love is extravagant. Your friendship, it is intimate. I feel like moving to the rhythm of Your grace Your fragrance is intoxicating in this place. Your love is extravagant. ~Casting Crowns As the summer winds down and school begins again, you may have been able...
by MCCDC-Dale | Aug 14, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
Early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise. You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless they have their freedom. ~Malcolm X Persist, Resist, Assist! What do the days of sheltering in...
by MCCDC-Dale | Aug 6, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“…let us never forget that we are characters in a divine love song.” –Rev. James Burns When we fully live in the expansiveness of God’s love for us, we are free to live our best lives. In our loud and complex world, there are voices that threaten to reduce us....
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 30, 2020 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“…someone wrestled with Jacob until the first light of dawn.”—Genesis 32:24 Where does one meet God? Though many tell of mystical experiences on mountaintops, God is often met in less lofty places. Mud is one of those places. Though we cherish meeting God during...
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...
