by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 27, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“I do a medley of hymns in all my sets, whether I’m in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement park.” ~Yolanda Adams< Songs have power beyond words. Songs put words into rhythm. When words are lost, songs have staying power. This Sunday at MCCDC...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 20, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
A headline from Time magazine caught my attention this week: “More Millennials Are Dying ‘Deaths of Despair,’ as Overdose and Suicide Rates Climb.” Time reports that between 2007 and 2017, drug-related death increased by 108% among adults ages 18-34; alcohol-related...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 13, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
Several years ago, I wrote a song called “Justified” based on Sunday’s reading from Romans 5:1-5. The song gratefully celebrates how God uses our faith to make available to us all of God’s universal promises. The lyrics of the song declare,...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 6, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
This Sunday we begin the colorful season of Pridetide! At MCCDC we observe traditional seasons of the church calendar such as Advent, Lent, Holy Week and the Great 50 Days of Eastertide. We also welcome emerging observances. Pridetide is one such observance,...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 30, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.” –Oprah Winfrey. God is certainly a great God that encourages and empowers each of us to be great and to do great things....
by MCCDC-Dale | May 23, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
Jesus says, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you; but the kind of peace I give you is not the world’s peace.”(John 14:27) What sort of peace does he mean? And was it a gift only to those who heard him or is it a gift we receive as well? The...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 16, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Imagine a place where mercy resides, love forms each heart and compassion is lived out with grit and determination.” ~ Cynthia Langston Kirk Rev. Troy Perry wasn’t sure what was ahead. Because he was gay, he had recently been defrocked by the church...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 9, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
Dear MCCDC, It has been a joy to be in community with you since moving to Washington, DC in 2015. Thank you for welcoming me into your lives and homes, to meals and to plays, to movies and for walks. It has been a privilege to pray with you, serve you communion, and...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 3, 2019 | Current Events & News
“Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward.” ~ Philippians 3: 13-14 The invitation of Jesus includes freedom from the past and hope for the...
by MCCDC-Dale | Apr 25, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
John’s Gospel begins with “In the beginning was the Word…” John’s Gospel ends with “There are many other things that Jesus did—yet if they were written down in detail, the world itself, I suppose, couldn’t hold all the books that would have to be written” ( John...
