by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 19, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“. . . the angel Gabriel’s first words to Joseph were, ‘Do not be afraid.’ If we want to enter into God’s messy story, then perhaps these are the first words we need to hear, too: do not be afraid. Do not be afraid when God’s work...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 12, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Courage is the virtue that moves us from being weak-souled (pusillanimous) to being great-souled (magnanimous). It enables us to overcome obstacles to doing the work of the saving God in this world.” ~Rosemary Broughton Mary was just a teenager, yet she...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 5, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“God is in the advent wilderness of this holy season. God knows what I look like in my bathrobe, all alone late at night. And never once has God suggested that the sight is pathetic. Instead, in those empty hours God says, ‘Talk to me. Then be still and...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 28, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
Joy to the World, the Savior reigns! Let all their songs employ While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, repeat the sounding joy. “Joy to the World” verse 2, Isaac Watts This Sunday begins...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 21, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“God gives miracles to those who believe, courage to those with faith, hope to those who dream, love to those who accept, and forgiveness to those who ask.” ~Abhishek Tiwari We rise and worship in a great house with great people! Let us be a support to the vision of...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 14, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Our world is far from perfect. Yet God is creating a new world. God does not create alone. We are the bearers of God in the world; the responsibility for the well-being of that world rests with us. We cannot throw our hands up in despair. We must not turn our...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 7, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“God couldn’t do everything, so the Divine passed on to her children the same creative ability God has. God actually could have done it all but if that had been the case, what would be left for you and me to do? Not very much. Instead, the Divine infused...
by MCCDC-Dale | Oct 31, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
Your house shall not be an anchor but a mast. It shall not be a glistening film that covers a wound, but an eyelid that guards the eye. You shall not fold your wings that you may pass through doors, nor bend your heads that they strike not against a ceiling, nor fear...
by MCCDC-Dale | Oct 24, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“In God’s house there are many rooms.” ~Jesus (John 14:2) We have something in common with the early followers of Jesus: we live in troubled and troubling times. It is easy to wake up with trouble on our minds. Melody Beattie says, “There is an...
by MCCDC-Dale | Oct 17, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
A foundation is critical to the stability of the home. Without it, the earth and sand may shift under the beams and joists and floorboards and, no matter how lovingly and beautifully they have been constructed or how carefully placed, they will not hold. The...
