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...
by MCCDC-Dale | Oct 10, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Space Rental
I tell my students, “When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not...
by MCCDC-Dale | Oct 3, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Faith isn’t fireworks; it’s not meant to dazzle. Faith is simply recognizing our tiny place in relation to God’s enormous, creative love, and then filling that place with our whole lives.” ~Debie Thomas In our Gospel for Sunday, Jesus says to the disciples: “If you...
by MCCDC-Dale | Sep 26, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“There’s power in naming yourself, in proclaiming to the world that this is who you are. Wielding this power is often a difficult step for many transgender people because it’s also a very visible one.” ~Janet Mock Who is visible and who is not?...
by MCCDC-Dale | Sep 19, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
AS Rev. Dwayne said on September 1st, “Relationships matter.” It is because of relationships that Cassandra and I are excited to be ministering with and to you this weekend. Dwayne and I go back almost 25 years. I was his Administrative Assistant for ten...
by MCCDC-Dale | Sep 12, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Let your God love you. Say nothing. Ask nothing. Let your God look upon you. That is all.” ~Edwina Gateley How far will we go for love? I’ve met folks who have gone into debt trying to woo and buy love into their lives. Others have been obsessed...
