by MCCDC-Dale | Feb 28, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.” ~Gail Sheehy Last night at MCCDC Bible Study, Elaine Durden-Hunter facilitated a powerful Bible Study. The topic of change came up: how changing our...
by MCCDC-Dale | Feb 21, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“One way to love your enemies is to love yourself. When you fully love yourself you are protected by your own love grounded in God’s love, transforming the threat of enemies.” ~Rev. Elder Dwayne Johnson Jesus doesn’t mince words: “Love your enemies” (Luke 6:27). The...
by MCCDC-Dale | Feb 14, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“When we continue to compartmentalize our lives, we diminish our capacity to learn, grow, be healthy, and have a fully dynamic relationship with God. As human beings, we are so complex and integrally connected that any time something goes askew in one part of...
by MCCDC-Dale | Feb 7, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“No day is wasted when we apply ourselves to the lasting value of loving God, self and others.” ~Rev. Elder Dwayne Johnson In this noisy world every moment is an invitation to live beyond distractions. We are here to love. That is our number one purpose....
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 31, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
” Love never gives up. ” ~ I Corinthians 13:4 We’re better than this. I have heard a lot of people say that lately. Especially in response to the bullying, name calling, trolling, body shaming, and hate speech that happens every day and is...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 24, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“We need in every bay and community a band of angelic troublemakers.” –Bayard Rustin We planned our current “Soul Force” worship theme long before the start of the partial government shutdown. The series has turned out to be timely....
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 17, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 10, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.” -Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This Sunday in Epiphany is traditionally known as “The Baptism of the Lord,” which is why the gospel passage is...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 3, 2019 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Truth {satya} implies love, and Firmness {agraha} engenders and therefore serves as a synonym for force. I thus began to call the Indian movement ‘satyagraha’; that is to say, the force which is born of truth and love or nonviolence. Satyagraha is...
by MCCDC-Dale | Dec 27, 2018 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Sunday is the culminating Sunday of 2018. Our purpose is to say goodbye and “Amen” to all of our concerns from 2018. As individuals/families, as community, and as a church we will release the worry, fear, concern and stress from 2018. Even though some...
