by MCCDC-Dale | Aug 30, 2018 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Alone, I am what I am, but in community I have the chance to become everything that I can be.” ~Joan Chittister A foundational question from our 2018-2021 Aspirations is “What difference can we make in our changing and challenging world?” One difference we can make...
by MCCDC-Dale | Aug 23, 2018 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
We will work to: cultivate and strengthen a congregational culture of pastoral care.” ~From MCCDC Strategic Plan, 2018-2021. The work of soul care, of care for each other, is at the heart of our congregational calling. We are called to be a caring congregation,...
by MCCDC-Dale | Aug 16, 2018 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.” ~Psalm 127:1 At MCCDC we are working to create and sustain a spiritual home built on love through the wisdom and strength of God. Thus, we launch a new worship series this Sunday:...
by MCCDC-Dale | Aug 9, 2018 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Build a new heaven and a new earth. Use the power in your hands to build a better world that is full of creativity, love, learning, and fullness of life for all our children....
by MCCDC-Dale | Aug 2, 2018 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Bread may disappear once it’s eaten, but it’s not really gone. The energy in the bread is simply transferred to your body. I was on a solo trip once, dazed and confused. Then I ate some bread, and after the tears poured down I felt great. It picked...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 26, 2018 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” ~Oprah Winfrey This Sunday at MCCDC will be a celebration of friends. The music, message, and prayers will weave together...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 19, 2018 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.” ~Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, July 18, 1918-December 5, 2013 True friendship has the power to...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 12, 2018 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
Celebrate Friendship. Who Can You Depend On? or…. Friends Don’t Let Friends Go Unnoticed You are my friend I never knew it ’til then My friend, my friend You hold my hand You might not say a word But I see your tears when I show my pain I feel your love When...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 5, 2018 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Real friends of the sort whose lives are inextricably bound together in love, must share themselves in such a way that the well-being of the one depends upon the fulfillment of the deepest longings of the other.” ~Roberta C. Bondi Jesus centered his life...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 28, 2018 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.” ~ Haruki Murakami Many of my pastoral conversations center on healing. We share a desire for healing of Body, Mind and Spirit. We also desire healing for our broken world, including healing the...
