by MCCDC-Dale | Mar 16, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
Eternal Waters “Jesus is the one in whose presence you know who you really are—the good and bad of it, the all of it, the hope in it.” ~Barbara Brown Taylor In the Gospels we listen in on many of Jesus’ conversations. John 4:5-42, the text for this Sunday, is...
by MCCDC-Dale | Mar 9, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
“How we live becomes part of our conversation with God, and our words and actions form a response to our having been not only created, but loved.” ~ M. O’ Laughlin Who you are matters to God. What you do to bring more love into the world also matters to God. That’s...
by MCCDC-Dale | Mar 2, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
“I Don’t need to be afraid when I succumb to temptation. I can simply begin again. In Lent, and anytime.” ~ Nurya Love Parish We are in the early days of the 40 days of Lent. Where is the Spirit leading you for these 40 days preceding Easter? And why...
by MCCDC-Dale | Feb 23, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
“. . .I’ve been to the mountaintop. . .I just want to do God’s will. And God’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the Promised Land. “ ~Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, April 3, 1968, Memphis, TN Throughout Black History Month we...
by MCCDC-Dale | Feb 16, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
“I believe that Spirit is one and is everywhere present. That it never leaves me. That in my ignorance I may withdraw from it, but I can realize its presence the instant I return to my senses. It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which...
by MCCDC-Dale | Feb 9, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
This Sunday, we continue with Jesus teaching on the mount (Matthew 5:21-37), but now he is getting more specific. He speaks directly and powerfully about reconciliation, adultery, divorce, and making oaths. Some of this teaching can make us uncomfortable, perhaps...
by MCCDC-Dale | Feb 2, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
Please go to this blog page for more instructions and to follow along: Click here to enter the blog The call in number for our community meeting times will be (641) 715-0632, Access Code: 190766, yet we encourage you to attend in person if you can. Click here to see...
by MCCDC-Dale | Feb 2, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
The truth is: Belonging starts with self-acceptance. Your level of belonging, in fact, can never be greater than your level of self-acceptance, because believing that you’re enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic, vulnerable and imperfect. ~Brene...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 26, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
“Do justice and love kindness.” ~ Micah 6:8 The call of the prophet Micah sparks right action. Those words greet us every time we enter the Welcome Hall at MCCDC. They are inscribed on the beautiful plaque that was presented along with our sanctuary altar to MCCDC in...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jan 21, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
“Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.” ~ “Dreams,” by Langston Hughes (1902-1967) The inauguration of the president elect is in the rearview....
