by MCCDC-Dale | May 16, 2024 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you.” ~Acts 1:8 Like the earlier followers of Jesus, we need power from beyond ourselves, power from on high. In the mystery of our faith, the power from on high becomes the power from within. Through such...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 9, 2024 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“6 Oh, Holy God, I have manifested your Name to those you gave me from the world. 8 I entrusted to them the message you entrusted to me, and they received it. 9 I’m praying for them… for those you gave me, because they are yours. 11 I’m no longer in the world,...
by MCCDC-Dale | May 2, 2024 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Sing a new song to the Lord!” ~Psalm 98: 1 God gives us the right song at the right time. When we are down, the right song brings a lift. When tired, the right song brings energy. When restless, the right song brings rest. Songs gave courage to our ancestors. In...
by MCCDC-Dale | Apr 25, 2024 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“The impossible becomes just a matter of time when courageous people embrace the call to foster change. Wisdom comes in knowing that we are not powerless over our choice to respond to whatever we face. By admitting to ourselves that we are ready for things to change,...
by Sheila Chittams | Apr 18, 2024 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” ~John F. Kennedy During these times that may seem to move around us so quickly, we can be encouraged by God’s abiding presence and love. It’s been said that our Creator is a God of second...
by MCCDC-Dale | Apr 11, 2024 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“In God’s hands, the worst thing that happens to me can be transformed into the best thing that ever happened to me.” ~Grace Imathiu I am so grateful for Grace Imathiu, one of my colleagues in the Academy for Spiritual Formation. Along with Brene Brown, Maggie Ross...
by MCCDC-Dale | Apr 4, 2024 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
Tested faith trains us to believe more in God’s ability to give us life than our enemies’ ability to extinguish it.” ~Ayanna J. Watkins This Sunday is the 8th day of the Great 50 Days of Easter, the spiritual countdown to Pentecost. This Sunday We launch our new...
by MCCDC-Dale | Mar 28, 2024 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“I shall not die, but I shall live and recount the deeds of the Lord.” ~Psalm 118:17 Seeds of the resurrection are deeply planted in the Hebrew Scriptures, including the praise springing forth from Psalm 118, the Psalm for Resurrection Sunday. Every day we awaken to...
by MCCDC-Dale | Mar 21, 2024 | Calendar, Current Events & News, Events, Space Rental
“The blessed heart of Jesus is an expansive heart: it holds a place for each of us. The blessed heart of Jesus is also a heart of resistance, refusing to compromise to any power keeping others down.” ~T. J. Mourtoix What makes you come alive? I come alive through...
by MCCDC-Dale | Mar 14, 2024 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection I will put my Instructions within them and engrave them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. 34 They will no longer need to teach each other to say, “Know the LORD!” because they will all know me, from the...
