by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 30, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Sunday is the First Sunday of Advent, and the launch of a new worship series with the theme: “Sing a New Song.” We love the traditional songs of Advent and Christmas. Many of these songs are drawn from the scriptures and from the various roles of people in...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 24, 2017 | 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 16, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“The greatest risk of all, it turns out, is not to risk anything, not to care deeply and profoundly enough about anything to invest deeply, to give your heart away and in the process to risk everything. The greatest risk of all, it turns out, is to play it safe,...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 9, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“Somewhere deep in the heart of everything lies a melody. It speaks to our truest selves, binds us together with the ones we love, and brings out the best part of who we are.” ~From the Bio of Bobby Jo Valentine This Sunday at MCCDC is a “don’t...
by MCCDC-Dale | Nov 2, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events
“What God has planned for us is more than eyes have seen or ears have heard. It has never even entered our minds.” ~ 1 Corinthians 2:9, (CEV, adapted) When Flora Slosson Wuellner received news that her beloved’s cancer, many years in remission, had...
by MCCDC-Dale | Oct 26, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“No matter how short or long your journey to your accomplishment is, if you don’t begin you can’t get there. Beginning is difficult, but unavoidable” ~Israelmore Ayivor Moses was known for his wisdom. Yet his wisdom was not just in his head and heart. Wisdom was also...
by MCCDC-Dale | Oct 19, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“The only way we can navigate through difference is by coming back to our common center in a Savior who holds us together. It is also this core conviction that best motivates the church to action. We work for social justice not because we believe our best efforts will...
by MCCDC-Dale | Oct 12, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“. . .lasting transformation takes practice.” ~Jean Fain There is no way to microwave spiritual transformation. Though dinner is served with the push of a button, the feasts of the Spirit cannot be rushed. A life of spiritual growth takes practice. In Philippians 4:9...
by MCCDC-Dale | Oct 4, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
“To be a Christian is to live dangerously, honestly, freely – to step in the name of love as if you may land on nothing, yet to keep on stepping because the something that sustains you no empire can give you and no empire can take away.” ~ Cornel West This...
by MCCDC-Dale | Sep 27, 2017 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Space Rental
When you’re walking in the dead of night and your soul is churning; when your hope seems out of sight, keep the candle burning. All it takes is one steady heart in a world that’s turning. Shine a light. . .one ray of light always breaks through.”...
