by MCCDC-Dale | Aug 17, 2023 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection Teach me thy grace in the daily work by which I earn my keep and the keep of those dependent upon me. Teach me thy grace. ~“Teach Me Thy Grace,” from Dr. Howard Thurman’s Meditations of the Heart Our current theme is “Living...
by MCCDC-Dale | Aug 10, 2023 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “The word is near you, on your lips and in your heart.” ~Romans 10:8, NRSV A great theme of scripture is God’s companioning presence. Grace shows up. Grace never leaves us alone. God makes a way when there seems to be no way. In Psalm...
by MCCDC-Dale | Aug 3, 2023 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “Teach me thy grace in all the little things of life. Teach me thy grace in the daily work by which I earn my keep and the keep of those dependent upon me. There are duties demanded of me that irk and irritate, dulling the cutting edge of...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 27, 2023 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “We ought to live each moment as if all eternity converged upon it.” -H.N. Weiman Our prayers take many forms: from anger over gun violence, to the climate crisis, to loved ones facing health issues. Some prayers are spontaneous...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 20, 2023 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away.” ~Psalm 139: 1-2, New Revised Standard Version Psalm 139 affirms that God knows us better than we know...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 13, 2023 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection This Sunday’s scripture from Romans 8:1-11 begins with a headline: “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus!” In the midst of so much bad news on multiple fronts, this message of Good News (or God News!) is...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jul 6, 2023 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and friends can exist one day without any one of us, and if our egos permit us to confess, they...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 29, 2023 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection “Lord, we pray that the ropes that bind our nation together, though frayed, will never break; that the greatest of our natural resources—the love of our people—will abound, flowing even beyond our shores; that our flinty determination will...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 22, 2023 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection You are the Beloved; be gracious to me, for with You would I walk, would I move all day. My soul is uplifted, as I abandon myself into your hands. For You are kind and forgiving, abounding in steadfast Love to all who call upon You. Be...
by MCCDC-Dale | Jun 15, 2023 | Calendar, Current Events & News, EBLAST, Events, Space Rental
This Week’s Reflection Recognize what intersectionality is – Understand that everyone has multiple identities and that we all face unique challenges because of the intersections of our identities. ~Kimberlé Crenshaw Each of our lives, our very beings, are...
