November 8, 2020
This Sunday we begin a series in Philippians, a letter that addresses God's holy people with this introduction: "Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Chri...
October 31, 2020
Sunday, November 1, 2020, we will gather together to worship and celebrate communion in a building that is publicly known as a church, and which stands as a symbol of the presence...
October 25, 2020
“Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established” (Prov 16:3). With consensus on our need to improve facilities, we are soon to contract for a land survey, and t...
October 18, 2020
“ Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom …” In the present world we fight the corruption of decay requiring investment in maintenance, and ultimately replacement, of facilities. ...
October 11, 2020
David’s prayer in Psalm 5:8 is “ Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness…make your way straight before me .” Assumed in this prayer is the reality of human limitations when it com...
September 27, 2020
For many months, we have focused on the need to build on faith with regard to a new physical building. But building on faith is not about merely trusting God for a building. It ...
September 27, 2020
A grim picture of a “church” burned to the ground incites grief over the loss, but then a quick catch in the mind. With no loss of life, the church was still fully alive, and pos...
September 27, 2020
Jesus’ teaching on love for God and neighbor as the greatest command should alert us to the reality that “living out love” is at the core of what the Church is to be. Our faciliti...
September 6, 2020
DCC’s vision is to be "A growing community for Christ: walking in truth , living out love, building on faith."
Psalm 19 celebrates how God has revealed His tru...
August 23, 2020
In Ezra 6:22 the rebuilding of the Temple, remarkably, was completed with the aid of the Assyrian King, because the LORD “had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them so th...
August 16, 2020
When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat? ” He asked this only to test him, for he alre...
August 9, 2020
In Psalm 11:4, David proclaims with confidence, “The LORD is in his holy temple; the LORD is on his heavenly throne.” The temple that David prepared to build was an earthly pic...
August 2, 2020
In Psalm 22, in the midst of his distress, David is encouraged by praise “in the great assembly.” As we are frustrated by the inability to praise together in a “great assembly” of...
July 26, 2020
In Psalm 51, after confessing his sin against a holy God, David declares in faith “a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.” Building on Faith is growing in our...
July 19, 2020
Today, Sunday July 19th, Wil and Liz Lampinen will be deployed for service on mission to Mexico. Wil is the son of a missionary couple sent out by DCC in the 1990’s, a DCS graduat...
July 13, 2020
As the Temple was completed, it was filled with the “glory-cloud” of the LORD “…so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud…” (2 Chronicles 5:14). Pray t...
July 5, 2020
The Temple, the “house of God”, was a place of fellowship, joy, and praise for the Psalmist (Psalm 42:4). Today church facilities serve this function. Pray for opportunity to on...
June 28, 2020
The sad summary of King Saul’s service is rendered in these words: “ He did not seek guidance from the LORD . (1 Chronicles 10:14) Prayer for God’s will regarding any aspect of m...
June 21, 2020
In follow-up to the Caleb Study, IGC has recommended we hire a director of development. This person would plan and coordinate a capital campaign and fundraising efforts, communic...
June 14, 2020
Based on input from the body, IGC recommends development of a campus master plan which would anticipate construction in phases to reach the goal of facilities that will better sup...