Seascapes Monthly Newsletter 
Metropolitan Community Church of Rehoboth
“Rehoboth” - Room For Us, Room For ALL !        (Genesis 26:22)
February 2012           Volume 15, No. 2

From Our Pastor
I read a quote this morning that had great impact on me personally.  Neale Donald Walsch, in his book Communion with God, states “Happiness is not created as a result of certain conditions. Certain conditions are created as a result of happiness.”  I believe this to be true for my personal life, and in many ways, the life of our church.  
For many years, we have spent much time and energy on a building that we believe will bring us happiness. Therefore, we believe that our happiness will come when the “conditions” are right (and we are comfortably in our building). Until then, we must assume that we are not completely happy. Walsch would counteract this reality with the idea that “happiness” must come first.  WOW!  What a powerful understanding of a simple concept.
I challenge you in the weeks and months ahead to think about where your happiness comes from and where we seek for this in the life of our church.  To be a healthy church, we must learn to be happy regardless of where we meet or when our building will actually be constructed. We must be thankful that we (MCC Rehoboth) share lives with a wonderful community of people and are moving the gospel throughout the Lewes/Rehoboth area.

Let us be challenged by the words of Paul: “Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therein to be content.”  Philippians 4:11 (English Standard Version)
Live on Purpose,
Rev. Dr. K’Lynne McKinley

Calendar of Events - February 2012
Feb 5                Worship at 10 AM, Cape Henlopen Senior Center. Children’s ministry.  Food bank.  Offering for Benevolence Fund.                             February birthdays celebrated.  
Feb 12              Worship at 10 AM, Cape Henlopen Senior Center. Children’s ministry.  Food bank. 
Feb 12              PFLAG meeting at 4 PM at Epworth.  Please call John Havrilla for information, 484-792-1909.
Feb 18              Mardi Gras dance, 7-11 PM, at Virden Center.  For updated details or to volunteer, contact Shawn Noel at                        
                           302-644-   8435   or email gardenfences@aol.com.
Feb 19              Worship at 10 AM, Cape Henlopen Senior Center. Children’s ministry. Food bank. Offering for Building Fund. 
Feb 23              Board of Directors meets at 7 PM at the home of Marty Rockey, 44 Bristol Way in Lewes.  All are welcome!  
                                    Directions:       From Rt 1 at Five Points, take Rt 9 toward Georgetown.  About a mile down, turn right onto Sheffield Drive, then bear  right ont0  Bristol    Way.    House is on the right, beyond corner of Bristol and Andover Lane.  Call 302-745-3595 for more detail.
Feb 25              Potluck starting at 6:30 PM at the home of Alicia Miller and Shawn Noel, 12 Lancaster Lane in Lewes.  Enter Rolling Meadows neighborhood from Dartmouth Drive on Rt 1 North, between WaWa and Home Store. Turn right at STOP sign onto Chesterfield. Follow that to next STOP sign. Turn left onto Lancaster, follow around circle to #12 on the left. Call 302-644-8435 for helpl.
Feb 26              Worship at 10 AM, Cape Henlopen Senior Center. Children’s ministry. Food bank.  

Looking Ahead   

Ø  PFLAG is sponsoring a bus trip to New York City on March 17. Cost is $50. Bus will depart Epworth at
7 AM and depart NYC at 7 PM.  Enjoy a day in the Big Apple for low-cost, easy transportation!  For information please contact John Havrilla, 484-792-1909 or jhavy@aol.com.
Ø  Save aluminum cans and bring on Sundays to Billy Holland and Joe Hall, who will recycle them for donations to the Building Fund.

 Challenge: Read the Bible This Year!  
Have you never read the entire Bible?  Or perhaps not in a long time?  Visit mccrehoboth.com and click “2012 Daily Bible Readings” on the home page. You will be blessed and find much to discuss as we undertake this venture together!

WORSHIP COORDINATOR NEEDED

Applications are now being accepted for Worship Coordinator at the Metropolitan Community Church Rehoboth. If you feel that God has called you to this ministry, and are interested in finding out more about our vision and needs, please send your resumé with academic achievements and experience in worship coordination to:

MCC Rehoboth

Attn: Shila Hayden

PO Box 191

Rehoboth Beach DE 19971

Or you may email this information to shilarhayden@yahoo.com

 
February Is Black History Month
We stand with our brothers and sisters in the universal quest for justice and dignity.
On February 12, 1900, five hundred black school children gathered to celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday.  Their principal, James Weldon Johnson, presented a poem to welcome the day's guest speaker, Booker T. Washington.
Called "Lift Every Voice and Sing," that poem became a song when Johnson's brother, John Rosamond Johnson, set it to music. "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was named "The Negro National Anthem" by the NAACP in 1919, and serves now as an anthem of liberty for abused persons everywhere.

 “Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Lift every voice and sing, till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise, high as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the harsh past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
Stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet,
Come to the place for which our people sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered;
Out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
God of our weary years, God of our silent tears,
God Who hast brought us thus far on the way;
God Who by your might, led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met you.
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, forget you; 
Shadowed beneath your hand, may we forever stand,
True to our God, true to our native land.

Our Mission:  We are a loving, open, and affirming Christian congregation, celebrating the wholeness of body, mind, and spirit.  Rooted in and reaching beyond the Rainbow Community, we are a lay-centered fellowship offering a safe and encouraging environment for spiritual transformation through worship, learning, growth, and service.

Our Worship:   MCC Rehoboth is a member congregation of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Com- munity Churches (www.mccchurch.org) founded in 1968 to offer a home to everyone in affirmation of God’s unconditional, all-inclusive love. Recognizing that we come from a variety of religious backgrounds and traditions, we strive to present a balanced worship that honors the traditional while embracing what is new, and reclaiming the essential message of Jesus for today’s world.  Our Communion:  MCC churches throughout the world offer open communion.  Everyone is welcome to this table, regardless of church affiliation or personal belief.  

                                                                       Board of Directors

                                 Moderator                                 Rev. Dr. K’Lynne McKinley, 302-645-4945

                                    Vice Moderator                         John Havrilla, 484-792-1909

                                    Clerk                                         Billy Holland, 302-703-2197

                                    Treasurer                                   Tom Warner, 302-858-2943

                                    Member at Large                       Sue Goudy, 215-266-3100

                                    Member at Large                       David Patterson, 302-745-3595

                                    Member at Large                       Marty Rockey, 302-645-1634

Contacts
Board of Directors
Moderator Rev. Dr. K’Lynne McKinley, 302-645-4945
Vice Moderator John Havrilla, 484-792-1909
Clerk Billy Holland, 302-703-2197
Treasurer Tom Warner, 302-858-2943
Member at Large Sue Goudy, 215-266-3100
Member at Large David Patterson, 302-745-3595


Worship & Music           Rev. Dr. K’Lynne McKinley, 302-645-4945, klmckinley@yahoo.com
                                        Domi Sanchez, 240-691-6607, radiodome@verizon.net
                                        Shila Hayden, 410-925-0600, shilarhayden@yahoo.com    
                                        Billy Holland, 302-703-2197, bforbidfrt@comcast.net

Prayer Requests            Gary Simpson, 302-703-2327, garysimpson7@comcast.net

Fundraising                   Terry Wilkerson, 302-644-8603, terryinlewes@comcast.net

Building Project             Shila Hayden, 410-925-0600, shilarhayden@yahoo.com

 Email & Phone              Mary Harris, 302-745-8880, meh4evr@juno.com

Info, Nametags             

Directions: We worship at 10 AM every Sunday at the Cape Henlopen Senior Center on Christian Street in downtown Rehoboth Beach. From Rehoboth Avenue, turn onto Christian Street between M&T Bank and Jack Lingo Realty.  Follow the curve to the left, and the Senior Center will be on your left.  Parking is free in the  paved lot and along the curb in front.
MCC Rehoboth – PO Box 191 – Rehoboth Beach DE 19971 – 302-645-4945
www.mccrehoboth.com      mccrehoboth@hotmail.com   
 facebook.com/mccrehobothbeach

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Editor:  Mary Harris – meh4evr@juno.com – 302-644-0616 – 302-745-8880

 


Read the Bible This Year: Have you ever read the entire Bible? Or not in a long time? Visit
mccrehoboth.com and click “2012 Daily Bible Readings” on the home page. You will be blessed and find much to discuss and ask about as we partake of this “soul food” together!

Contacts

Worship and Music:  
Rev. Dr. K’Lynne McKinley, 302-645-4945 or klmckinley@yahoo.com
Domi Sanchez, 240-691-6607 or radiodome@verizon.net
Shila Hayden, 410-925-0600 or shilarhayden@yahoo.com
Billy Holland, 302-703-2197 orl bforbidfrt@comcast.net

Prayer Requests:   Gary Simpson, 302-703-2327 or garysimpson7@comcast.net

Fundraising:   Terry Wilkerson, 302-644-8603 or terryinlewes@comcast.net

Building Project:   Shila Hayden, 410-925-0600 or shilarhayden@yahoo.com

Newsletter:   Mary Harris, 302-745-8880 or meh4evr@juno.com