Years ago I read a book called Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect Of The Holy Spirit by a pastor named Francis Chan. The premise of this book is that the church in America has largely forgotten about the Holy Spirit. We spend a lot of time talking about Jesus and God but little time...
This picture is from one of the first preschool classes about 20 years ago! Tonight is preschool graduation for those children going on to kindergarten or TK. It will be a celebration of these students and their achievements. It will also celebrate something else very special. This is Unity’s preschool’s 20th year! For 20 years...
Unity’s Office Manager, Sally Brissenden, has announced that she will be retiring at the end of June. Sally’s last day in the office will be June 30th, 2022. Please join me in thanking Sally for 15 years of service to this church! Her first day was on Oct. 8, 2007. A lot has happened within...
This coming Sunday is Homecoming Sunday. During the morning worship services we will celebrate those who have been members of Unity for over 40 years. We will also remember those who have died in the past year. Finally, we’ll recognize those who have joined within the past year. It will be a special time of...
I’ve recently completed the first year of my Doctor of Ministry program (only two more to go!). Now I take a break until the fall when classes resume. One of my commitments to you is to share what I’ve learned after each semester. I enrolled in two classes this semester. The first class was called...
What makes this week holy? There are two meanings for the word holy. One— sacred, hallowed. Two— set apart for service to God. We call the week leading up to Easter Holy Week because of each of these definitions. This week is sacred. Christians consider it holy ground when we immerse ourselves in the events from...
What would it be like to stand in front of the most powerful person in the world, and tell them they’re wrong? That’s exactly what God asked Moses to do. He stood in front of Pharaoh, the leader of a superpower with one of the largest armies known to the world, and told him he...
God decides to liberate his people from slavery, and he’s going to use Moses to do it. It turns out, Moses is less than a willing participant. In this well known story, God appears to Moses in a burning bush and tells Moses that he’s sending him back to Egypt to bring his people out...
Moses lived in two different worlds. One the one hand, he grew up in the Egyptian palace. He was the adopted son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He was educated alongside the rest of Pharaoh’s children. Moses, on some level, must’ve identified as an Egyptian. On the other hand, Moses was a Hebrew. His parents were Hebrews...
The Bible is full of real people who chose to live by faith, often through incredible circumstances. We get to learn from their experiences as we live our own lives by faith. For the next couple of weeks, we are going to study the life of Moses. What can we learn about his personality? What...
