A Message From Rev. Ben Moore

I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it? - Isaiah 43:19

One of the threads that runs though scripture, from early in Genesis all the way to the end of Revelation is that God is at work changing the world. The phrase above from the prophet Isaiah is just one example of what God promises God is up to in the world. God is moving through the world to make all things new in ways that are far grander than our imaginations but also far more local than our expectations.

The whole movement of God in the course of history and the scope of this world are far too much for us to begin to fathom. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have a role to play in it. God’s work through Jesus Christ is and has always been a local work. It is shown to us through Jesus’ birth in Bethlehem, childhood in Nazareth, and ministry around Galilee and eventually Jerusalem. And that work continues in our locality in and through us.

Over the next month here at Unity we are going to have two big opportunities to dream about and get in tune with what it is that God is doing here. First, on Sunday May 17th, we will have a congregational cafe as a part of our Sunday morning worship. We will meet in the fellowship hall around tables to worship God and to hear from one another about what we sense God is up to here. This will be a sacred time of sharing, praying, singing, and dreaming about the future of Unity Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).

The following Sunday, May 24th, is Pentecost Sunday, a day we remember that God promised the Holy Spirit would be poured out on us that we might see visions and dream dreams. We remember that though the disciples were the first to receive the gifts of the Spirit within the church they still could not grasp what it was that God was starting in them. We will take time to pray that the Spirit will be poured out, that we may receive visions and dreams that will guide us in our part of God’s great work of redemption.

These are exciting times at Unity and I am so grateful that I get to be with you during them!

Pastor Ben