Unity Christian Church St.Pete

Unity Christian Church St.Pete Pastor Christi McGee
Bay Vista Recreation Center
7000 4th St South
Join Us For 10am Sunday Service

06/02/2026

“He left the Ninety-Nine to dins me!”

Luke 15:3-7

A shepherd had one hundred sheep. One day, he noticed that one sheep was missing. Instead of staying with the ninety-nine that were safe, he left them in the open field and went searching for the one that was lost. When he found it, he joyfully carried it home on his shoulders. Then he called his friends and neighbors to celebrate, saying that his lost sheep had been found.

Good Morning Unity Family❤️

05/29/2026

Will you be ready?

05/22/2026

5/22/26 Chew & Digest: “Have a Scoop”

Last Friday night after a meeting, I took Mama to Dairy Queen for some ice cream. Apparently half of Pinellas County had received the same revelation from the Lord because BOTH the drive-thru and the lobby were packed. Saints, sinners, and everybody in between were standing in line looking desperate for a Blizzard. 😂

Mama gave me her order, and I walked inside. One look at that crowd made me turn right back around.

I said, “Mama… do you mind waiting? Because these people in here look like they’ve been fasting since Wednesday.”

Of course she said she didn’t mind, so back inside I went.

While waiting, I started reading the history posted on the wall, and one slogan from the 1980s jumped out at me:

“We treat you right!”

And listen… that thing started preaching to me right there between the ice cream cakes and waffle cones.

Because people will pass up plenty of places just to return to the one that treats them right.

Some folks don’t even remember what they ordered, but they remember how they were treated while getting it.

This made me ask myself:
How do YOU treat people?”

Do people leave my presence refreshed…
or feeling like they just bit into freezer-burned ice cream?

Do my words cool and comfort…
or do they melt down into unnecessary drama?

Proverbs 16:24 reminds us “Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Truth is, people may forget every word you said…
but they will remember how you made them feel.

Every conversation is an opportunity to hand somebody a scoop of kindness.
Every interaction is a chance to reflect Christ.

Because you never know who walked in tired…
who’s grieving…
or who was one rude encounter away from losing it altogether.

So today ask yourself:

When people experience me… do they feel treated right?

Be patient.
Be gracious.
Be kind.
Be refreshing.

Offer a scoop and make sure somebody leaves sweeter because they encountered you.

05/19/2026

5/19/26 Chew & Digest - I’m Under Construction 🚧

I wanted to do some renovations to our home and before construction could even begin, they require a blueprint. This is a clear picture of what the finished product is supposed to look like.

Listen, this unexpected cost had me thinking about drawing it myself.
😂😂👀👀

I couldn’t ask my artistic son to draw it nor
could I ask people who loved me but didn’t have the credentials or understood the assignment.
I had to take it to the Master Architect, the One who specializes in designing the building from beginning to end.

This process reminded me of life. Not everybody is qualified to participate in the designing of your life.

If you allow the wrong person to write your blueprint, they’ll have you all messed up.
They’ll put floors where ceilings belong.
Walls where doors should be, and
they’ll design you based on their limitations instead of God’s purpose.

Psalms 127:1 says it like this, “Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it.”

Too much “vain” building!

As I look within and around, I noticed that
there’s a lot of incomplete construction projects in life. Half-built dreams, abandoned callings, and incomplete healing.

Oftentimes because somebody started building without counting the cost.

Luke 14:28 asked us a question, “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost…?”

Listen, there’s a price to be paid!
The price you pay isn’t just for the finished product but also for the process that it takes to get there!

So many want the finished product without process.

Once construction has begun, things can look very messy at first. I mean with dust, noise, and pieces everywhere.

So if you see what seems like disarray in my life……. Or If you hear construction sounds in my life… Or If some areas still look undone…

Don’t mistake my construction for failure.

The Architect is still working.
The funds of grace haven’t run out.
And when God finishes building, the blueprint will match the promise.

05/14/2026

5/14/26 Chew & Digest — Don’t Pass Mission Going to Mission

As an encourager and pastor, my days are filled with speaking life,love, praise, hope, and encouragement into others. I realize that It’s who God called me to be.

The other day, one of my children came to me excited about an idea and asked if I would invest in it. I could hear the passion in their voice. And just like I’ve done so many times before… I invested.

I spoke life, offered wisdom,provided resources, guided and encouraged.

But while listening, I began to reflect on my own childhood.

There were seasons growing up when I felt like I got the short end of the stick. Our home was filled with ministry, compassion, and helping others. And yet, like many children growing up around businesses, purpose, and responsibility, I got lost in the shuffle. There were moments when I quietly wished someone could see the battles I didn’t know how to put into words and my frequent suicidal thoughts.

Before anyone get it twisted, this doesn’t take ANYTHING away from my Mom because she did a phenomenal job both raising me and being a positive example.

My Godmother used to say, “Don’t pass mission going to mission.”

I didn’t understand it then… but I definitely understand it now.

Sometimes ministry happens across the street while neglect tries to live inside our own house.

Scripture reminds us:

1 Timothy 5:8 — “Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith…”

And even Jesus modeled this truth:

Mark 6:4 — “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.”

We must be careful not to save the world while starving the ones God entrusted closest to us.

After all… it’s a poor frog that never praises his own pond.

Here’s The Chew 🦷:
Make sure your greatest encouragement isn’t reserved for strangers while your own are surviving on leftovers.

The Digest ❤️:
Ministry begins at home. The same life, patience, listening ear, and investment we give the crowd must also reach the people sitting at our own table.

Pour out… but don’t overlook your own pond while watering everyone else’s

05/13/2026

5/13/26 Chew & Digest — Let Me Growl

A month ago, I returned my son’s dog, and only Kash remained. Almost immediately, he changed — laying around, not eating, fearful, and growling at sudden movement.

At first, I corrected the growl… until I learned something life-changing.

Veterinary experts say never punish a growl because the growl is a warning system. If you silence the growl, he will go straight to BITE.

And of course, there’s something for me to learn here! Go ahead Lord, I’m listening.

Grief has a language, and not everyone grieves the same way or on the same timeline.

Kash wasn’t aggressive.
He was grieving change.

Sometimes what we call aggression or acting “weird” is actually loss looking for healing.

According to Psalm 34:18
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted.”

God does not rush grief.
He sits with it.
He doesn’t correct sorrow but instead He comforts it.

Here’s the Chew:

Stop trying to fix how people grieve.
Stop timing someone else’s healing.

Some grow quiet.
Some become sensitive.
Some need space before they feel safe again.

If you silence their growl, you could feel their BITE!!

05/12/2026

If God did it no one can stop it!

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