The Road Ahead: What Could Happen in Six Months?
What could happen in six months?
A relationship can heal. A new friendship can begin. A dream that has been sitting quietly in the background can suddenly find its way into the light. A community can rediscover its purpose. Something that once felt uncertain can begin to feel hopeful again.
Six months may not seem like a very long time. But when we move together with intention, a lot can change.
Over the past several months at Unity of Louisville, we have spent a great deal of time listening, healing, learning, and sometimes navigating roads we never expected to travel. If you've heard me speak recently, you know I have come to believe that detours aren't necessarily bad things. Sometimes they take us exactly where we need to go.
But eventually, when you're traveling a detour, another sign appears.
The road ahead.
I believe that's where we are right now.
Our Board and leadership have been working on a six-month plan designed not simply around what we're going to do, but around who we want to become together. And rather than giving you a strategic plan filled with bullet points, goals, and church language that might put you to sleep before the second paragraph, I thought I'd tell you what I see when I look down the road.
I see us reconnecting — with one another and with this spiritual community we love. I see new faces walking through our doors and familiar faces finding new ways to belong.
I see us engaging — through classes, conversations, Sacred Service, leadership, Youth & Family Ministry, and opportunities to discover where our own gifts might meet the needs of our community.
I see us talking about stewardship in a much bigger way than money. Yes, financial health matters. But stewardship is also asking: What do I care about enough to invest myself in? Our time, our talents, our presence, our ideas, our resources — they are all ways we help create the spiritual community we want to experience.
I see us entering November with gratitude, intentionally noticing the people who quietly make Unity happen every week and celebrating just how far we have traveled together.
And as the year comes to a close, I see us turning toward vision — asking not simply, “What should Unity of Louisville do in 2027?” but a much more interesting question: “What is Spirit calling us to become?”
But there is something very important about this six-month journey.
It isn't the Board's plan.
It isn't the staff's plan.
And it certainly isn't Bobby's plan.
It belongs to all of us.
Maybe your part is taking a class you've always thought about taking. Maybe it's joining a Sacred Service team. Maybe it's bringing a friend on Sunday. Maybe it's making a commitment to give consistently. Maybe it's stepping into leadership. Maybe it's sharing an idea we haven't even thought of yet.
Or maybe your first step is simply deciding, “I'm going to show up.”
Because communities aren't transformed by plans written on paper. They're transformed when people decide that something matters enough to participate in it. So as we begin looking toward the months ahead, I'm inviting you to consider one question:
Where do you see yourself in the next six months of Unity of Louisville?
We've spent some time learning from the detours. We've discovered some treasures along the way. And now I think we're beginning to see the road ahead.
Six months from now, I don't want us simply to look back and say, “Look at everything we accomplished.”
I hope we can look around at one another and say:
“Look at who we've become.”
And I can't wait to see where this road takes us.
Join us this Sunday at 11:00 AM as Rev. Dr. Gerry Boylan shares his talk “The Radiance of Life: Joy and Sorrow.”
With love and gratitude, Bobby
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