Residing in temporary dwellings during the Feast of Tabernacles is part of our obedience and worship of God, and we can learn many valuable lessons from this activity. Everything we own, our bodies, and even this world are temporary. As strangers and pilgrims on the earth, we’re not putting down permanent roots here. Dwelling in booths reminds us that we are simply passing through on our journey to a more permanent destination; the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. It’s while we are dwelling in the temporary that God does His greatest eternal work in us.

Paul Moody

Pastor, United Church of God

Paul serves as Pastor for the United Church of God congregations in Spokane, Kennewick and Kettle Falls, Washington, and Lewiston, Idaho.    

Paul grew up in the Church of God from a young age. He attended Ambassador College in Big Sandy, Texas from 1991-93. He and his wife, Darla, were married in 1994 and have two children, all residing in Spokane.