The Loop / May 9, 2023
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BELONG // IN-PERSON SERVICES RESUME THIS SUNDAY!
Last weekend, we invited our church family to come together at Camp Harmison in West Virginia for a retreat weekend. It was a lovely time away… but this Sunday, we’ll be back at our usual time and place for our weekly gathering! Please come join us this Sunday as we gather at 1804 West St at 10am.
BELONG // MEN’S GATHERING MAY 13: SATURDAY FIREPIT!
Our friends Tarmo Luik and Steve Phillips are hosting a fire pit night at Tarmo’s house on the Eastern Shore on May 13. The goal is simply to give the men in our church community a chance to hang out, make new friends, and develop deeper relationships. We’re hoping, as we build community for guys here at Revolution, we can work towards a men’s retreat this fall! Here are the details for this Saturday: 6:30 pm, at 113 Taylor Rd, Centreville, MD, with pizza provided, and an invitation to bring beverages of your choice! Also, bring a chair if you can, and if you’d like to carpool, be sure to email Kenny at kenny@revolutionannapolis.com and he’ll help set things up.
BELONG // SOFTBALL STARTS SOON!
Did you know Revolution plays in a summer softball league? Games are on Mondays and Wednesdays throughout June and July. If you’d like to play, you can sign up HERE to get on the roster/email list! There is a small cost to play (usually about $20/person), and it’s a casual, co-ed league. We’d love to have you on the team!
BECOME // FEEDING HOPE EVENT WITH ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY FOOD BANK
On May 18, the AACo Food Bank is hosting a fundraising event at Homestead Gardens in Davidsonville from 5:30-8pm. This event is a key way for the Food Bank to raise the funds they use to be leaders in feeding hungry people in our community. Last year, the event was attended by more than 200 supporters and it raised more than $75,000! If you would like to learn more about this year’s event, or even purchase a ticket to attend, you can find info at www.aafoodbank.org.
BECOME // REVOLUTION’S LAY LEADERSHIP TEAM
Last month, our longest serving Lay Leader here at Revolution, Andy Guzik, stepped down from the team after 6 years of service. Andy has been a tremendous blessing to this community, and his leadership helped us navigate a transition in our lead pastorship, a pandemic!, and multiple moves. There aren’t enough words to sufficiently thank him for generous service and steady guidance! If you see him this week, tell him “thank you” for loving and leading our church!
With Andy’s (well-earned) rest, there are now two openings on the Leadership Team that need to be filled for our church to operate at its fullest capacity. Those openings are in Discipleship and Generosity. If you’re new to Revolution, here’s how our Leadership Team works: Revolution is governed by a team of 6 Lay Leaders, along with the Lead Pastor (Kenny). Each member of that team has a specific aspect of our church’s culture and health they oversee: Sunday Services (Clare Bubson), Community Engagement (Liz Wheeler), Church Life (Maggie Young), Finances (Matt Shacka), Discipleship (OPEN), and Generosity (OPEN). In these roles, leaders commit to pray for their area of oversight, help to build up teams to grow that area, and meet regularly with the team and the Lead Pastor to set a shared course for our season ahead as a church. You can tell these are important jobs! So, we need to fill these open positions soon.
The Lay Leadership positions are open to all committed and faithful members of our church. The first step to joining the team is meeting with Kenny (or another team member) to learn more about the roles and pray together about them. Then, if a person feels led, s/he completes a written application which is reviewed by the current team members, and a meeting is set to talk it over.
If you would like to learn more, we would love to talk with you. As a team, we’re excited for the seasons ahead, and we look forward to seeing our church grow!
BECOME // PARTNERING WITH REVIVE
Here are the upcoming events with Revive:
FOOD PANTRY @ WAYSON WOODS (319 7 Oaks Ln, Lothian, MD): May 22 @ 12pm-2pm, June 10, June 24
PUB THEOLOGY IN-PERSON (@ Friscos Tap House): May 11 @ 8pm-9pm
PACKING FOR BACKPACK BUDDIES (1804 West St, after Revolution’s Sunday service): May 21 @ 11am, June 18 @ 11am
Working with Revive is exactly how we envision service at Revolution: organic partnerships with active and passionate non-profit organizations already at work in our community. We hope to see you at a few (or even all) of these events!
BECOME // YOUTH GROUP
Revolution’s Youth Group meets on Sunday mornings! If you have a middle- or high school-aged teen (or if you are one yourself!), you’re invited to meet up with our youth leaders, Maggie Young and Robbert Olson in the lobby before service. Youth typically head across the street to Starbucks for a breakfast treat on us, to go along with a lesson and conversation. The goal is for teens at Revolution to make new friends, build honest relationships, and learn more about how to build a deep faith of their own. You can learn more with Maggie and Robbert on Sunday, or by emailing our Children’s Pastor, Shawn Livingston, anytime at shawn@revolutionannapolis.com.
BELIEVE // COFFEE, ANYONE?
Do you have questions? Doubts? Would you just like to talk through things with someone? Kenny is also always up for that, too! Just send him an email (kenny@revolutionannapolis.com) or text (803.727.8500).
BECOME // SUPPORTING REVOLUTION CHURCH
At Revolution, we believe that our church needs to be a witness to God’s bottomless love and an example of what it means to wrestle and grow with our faith together. Following Jesus isn’t easy! But even in our doubts, if we take the things we are struggling to believe and put them into practice together, we learn to ask better questions and live in ways that are more beneficial for others.
If you want to join us in this mission, you can be a part in a few different ways:
First, you can commit to presence: it is our sincere hope as a church that you find real purpose and meaning in being a part of our services and groups at Revolution. They exist for you! But have you ever thought about what you have to offer those gatherings in return? Your unique perspective, hopes, experiences, and struggles are part of the bigger story of our church. You have an important part to play here, and that part begins by making faithful presence a priority!
Second, you can commit to generosity: we want to imitate God’s generosity by looking for ways we can share what we have been given with others to bring hope, justice, and safety to our neighbors. One way you can practice that generosity is by supporting our ministry here at Revolution financially: we are a non-profit organization committed to maintaining a Christian ministry in Annapolis, forgiving the debts of our neighbors, and financially supporting both church plants and existing churches in our area. Your gifts help keep this commitment going! But we also want to make sure you know that giving is important no matter where you do it: find a non-profit, charity, or aid organization whose cause you support and make a plan to be faithful and generous towards them! God can do more with our resources than we can… and giving is one of the practical ways we put our trust in what He can do.
Third, you can commit to service: here at Revolution, we are in need of all sorts of volunteers to keep our ministry going. This is particularly true as we continue to “emerge” from the pandemic! If you are available to help out on any of our Sunday morning teams, or with any of our groups or other outreach ministries during the week, we need you! This is a great way to contribute to the church… and to make new friends. But the city of Annapolis needs help, too! If you are able, make time in your week to participate in a routine act of service for our community. There are multiple food pantries we support, all of whom need help, as well as opportunities to work with kids in need of tutoring, care for unhoused residents in our city who need assistance, and serve as an advocate for a variety of justice-seeking non-profits working to make Annapolis a more equitable place to live. For help a place to serve, just talk with Kenny (kenny@revolutionannapolis.com) or our Community Engagement Lay Leader, Liz Wheeler (liziwheeler@gmail.com).
BELONG // STAY IN THE LOOP ALL WEEK LONG!
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