Thanks for the prayers! God opened the door for us today in a very cool way and I am excited about what the future holds for Revolution!
What was the deal? You’ll have to wait until Sunday, June 1st to find out. 
BTW, since any time I have a big announcement people assume we are moving out of the theater, I will go ahead and tell you that ain’t it.
Appreciate your prayers as we have a very important meeting at 10 today that could result in some very cool doors being opened for us.
I’ll keep you posted.
I have had this thought for a couple of weeks and really wasn’t sure how to write it out, but let me try and write I am thinking. In the last 6 weeks we have made a lot of changes at Revolution in regards to people’s roles. We have moved several of our staff around into positions they were better suited for, positions we had holes in, and positions that would enable us to reach more people. We have also moved around a ton of our volunteers into different roles. Again, this was to put them in position they were best suited to serve in and to enable us to take the next steps as a church. Not only have we moved around some staff and volunteers, but I myself have changed my role here at Revolution. I realized I was becoming a huge bottleneck in many areas and I stepped aside and am allowing our incredible team do what they are here to do and that is lead. Transitions are never easy and I’d be lying if I said I have enjoyed everything that I have changed. However, I understand that Revolution is NOT about me and I have made the necessary changes in my role to allow us to continue to grow and reach more people.
We are already seeing the results of these moves as we are having the largest crowds we have ever had, putting on some of the best services we ever have, and there is a buzz in the church that is insane. Changes are life. The day we stop changing is the day we will start dying. As things grow, as new people come on board, as individuals figure out their calling and passion the simple fact is that leads to change.
I have sat back over the last month and observed how people handle change and I have learned it really boils down to what you love. What you love determines how you respond to change. Some people love the position they hold at Revolution and some people love the vision of Revolution. There is a huge difference between the two.
Those who love their position won’t make it through transitions and change. Now, I am not saying you shouldn’t be sold out to the area you serve in because you should be sold out, passionate, and consumed with the area of service God has given you. However, if you love the position more than the vision, you won’t navigate through times of change. When you love the position more than the vision you can’t see the big picture, you can’t see how the church is improved by the changes that are being made, you can’t see that someone else might be able to do your job better and more effective. All you see is YOUR desires, YOUR wants, and what makes YOU happy. When you love the position more you take it personally when you are asked to move to another area. Instead of seeing vision all you can see is YOU are being punished or how YOU are being effected.
When you love the vision over the position, all that changes. When you understand that everything we do at Revolution is about reaching those that are far from God, you could care less where you are asked to serve because it doesn’t matter. When you love the vision over the position all you care about is seeing those far from God come to know Him. Whether it means you are in the band or you are a greeter, you could care less because you know every move that is made is to further the vision. When the vision comes first, you don’t take things personally. You rejoice in changes because you know it is enabling us to reach more people.
We have volunteers at Revolution who have had 10 different areas of ministry and don’t care because they understand the vision. They just want to be part of making it happen and if it means they are carrying crates after the service, they are happy to do it. We have also had volunteers who loved being in charge, loved being in a “cool” position, and loved getting credit and praise from everyone. When those people are asked to change areas just once, they pout and take their ball and go home.
A church cannot, will not, and isn’t able to grow if it is full of people who love position over vision. I have watched over the last few weeks those who have moved around on our staff, with our volunteers, and even myself and I have never been prouder of Revolution as I have watched. For every one person who has loved position first, 25 have loved vision first.
That is why God is moving right now at Revolution!
We are filming our One Prayer message NEXT Thursday. Something came up and we had to change the date. We still want you to come hang with us for it, but if you come this Thursday we won’t be here.
Next Thursday, May 8th we will be filming at 7:30 p.m.
We just realized that our contact form was going to a VERY old email address that isn’t valid anymore so if you have emailed me through my blog in like the last 3-4 months, they have not went through.
I apologize that we didn’t catch that, but it is fixed now.
I thought our critics had just given up on us from the lack of e-mails, but I guess I was wrong.
As you know we are joining with hundreds of other churches during the month of June for a sermon series called ONE PRAYER. During this series, we are going to be hearing messages from some of the greatest communicators in the country and joining with Ross Wiseman and the awesome people at Embassy Metro in Woodstock to do some outreach in Cherokee County. It is going to be fun!
The idea behind ONE PRAYER is to have different preachers teach messages sharing their one prayer for the church. Every message will star with the phrase, “Lord, Help Us…..” The pastors of the various churches will preach at their churches the first week and then show via video messages from other pastors the next three weeks. It is extra special for us because we are showing the three men who make up our Board of Overseers. After I preach the first week, we will be showing Steven Furtick on video the second week, Greg Rohlinger will be with us live the third week, and Perry Noble will be with us the last week. That is a pretty awesome group of pastors!
I said all that to say this: We have had several churches request us to film a message for them to show in their Sunday morning services and we are going to be doing this week. Thursday night we are going to record our message for ONE PRAYER at the warehouse. Instead of teaching to an empty room, we are opening up to all of you who are local. We are basically going to put on a worship service and I would love for some of you to hang out with us so I have someone to teach to while we’re recording. Tim is going to be doing an unplugged time of worship and I’ll be bringing a message on my one prayer for this church.
If want to come hang out, we’ll start at 7:00 p.m. At around 7:15, we will shut the doors and you won’t be allowed in as we will be filming. So if you are coming, be on time.
Internet was down at the house all night so I wrote this last night, but I’m posting it on Monday.
Look forward to seeing him.It is Saturday morning and I am up way to early. Not cool.
We had a full house for our Partnership Class last night and it was exciting to put names with faces, hear how people found out about Revolution, cast vision, and the coolest thing was we had a lady enter into personal relationship with Jesus Christ!!!!!
Today I’m giving DeAnna a break (I’m not actually giving anything, she is just taking it) and I am hanging out with the kids. I’ve been on the road so much lately that I am looking forward to the day with them. The worst part about it is that it means I have to watch Hannah Montana later today.
Hopefully I’ll sneak a little NFL draft coverage in as well.
Tomorrow night is our next Partnership Class and without a doubt it is one of my favorite things we do at Revolution. I love Partnership Class. I don’t teach it anymore, but I love coming and meeting all the new people at Revolution and hearing their stories!
If you are interested in taking the next step at Revolution, this is the class for you. We’ll share our history, our vision and what is expected of those who call Revolution home! It probably is to late to sign-up, but who cares. If you want to attend tomorrow night, e-mail Preston at preston@therevolution.tv and he’ll get you in. Just drop my name, I have a little pull.