February 9, 2012 in
Family, Mi Vida Loca with
Its Amber, Pastor Zak’s wife and I am taking over the blog today! I know our pastor better than anyone (I had better…especially after ten years of marriage!)
Revolution Church, here are some things you might not know about your pastor:
- Pastor Zak is a HUGE Romantic (he writes me a love note each week and places it in a different place…O’So special to me!) He still dates me like he did in high school. He plans every date and takes me out at least every other week. He wants to model what it means to be a great husband to our son Couper.
- Pastor Zak has a dance party everyday! I am not kidding, last year he danced for at least one minute per day all 365 days of the year. It keeps him joyful. And it freaks Couper out a little.
- He is his own worst critic.
- I like to call him “hound dog” because he smells literally everything and can smell things from a mile away.
- When Pastor Zak is passionate about something he is completely SOLD OUT…there is NO half hearted commitment! Its all or nothing, go big or go home with him in everything.
- His Pet-Peeve is when people say they are going to do something and they don’t follow through.
- He has to hit the clear button on the microwave when it is finished or flashing…it drives him “cray cray” for it to not have the time on it.
- He loves God and loves people. He follows God with every bone in his body and has this ability to call things out in people and challenge them.
December 24, 2011 in
Creativity, Life Change, Mi Vida Loca, Revolution Church with
- Our Five Christmas at Revolution Worship Experiences were packed out!
- We had about 62 people accepted Christ! GET PUMPED UP REVOLUTION! We got to personally followup already with 15 of those people through our Next Steps ministry! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
- The “All of the Lights” / orignal song “Illuminate” mashup was one of the most creative things I have ever seen done in a church. Great job REV Creative! Cool to have dancers on stage for the first time ever at Revolution.
- I was completely overwhelmed the last two days by our REV Teams and how incredible they are! Wow! Great job team! You made the dream of Christmas at Revolution come true with your hard work. And it did not return void. Look at all the lives that were changed!
- That said, get ready…2012 is going to be truly REVOLUTIONARY!
- Fudge and coffee at the REV Cafe was amazing!
- It snowed as people were leaving each service…i’ll admit the snow tasted like soap…but still fun to have snow!
- We gave all of our guests (we call them VIP’s) a bright green Revolution Church tumbler cup full of fun stuff. Love it!
- Everyone that accepted Christ got one of our new “Start Here Tubes” complete with this booklet on accepting Christ and a Revolution Church t-shirt. Just our way of celebrating life change!
- The Street Team golf carts were decked out with Christmas lights! Awesome!
- We gave all of our REV Team members a cool Revolution Church Christmas shirt. They sported them proudly!
- Remember no services tomorrow, Christmas day, December 25th.
- I’ll be posting pics and video of the last two days over the next week or so.
- Below are a few favorite shots of the weekend from Kevin Foster. All photos here.
December 11, 2011 in
Confessional, Mi Vida Loca, Revolution Church with
- We continued “This is the Sound” today with a message called Static. I have had a blast teaching and learning more about how we can hear from God!
- We did a sermon illustration today with the screens, sound and lights…we created of moment of complete chaos and interference to illustrate what life is like when we try to hear from God. There are so many voices…so much static competing for our attention today. It was powerful and scared the snot out of people.
- Actually to tell the truth, even though I knew it was coming and had already been through it twice, the illustration made me jump in the 3rd service. YIKES!
- The band debuted a new song today called “The Sound.” Awesome song! Another great work from the Revolution Band.
- I love that we have so many creative people serving God with their giftedness at Revolution Church!
- I previewed one creative element of our Christmas Eve services with the team today and it is going to be INCREDIBLE. Get your tickets now and some tickets for a friend!
- If you haven’t signed up to serve yet at two or more services, check this out now. We are giving away a cool Revolution Christmas shirt to volunteers.
- I made a huge personal announcement during the sermon today…and I will share it with you here on the blog soon…
- I ran a race in New Braunfels yesterday…just a short one. It was a 5K (3.1 miles). Cool part is I got 7th place. BAM! It was way too stinking cold to be running. I am still freezing!
- If you haven’t tried it yet, you need to try some Yerba Mate tea. Pretty good, though I’ll probably stick with my cuban coffee. Thank you Nic!
- Wait til you see the REV Band’s Christmas pictures…coming soon…
- I am PUMPED UP about The Gift this coming Sunday. Get ready Revolution!
December 5, 2011 in
Confessional, Mi Vida Loca, Revolution Church with
- We kicked off The Sound today, a new series of messages on hearing the voice of God. If you missed it check it out on the REV APP later this week or right here online.
- If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. James 1:5
- A few guys in the church built out our HUGE GIFT on stage this week. It turned out great! A big old present that changes colors. Pretty cool!
- I shared about our Christmas services on Dec. 23rd and 24th today and tickets started going fast! Get your tickets here now before they are all gone or visit the REV Cafe on any Sunday.
- Don’t forget about A Night of Worship this Wednesday at 6:30pm. Full kids ministries will be rolling, so bring the kiddos. Also we will have communion and a special “conversation” on stage. Excited about it!
- If you haven’t heard about The Gift yet, check it out here.
- We are shooting video all this week for our first message in 2012. Its called Vision 2012. I am excited about sharing on location with you about the vision and goals God has for Revolution this coming year. Get pumped up!
- We had about 40 people commit to partnership at Revolution this week. Awesome!
- Check out todays pics from Kevin Foster below. You can see more here.
