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From this point on we will no longer be posting anything to this blog - everything will be posted to our new website:

Http://www.iamrevolution.tv

Check it out - search around - there is a ton you can do on the new website!!!

Rev Staff Boy Band - Merry Christmas from I am Revolution on Vimeo.

Last night we had Pastor Larry Bettencourt come and continue our series on Identity. Pastor Larry was our old youth pastor and the founder of Revolution. It's always a blessing to have him come back!

We had an awesome night! Worship was unbelievable!




Here are some of the nuggets from PL's message last night:

**Identity is formed by the truths you believe!


**It's better to be disliked for who you are than liked for who you're not

• As Christians we need to grow up by continually learning new truths from God's Word - as we continue to learn the Word and Practice it - we build a strong foundation that can't be broken. (PL used an awesome illustration with sticks!)

• Consistency=Power - 4 steps to consistent Christian Growth:
• Devotions - spending time in the Word, Prayer, Worship
  
• Going to Youth Group
• Godly friends and Mentors
• Asking questions and giving answers
  

Don't miss service tonight with Guest Speaker: Pastor Larry Bettencourt!!

Pastor Larry will be speaking on Identity! To check out Pastor Larry's ministry click here!

Be there and bring a friend!!!

We hope all of you have an amazing Thanksgiving!!

Don't forget about the Turkey Bowl this Friday (November 28th) at 8 a.m. at the church. The first 30 people to come will receive a free Turkey Bowl t-shirt.

There is no cost for this event. Doughnuts, Coffee, and Hot chocolate will be provided!

Be there!

Just a reminder that we will not have Revolution this Wednesday because of Thanksgiving. We encourage you and your family to attend Victory’s Thanksgiving Service, Tuesday evening.

Have a great Thanksgiving and we’ll see you at the Turkey Bowl!

Attention Fellaz: Don't missed Geared: Paintball this coming Sunday. Here are the details:

When: Sunday, November 23rd from 1-6 p.m.

Cost: $30 (includes transportation, 4 hours of paintball, paint, and equipment)

Registration: We'll start registration immediately after the 11 o'clock service Sunday. You'll need your money and a signed waiver from a parent!

Be there and be prepared for battle...

If you're not on Twitter yet- You're missing out!!! Here is a video that explains what Twitter is and how it works - in plain English!

You can Follow:

• Revolution
• Pastor Nathan
• Laurie Hurst
• Bubba Smith
• Sean Moore
• Cory Vogan

Jump on the Twitter Revolution today!

Questions with Swanson from I am Revolution on Vimeo.

Our one and only.... Swanson!

Identity – A series that will teach you who you really are and how to become confident in the person God created you to be.

The Breakfast scheduled for this Saturday (November 8th) has been cancelled! Sorry for the inconvienience!

• Over 180 students came to Revolution!
• Over 27 students got saved!
• Bubba got hit by 12 paint balls and tackled twice in his chicken costume
• Pastor Nathan had an awesome message on the Power of One (Listen to the podcast here)

Don't forget to:

• Sign up for Rev Texting by texting revolutionmobile (as one word) to 66937
• Become a fan of Revolution on Facebook here!
• Follow Rev on Twitter!

We have an awesome service planned out for you guys this coming Wednesday! Don't miss it! Be there!

Don't forget to bring your friends to Rev this weekend! For every guest you bring you'll have an opportunity to win an iPod touch and your guest will have the opportunity to win a Mac Mini!

We're going to have a powerful service where your friends will get to hear the Word of God and have an opportunity to start their journey with God!

We want all 3 weekend services (Sat. @ 6 p.m., Sunday at 9 & 11 a.m.) to be packed!

BE THERE!

So last night Denny Pattyn wrapped up our series "Going all the Way" He did an amazing job! Some of our favorite nuggets were:

• There is a generation rising up that has a higher standard - God's standard
• Our generation is creating history - we'll read about this in the years to come
• Your body and sexuality are more powerful than you could ever imagine
• There are 30 STD's around today, 4 are incurable
• Most people don't find out they have an STD until later in life
• 65,000,000 people have an incurable STD - 1/4 of the population
• You can get STD's through both oral and regular sex
• Teenagers are more likely to get STD's than adults
• You can't be sexually active and grow in your relationship with God

Niki Wolbert as Sarah Palin!

Josiah Long as a Punk Rocker

We have awesome things coming up in November - Get ready!!!

Thanks to everyone who participated in dressing up last night~!

We're wrapping up a series at Rev called Going all the Way. This past Wednesday as well as the weekend we had the Rev staff and 2 of our leaders answer students questions on sex, dating, and the single life. Here are some of the best questions we got:

1. How much does a kiss mean to you?
   
2. Is it ok for gays to have parades or whatever according to God?
3. How far is too far?
4. How do you know when you've found "the one"
5. How do you tell someone you don't love them when they tell you they love you?
6. Is masturbation ok?
7. How sacred is marriage? If it's so sacred how did it get so demoralized in our culture? What is God's view of marriage?
8. Where do we need to get our love? Not the dating kind, but the kind where you know who you are and than you're loved and that we're important...and how?
   
9. What sort of situations should you avoid being in with the opposite sex?
   
10. How do I get over the brokenness of breaking off a bad relationship?
    
11. My entire family has never abstained from sex before marriage. How do I keep myself pure when I'm surrounded by that negative influence?
    
12. Is sex before marriage ok if you've been together a long time or if you're engaged (you know you'll be with them the rest of your life.)
13. What do you do if you have a bf/gf and your parents don't know about it?
14. Is it possible for relationships that aren't God-centered to survive? How does our society do it?
15. What are some specific standards and boundaries in your relationships with others of the opposite sex?
16. What if one of your friends cheated on their bf/gf... what do you do?
17. What is the difference/line between infatuation and real love?
18. What do you do if your parents are encouraging you to wear make up and date the "right" guys for your reputation?
19. How do you get over a broken heart?
20. Where do you see most people "miss it" when it comes to dating?
    
21. What if I've had sex with my bf/gf and can't stop... I know it's wrong, but it's so hard. What can I do?
    
22. What if I'm in a relationship I know I shouldn't be in, but I'm afraid to break it off?
    

Going all the Way: Question and Answer

This Wednesday (Oct. 22) and this weekend (Oct. 25th and 26th) we're going to be having a board made up of: Pastor Nathan Hurst, Laurie Hurst, Sean Moore, Bubba Smith, Vanessa Phillips, and Laura Steidel that will be answering your questions on sex, dating, and the single life.

We've been collecting your questions all month long and will also give you opportunities to ask questions during service.

There are 2 ways to get your questions in during service:

• Open Mic - We'll have someone with a mic and you can ask your question live

• Texting - You'll be able to text your questions in to a number we provide for you!

This is an awesome opportunity so come expecting and come with questions! See you there!

Don't forget that this Sunday we'll be having our Father-Son Steelers Party from 1-4 p.m. in the youth center.

Cost: $10 per Father/Son combo or $5 by yourself

**Includes lunch buffet!

**If you're dad for whatever reason is unable to come... You're still more than welcome to show up!

So come eat and watch the game on the big screens! See you there!

Revolution now has text messaging!

Text revolutionmobile (1 word) to 66937 and jump on board.

Why get Revolution texting?

-Get updates on upcoming events via texting

-Take part in live polls during services via texting

Don't miss out on this! It's sick!

We had a great service Wednesday night! We had our second "Dating 101" video staring Pastor Skip Dangle that will be up on our Vimeo site soon! We had a completely different structure to our format last night! We love to switch things up!

Pastor Nathan continued our series "Going all the Way" with a great message. Here are some of the highlights:

• "Where is the midget bus so I can laugh then leave this parade"
• "Midgets fall off trucks cause their hands are too small... then kids catch them and ask their parents if they can keep them."

Top 5 things that will derail our sexuality:

• Self Image, Media, Hormones, Music, Peer Pressure
• To remain pure you have to make the decision that you'll remain pure regardless of the circumstances.
• If you make a decision in the moment... you'll get stuck with things you never asked for.
• Virginity is the one thing nobody can take away from you, and the one thing that those who have given theirs away can never turn around and say that they remained a virgin until they were married.
• We were created to feed our needs and we'll either feed them with our appetite for the things of God or for the things of the world.

Overall it was a great night! Don't miss this weekend... amazing things will be in store!

Dating 101.1 from Revolution Student Ministries on Vimeo.

Check out our latest message at Rev by Pastor Nathan here!

Then subscribe to our podcast by copying this url in your itunes subscription bar:

http://lifeatvictory.com/revolution/podcasts/feed.xml

It'll change your life!

If you were unable to attend the Student Leadership training event on Saturday here are some things you need to know/do:

• Pick up a Core Student Leadership application, fill it out, and return it to Sean
• Pick up your free copy of Help! I'm a Student Leader from Bubba.
• Contact the leader of the area you are interested in serving in at Rev Wednesday or e-mail them to see what you missed and what they need you to do.

Here is their contact information:

Prayer Team - jc@revolution4u.com

Worship - seanmoore@lifeatvictory.com

Greeters - luann@revolution4u.com

Media - nathan@rev412.org

We're excited to see you make a difference at Rev through the gifts God has placed inside of you!

Intro to Fear Factor week 4 from Revolution Student Ministries on Vimeo.

Last night was our last night of Fear Factor! In the finals were Anna Bettencourt and Rebecca Sicilia! They had to eat two live Madagascar hissing cockroaches!

It was absolutely disgusting!




Rebecca Sicilia (pictured below in the black shirt) ended up taking up the grand prize of a flat screen TV! It was pretty sweet! Congratulations to Rebecca and Anna and everybody else who participated!




As for the rest of service... Pastor Nathan Hurst (our new youth pastor) made his debut at Rev! He did a phenomenal job preaching! The biggest takeaway I had was:

The greatest thing I can give back to God isn't the gift of talent He gave me . . . it's when I live a life sold out to God so that who I am as a person gives him glory. (Great nugget!)

Then Pastor Nathan and his wife Laurie opened up the floor to the youth for any questions they had for him to get to know him better... you'll have to listen to the podcast for answers, but some of my favorite questions were:

• What's the worst thing you've ever done?
• Who wears the pants in your relationship?
• To Laurie - Is Pastor Nathan hard to put up with?

This Saturday we'll be having our Student Leadership Training from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.! Breakfast and lunch will be provided!

There are 4 areas that students will be able to serve and get trained in:

• Worship
• Media
• Prayer
• Greeters

If you haven't already done so... fill out a card at Rev and turn it in or e-mail Sean Moore at seanmoore@lifeatvictory.com and let him know if you're coming and where you'd like to serve.

See you there!

The Blender of Fear

• Pickled pigs feet
• Beef Broth
• Onions and Onion Juice
• Olives and Olive Juice
• Artichoke hearts
• Sour Cream
• Spam
• Canned Beef

Nasty!!! Do not miss the final round this Wednesday at Rev!!!

His Beloved/Geared Olympics Recap 9.6.08 from Revolution Student Ministries on Vimeo.

So we had our second round of Fear Factor last night! The 7 contestants had to bob for worms in a mix of tuna, olives, olive juice, and sardines. The first 4 students that got 10 worms are moving on to round 3 next Wednesday. It was pure insanity!

As far as service was concerned: SICK!

It was an awesome service. I loved our worship set and thought Sean and the band did a great job! I love that song "Always Forever" by Phil Wickham. I get pumped up!

Sean spoke on overcoming our fears in life. I thought this was one of the best messages Sean has preached! Listen to the podcast! It will change your life!!

This weekend I'll be continuing our series on Fear Factor... it's going to be awesome! Be there!

Tonight is our 2nd round of Fear Factor! Do not miss this! Only 5 of our remaining 7 contestants will move onto next weeks competition!

So come out for a great night! We have a great night of worship for you and Sean will be throwing down the Word!

Get Excited!

So we had 13 contestants crazy enough to be a part of Fear Factor! In our first night we had 2 rounds with the hope of having 8 people move on to next weeks challenge. We ended up with only 7 people who survived!

Round 1 consisted of the Buttermilk Chug followed by the 2nd round in which contestants had to keep crickets in their mouth for 45 seconds, chew them, swallow them, and then down 2 goldfish! Nasty! All of this in hope that 3 weeks from now one of them will be walking home with a 26 inch flat screen TV!

Come out and check out our 2nd week of Fear Factor next Wednesday and see which of the 7 contestants will conquer their fears and move onto the next round!!

For the actual service we had an amazing time in Worship with Sean Moore and then we had our 4:12 Students run the entire service! From announcements by Jesse and Niki to Offering by Laura and Katie and everyone gave a quick testimony of what God did in and through their lives over the summer! I am so proud of all them and they did a great job!!!

Hello all, Sean here letting you know that you have the power. The power to choose which praise and worship songs you want played during our All Worship Night on Wednesday, October 1st.

All throughout September, you can vote for however many worship songs you want. The poll is set up so you can choose more than just one song on the list. If you don't recognize the song, you can always look it up online to refresh your memory. The one you certainly won't recognize quite yet is "Always Forever" by Phil Wickham. That's because it is new for the month of September.

Happy voting!

• You must sign up and get a waiver signed by your parents by Wednesday, September 3rd. (Please turn them into Madeline!
  
• You must be there on Wednesday, September 3rd and if you are one of the winners to move onto the next round you have to be there the following week for Round 2 or 3 or 4 or you will be disqualified.

You could be seeing one of these guys -------->

All month long we'll be teaching on becoming a contagious Christian. How do you really become effective at winning people to Christ? It's going to be an amazing series... Don't Miss it!!!

See you there!!!

• Students have way more potential than any of us realize

• Students can work a lot harder than people give them credit for

• Students want to make a difference in the lives of other people just as much as anyone else does

• Students that are on fire for God are contagious and effect everyone around them!
  

Yesterday evening we had an unbelievable back to school event with a concert from Third from First. We ended the night with gutter sundaes. It was an awesome event!!!

Do not miss this Wednesday for our Back to School kickoff Concert. I honestly believe Third from First will be one of a top christian artists in the years to come (I should be their manager!). I heard these guys at a youth camp and have fallen in love with them.

Check out their MySpace Page and Sample their music here!

We'll also have some giveaways and gutter sundaes!

BE THERE .....

Another Wednesday service has come and gone. Tonight it was not Sean Moore on the stage leading our worship, but rather it was Zack Blair gracing us with his vocal and guitar skilz (that's right... with a "z"). At the same time it was not Bubba that was our orator, but rather it was Sean Moore. I know, I know... things are all topsy-turvey. So, where was Bubba? Sitting on the back row. Will he be back? Tune in next week to find out. Anywho. We had a new announcement video this week, and here it is for your viewing pleasure:

Announcements 8.13.08 from Revolution Student Ministries on Vimeo.

Hey Everyone! Just a reminder . . . if You're coming to Cedar Point with us you need to be at the church between 5:45 and 6 a.m.! Make sure you've paid and have a signed waiver! We're pumped!!! See you there!

Tonight's service was a great time indeed. We had the return of Sean Moore to the stage for a very nice worship music set.


We also had the premier of a new series of announcement videos featuring Jesse Swanson and Niki Wolbert. Hilarious it was indeed. If you wish to contact Niki, you can by e-mailing her at niki@rev412.org. If you wish to contact Jesse, you can by e-mailing him at jesse@rev412.org.

Announcements 8.06.08 from Revolution Student Ministries on Vimeo.
And then there was Ben Rath. That is right, the blogger from the Rath Faction graced us with his presence. Here are a few of the high lights from his message:

• Your purpose is fulfilled through you, but it’s for others
• Vision is when you SEE your purpose & imagine how you will fulfill it
• Vision is your core beliefs (your uncompromising tenants)
• Vision is the ability to see farther than your physical eyes can look
• There are no extra laps in life