Revolution Church Annapolis

4.30.22 - People of Real Connection (Clare B.)

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5.14.22 - Survival Is Insufficient: The Faith Parables of Jesus (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Luke 11:1-13 & Matthew 21:28-32 “When you chase survival, when you chase self-sufficiency, the best you can ever hope for is appreciation. But when you admit weakness, you can experience love. If faith is confidence in God’s promises and God’s character, the only way you will ever truly discover it is by learning to more deeply–and more audaciously–depend on Him.” REFLECTION/DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: Have you ever felt like you are in “survival mode”? Kenny said that one of the con...

5.7.22 - Pursuing and Praying for Connection (Self-Guided)

“RECONNECT,” WEEK 4: PRAYING FOR OUR CONNECTIONS Over the last 3 weeks, we have been exploring what it means to reconnect in a “post”-pandemic world: with our faith, with the church, and with one another. At the center of these conversations has been a discovery that the truth is we are already connected, and the challenge set before us is to better see and better respond to our relationships. Here’s how we have tried to map out this challenge: God has already sought us out: are we willing...

4.23.22 - A Church In Need Of Connection (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Revelation 2:2-5 & Ephesians 4:11-16 ***AUDIO UNAVAILABLE; TRANSCRIPT OF THIS WEEK’S MESSAGE BELOW**** Good evening, everybody. It’s good to be with you again. Tonight, we are continuing in the second week of our series on reconnection. Last week, we started things off by talking about what it means to reconnect with God. If you weren’t able to join us, we said that reconnection with God has two basic components. The first is that God has come to find us where we are. This, I ar...

4.17.22 - Easter Sunday: A God Who Connects (Kenny Camacho) (Copy) (Copy)

SCRIPTURE: John 15:1-13 “It’s time for reconnection; truly it is. It’s time to see God not as Someone to chase but as Someone to trust. It’s time to see your faith not as a source of certainty but as a place for growing confidence. We can do this together, because God has grafted us into each other’s lives, just as branches are grafted alongside one another into a vine. We just have to remain…and to remain is to simply be in love: with God, our gardener; with Jesus, our Savior and hope; wit...

4.17.22 - Easter Sunday: A God Who Connects (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: John 15:1-13 “It’s time for reconnection; truly it is. It’s time to see God not as Someone to chase but as Someone to trust. It’s time to see your faith not as a source of certainty but as a place for growing confidence. We can do this together, because God has grafted us into each other’s lives, just as branches are grafted alongside one another into a vine. We just have to remain…and to remain is to simply be in love: with God, our gardener; with Jesus, our Savior and hope; wit...

4.9.22 - When Is A Kingdom Not A Kingdom? A Look at Jesus’s “Kingdom Parables” (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Mark 4:31-32 & 4:26-29; Matthew 13:33,13:44, & 20:1-16; Luke 14:16-24 “Jesus identifies with us, so we can be incorporated into Him. Jesus chooses to experience all the messiness of a human life, including mockery and abandonment and false accusations and even torture and death, so He can wholly and fully identify with His own Creations. We have a God who fully and personally sees us, so that he can then bring us to true and complete liberation from our smallness, our meanness to...

4.2.22 - Mark 8 & 9: Who Does JESUS Say He Is? (Dante Griffin)

SCRIPTURE: Mark 8:22-9:29 “Jesus didn’t come to be a social revolutionary, although he continues to upend societal norms and structures. He did not come to reveal a more ethical and moral way to live, although that can be a consequence of following him. He did not come to be the greatest teacher of all time, or the greatest prophet, although he is all that and more. Jesus came to suffer, die and rise from the dead. His words: not mine, nor anyone else’s. To miss this point is to miss the re...

4.17.22 - Easter Sunday: A God Who Connects (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: John 15:1-13 “It’s time for reconnection; truly it is. It’s time to see God not as Someone to chase but as Someone to trust. It’s time to see your faith not as a source of certainty but as a place for growing confidence. We can do this together, because God has grafted us into each other’s lives, just as branches are grafted alongside one another into a vine. We just have to remain…and to remain is to simply be in love: with God, our gardener; with Jesus, our Savior and hope; wit...

3.26.22 - Mark 6, 7, & 8: Feeling Again (and Again) the Generosity of God (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Mark 6:30-8:21 “We have to experience God routinely…because if we don’t, the gap between what our fear leads us to believe about God and the God who truly is will keep growing. We need to keep seeing Him with a soft heart. We need to be eager to have our assumptions challenged, to have our ‘minds blown’ by Him! What we have in Jesus is unimaginable access to an utterly overwhelming God, and what is so wild and excessive and inconceivable about God? It’s His grace. It’s his unthin...

3.12.22 - Mark 2 & 3: Redefining Our "Circle" (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Mark 2:23-3:35 “Do we really believe Jesus is most interested in those of us who are still in the midst of sin, of rebellion against God and against him? Or do we think, ‘yes, he loves those people…but he most loves me because I pray and read my Bible and go to church every week’? The Bible tells us that Jesus is the kind of shepherd who leaves the 99 sheep in order to go find the 1: from the perspective of those 99, is this really good shepherding? And if you believe that you ar...

3.5.22 - Mark 1 & 2: Rethinking Fasting, Purity, and Healing (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Mark 1:29-2:22 “This is the very heart of what we have so often gotten wrong in the American church: we’re supposed to be aiming at something. We’re not supposed to be trying to go backwards, to a point when we used to be healthy! Jesus is here for the sick, and if Jesus really is the Messiah, that means we have to rethink our Savior in Jesus’s terms: is the goal to restore Israel…or to grow Israel? Is the goal to restore me, or to grow me? This is our good news: every day, God w...

2.19.22 - An Introduction to Mark: A Gospel of Trials (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Mark 1:1-28 “The Gospel of Mark is meant to invite Christians to keep their questions in front of them, because it will ultimately be those questions that see us through our own trials. If we think our faith is just about what we have declared we believe about Jesus–“Jesus is my Savior!”–we are still keeping ourselves at the center of things and putting our hope in our own strength. But the Christians in Rome are at this very moment learning the limits of their own courage in the...

2.12.22 - The Parable of the Sower (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Mark 4:3-20 “The Parable of the Sower makes us wrestle, but we are richer for that wrestling. We grow. Which, in the end, is exactly how the parable says things work: when we are planted in a place that is deep, when we reach down into the difficulty of things, we begin to flourish. Shallow understandings wither, or are snatched away. Emotionalism and sensationalism don’t endure. The Kingdom of God is a place where seeds scattered in dark places, even ones far from the path, can ...

2.5.22 - A People Sharing Wonder (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Luke 2:16-18, John 4:28-42 & 20:11-18 “I want to challenge you to let go, little by little, of the desire to control your faith, to hold your beliefs in a clenched fist, and then I want you to experience the wonder of an infinite and loving and personal God. Then, as you experience it, you can let yourself share it the way you share anything that causes you to feel wonder: not in an effort to convince someone of anything, but out of a conviction that what you have seen is simply,...

1.29.22 - A Place of Holy Mystery (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Colossians 2:2-10 “Just as Jesus is somehow home to the fullness of something impossible, the church is meant to be a home to that fullness, too [...] And we’re called to this because the world needs it. This whole time, the world has preferred a version of God that helps to explain us: why we’re here, who we are, what we’re meant for. But the truth is that we exist in order to testify to the nature and the mystery of Him: we feel love in a way that overwhelms us, but is just a f...

1.22.22 - In Search of Confidence, Part 2: One Step at a Time (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Mark 10:17-31 “If the rich young ruler’s mistake was searching for safety in what he has already done, and if the disciples’ mistake was resting in what Jesus will eventually do, the actual place where confidence seems to grow is in a daily, living relationship walking alongside Jesus right now.” DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: This week’s message was all about where we find our “wealth,” or the sense of security and safety we create for ourselves…and which we struggle to “give up” in o...

1.15.22 - In Search of Confidence, Part 1: Load Bearing (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Matthew 14:22-33; also Matthew 8:23-27 & 4:18-20 “We all want certainty in our lives, especially in times like these, when answers and clarity feel so hard to come by. But we also need to consider what it means for our God to have created a world where certainty is so rare, where so much is unknown, where our perceptions are so limited, and–most importantly–where the desire for certainty so often leads us to put all of our trust in ourselves. What if what we are really meant to ...

1.15.22 - In Search of Confidence (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Matthew 14:22-33; also Matthew 8:23-27 & 4:18-20 “We all want certainty in our lives, especially in times like these, when answers and clarity feel so hard to come by. But we also need to consider what it means for our God to have created a world where certainty is so rare, where so much is unknown, where our perceptions are so limited, and–most importantly–where the desire for certainty so often leads us to put all of our trust in ourselves. What if what we are really meant to ...

1.1.22 - 2021 Year-In-Review: Permission to Hope (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Romans 15:1-13 “God is our living hope. When we call out to Him, when we surrender ourselves and our expectations to Him, we are not living in fearful anticipation, crossing our fingers and throwing wishes at a genie in the sky: we have hope. We may not know what God’s plans are going to look like, but we know they won’t be stopped, by us or anybody else, and at the center of them is His holy and immeasurable love for us. So, if we believe that, what in the world could keep us f...

12.18.21 - Peace (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Micah 5, Psalm 84

12.11.21 - Joy (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Zephaniah 3 “In God’s economy, we are always moving from an initial state of stubbornness, of rigidity, of overconfidence and arrogance into a state of humility, of gentleness, of flexibility, of submission. We are becoming softer, not harder! And the more we change, the easier it is for us to catch, to receive, God’s love for us...and then to share it. Our joy is increasing, it’s ahead of us. There is no time better than this one, than Advent, to be reminded of what is to come.....

12.4.21 - Love (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Luke 1.67-80 (Zechariah’s Song) “Here’s the thing: real love seeks another’s good. It’s not just about convincing somebody that we like them. It’s about putting their wellbeing, their growth, their wholeness, their fullness above our own. In some ways, that’s a kind of self-sacrifice…but I think it’s more than just the old words about dying to ourselves. It’s also the joy of seeing someone open a gift! Our God sacrifices himself; our God paves the path to redemption; and our God ...

11.27.21 - Hope (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Psalm 25:1-10 REFLECTION/DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: How would you define “hope”? Our theme for 2021 has been Permission to Hope. Have you learned something about hope over the course of this year you can share? Kenny’s big point this week was that the reason we often miss what God is doing is because our sights are set on what we would do rather than the kinds of things God does: our imagination is too small, and we are “looking for socks" instead of the good and amazing gifts God...

11.20.21 - Psalm 44 (Paul McGrew)

11.13.21 - The Echo (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 13:1-19 “God is the one who says, ‘I will give up something important to me to show you I’m serious about knowing you.’ He’s the one trying to cross the gap between us...because of course he is! Isn’t that what a God who is more just, more kind, more loving than us would do?” SCRIPT AVAILABLE HERE! REFLECTION/DISCUSSION QUESTIONS: The “paradox” at the heart of the letter to the Hebrews is that even Israel’s long story needs to be understood as a reflection of what Jesu...

11.20.21 - Psalm 44 (Paul McGrew)

11.6.21 - The Long Climb (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 12.3-29 “What we need in order to change is God’s constant presence in our lives: his loving forgiveness and his encouragement of our becoming the people he created us to be. Discipline is a scary word, but it doesn’t have to be scary in practice: we just have to stop running. We have to stop hiding. We have to stop avoiding the conversation, avoiding the pain that might flow from it...because what we’re really doing is trying to avoid having to change.” DISCUSSION QUEST...

10.30.21 - Hebrews 11.1-12.3: The Long Race (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 11.1-12.3 “What can we do? We can live in relationship with God. We can fix our eyes on his example, and hold on to the combination of confidence in faith and humility in certainty Jesus embodies. When we wander from the actual example of Jesus into our assumptions about what God should do, we tend to cheapen our faith and trade it for pride. But the thing that makes faith so special is that it’s the only sense we have that forces us out of ourselves, out of our own narr...

10.23.21 - Hebrews 10.19-39: The Long Rescue (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 10.19-39 “Here’s the truth: when things are hard in the world, when it seems like God’s plan is either failing or taking far too long, we have to lean on each other if we’re going to really remember the promises our hope is built on. We can’t trust them on our own, because the best evidence we have to support what we believe is the love and the transformation we see in others. It’s hard for me to see what God is doing in me! But I can see what he’s doing in you. I can see...

10.23.21 - Hebrews 10.19-39: The Long Rescue

SCRIPTURE: Hebrews 10.19-39 “Here’s the truth: when things are hard in the world, when it seems like God’s plan is either failing or taking far too long, we have to lean on each other if we’re going to really remember the promises our hope is built on. We can’t trust them on our own, because the best evidence we have to support what we believe is the love and the transformation we see in others. It’s hard for me to see what God is doing in me! But I can see what he’s doing in you. I can see...

10.17.21 - Psalm 77 & Our 11th Birthday! (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Psalm 77 “This year, we’ve been talking about discovering our permission to hope, and Psalm 77 gives that effort a clearer expression and vocabulary than any other we’ve seen thus far. Here, where we have been and what we have seen helps to resolve our doubts about God and to have a stronger sense of his love and his character. Then, those very things enable us to look ahead to our future with confidence that, whether we succeed or fail, God will continue being who he has consist...

10.9.21 - One Church, Many Doors (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 3:3b-9, Colossians 4:7-18 “There is one church in Annapolis–one church in the world–and we are a door among other doors into it. If we’re going to actually be a contributing part of the entire church’s success, we have to start thinking radically about what it means to be a part of the whole. We have to lean in to what makes this door distinctive and effective in its particular and unique context...and we have to lean out over to the side to make sure that the doors...

10.2.21 - To Seek the Flourishing of the City (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Jeremiah 29, Philippians 2:5-11 “We need to seek our city’s flourishing for our city’s benefit rather than our own. We need to seek it because sharing love and kindness in our neighborhoods gives people reason and permission to have hope that there really is a God of Truth and Power and Justice in the universe. We simply cannot let our hopes for our own success or our own fame get in the way of that: we can’t insert ourselves between the hope we exist to share and the God whose g...

9.25.21 - A Safe Place to Ask the Hard Questions (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Matthew 23:3-5, John 3:2-10, John 3:16-17 “The author of John’s gospel says that ‘God sent his Son into the world not to condemn it, but to save it through Him.’ This means there’s no shortcutting the relationship, because that relationship is actually the means God is using to save the world. In Jesus, the big picture and the little picture come together, and our questions find an Answer that sends us all the way back to the beginning, calling us to actually live differently. Th...

9.18.21 - No Perfect People Allowed (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Luke 23:39-43, 1 Timothy 1:12-16 “The story of the Bible begins with a garden that is in perfect balance. Then, the human beings God puts there (the human beings God entrusts with that space!) mess it up. The consequence is that they get kicked out: “no imperfect people allowed.” But every page of the Bible that comes after that is telling a story about God’s plan to bring them back home. Which makes one thing absolutely inescapable for those who set out to obey and follow God: o...

9.11.21 - A Church for People Who Don't Like "Church" (Josh Burnett)

9.4.21 - A Church Plant Planting Churches (Matt Murphy)

In this series, we will be exploring how God has formed and shaped the mission and values of our church over the last 11 years. This week, Matt Murphy—who was once our worship leader, then our executive pastor, and now works for Stadia Church Planting to help hundreds more churches get started each year!—shares about how church planting has been a key passion at Revolution since the very beginning. By sponsoring planters, hosting church planting residents, sending out members to join new pla...

8.28.21 - Psalm 138 (Scott Shelton)

8.21.21 - Jesus and the Woman Caught in Adultery (Dante Griffin)

8.14.21 - Balaam, His Talking Donkey, and the Importance of Struggling with God Together (Kenny Camacho)

8.7.21 - Elijah and the Prophets of Baal (Paul McGrew)

7.31.21 - Just Whose Fiery Furnace Is This, Anyway? (Kenny Camacho)

7.24.21 - The Judge Gideon and 'Imposter Syndrome' (Matt Murphy)

7.17.21 - The Judge Deborah (Ivy Connelly)

7.10.21 - Moses, "Jaws," and the Nehushtan (Kenny Camacho)

7.3.21 - Jacob Wrestles With God (Kenny Camacho & Fred Miller)

6.26.21 - The Creation Narrative(s) (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Genesis 1 & 2 CHALLENGES: Know God. He’s real. We need him. We’re made for relationship with him. So listen for him. Talk to him. Build that rhythm into your day. Start this week! Know Others. He’s telling a story that’s bigger than the two of you! To see what he is doing, we need to listen and learn. Don’t focus on what you are defending...ask questions this week. Of your neighbors. Of your co-workers. Learn stories...you will see God in them. Know Creation. This might sound ...

6.19.21 - Psalm 50 (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Psalm 50

6.12.21 - Nomadic Vision (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: 1 Peter 4:7-5:14