Revive Worship Family,

What a glorious day Easter Sunday was! I’m not sure if I’ve heard our people sing louder. It was such a blessing to be present, much less be the pastor that morning as we celebrated the Risen Christ.

Christ the Lord is risen!

From here, we head into the Great Fifty Days of the Easter Season, a time to reflect on what it means for us, and the world, that Christ rose from the dead and is Lord of all. So, at FUMCA we’ll be taking an opportunity to dive into a book of the Bible that gets to the heart of the love of God for the world - and God’s desire to renew the world under the lordship of Christ.

This Sunday, April 3, we’ll begin a new journey:

Our Easter Season 2016 Worship Series:

Revealing Revelation

The Book of Revelation has been controversial since its inception. Its vivid imagery, depictions of violence and empire, and cryptic allusions to the return of Christ have made it a book that is easy to misuse and misinterpret.

But, what if we took Revelation and refused to get caught up in picking apart its symbols … Trumpets … Dragons … Numbers … And read it as a letter to people, to churches, in trouble and losing their faith.  What if we took this book and realized it was from a servant of Christ to fellow servants of Christ that said this:

This is hard right now.

And it might get harder.

But hold onto Christ -

God is with us.

This Easter Season we’ll take on the mysteries of the Book of Revelation, and wonder together of the life God calls us to as people of God in the world that longs for the Kingdom of God to break through.

April 3 - Revealing Revelation

Revelation 1:4-8

April 10 - Worthy is the Lamb

Revelation 5:11-14

April 17 - Bigger than Us

Revelation 7:9-17

April 24 - City of God

Revelation 21:1-6

May 1 - No More NIght

Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5

May 8 - Benediction

Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21

I hope you’ll join us each Sunday for the next six weeks as we read this powerful book!

In Christ,

Pastor Jarrod