![]() ![]() That key verse defines the motto of Echo Church: "Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."-Psalm 19:4 You'll see several iterations of the logo throughout our site and social pages, all designed by our very own Andrew Springsteen! We love the way he visually interpreted this Scripture: The website is updated now and will continue to have tweaks. We revealed our new logo and colors on Sunday. All of us being on the same page is a huge blessing to Echo. Again, we are so thankful for your care for one another. Stay tuned & we will keep you updated.Please pray for our wisdom as leaders and share any thoughts or ideas you have to stay connected during this season. But with current infection rates, this may not be safe to attempt. We are planning the parameters for a service in our building. Our goal would be to try and meet as a full church on November 22 for a Thanksgiving service. Anyone is welcome to join and connect with others, take communion together, and discuss the morning message topic. In November, each yard can determine if they'd like to meet based on weather and health.īeginning in November, besides the outdoor yard options, Shanté will be hosting a weekly Zoom gathering at 11:00 a.m. This Sunday, Oct 25, backyards are meeting and you can join Dillon & Kathy's yard via Zoom at 11am. It was a blessing to spend time as a church in God's presence, worshiping and communing. We again thank you for being flexible as we navigate 2020. Though our hands and feet were cold, our hearts were warm with joy. Post/Tweet this today: Grace living gears back and gets with God.ANNOUNCEMENTS Worship services: an updateīIG THANKS to everyone who braved the rain and cool temps to celebrate Echo's 15th anniversary in the park last Sunday. Taken from Reading #15 in the 90-day devotional book, “Seeking God in the Psalms”… This qualifies you for closeness to Christ. There is intentionality that goes into intimacy. Instead, hang out often in a scheduled quiet time with the Lord. It is not like the adult child who only comes close to home when he needs something. He trusts them because they are nearby to hear His instructions and obey His commands, to hunger for His heart and thirst for His trust. God trusts those whom He holds close to His chest. Clean hands and a pure heart raise us up. Nor are we to serve our Lord with the dirt of denial under our fingernails. We would not expect a server in a restaurant to bring out our meal with soiled hands. Pride may be masked in the moment, but over time it will lash out in anger and rejection. A soft-spoken person who has a hard heart is still in the foothills of faith, outside the mountaintop of maturity. It is when what we say we believe transforms the way we talk and relate to others, that we draw into intimacy with Jesus. Our ways have to match our words or no one will listen to our claim of loyalty to the Lord. Closeness to Christ comes when we align both our actions and our attitude. Try living with one and not the other, we still limp along, distant from the Lord. Our behavior and our beliefs both need sanitizing. It is an outward and inward purification that we pursue. So we approach the holy hill of the Lord with clean hands and a pure heart. We lay our lies before the Lord and ask Him to convert them to honesty and uprightness. We ask God to remove our anger and replace it with patience and kindness. We come clean over our lust and covetousness. We confess motives that are full of self and void of humility. So as we ascend to the Almighty by faith, we ask Christ to clean us up so we can go up. The air is crisp and clear of earthly pollution. The snow-capped mountain of God is pure and clean. We are from the dirt in the valley and He is high atop His holy mountain. But the impure of heart are like blind bats fluttering around in futility. We struggle to see God when we have not cleansed our heart. Dirt in our heart throws off dust in our eyes. A life of chronic activity misses intimacy with the Almighty.įurthermore, closeness comes from cleanliness. Just as a teenager has to slow down long enough to be with his or her parents, so we have to gear back and get with God. But it is not without effort on our part. There is no earthly substitute for the fulfillment and the feeling of significance that comes from snuggling up to our Savior. It is closeness to Christ that calms our heart, engages our mind, and sets our feet to dancing. ![]() It is closeness to Christ that instills the best perspective. It is closeness to Christ that reveals our sin and leads us to repentance. It is proximity to Christ that places us close enough for Him to wipe away our tears. Sincere worshippers of God long to be close to Christ. ![]()
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