Echo Church / Rochester MN

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Sunday Service // DUE NORTH: Patience // August 18, 2024 Aug 18, 2024

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Pastor Christy Cass Dive into Colossians 3, guiding us as believers to "put on peace" in our daily lives. Learn how looking North—looking up to God—can help you receive His perfect patience through the Holy Spirit. Discover practical ways to embrace this divine peace, no matter what challenges you face.

Sunday Service // DUE NORTH: Speed of Meek // August 11, 2024 Aug 11, 2024

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Pastor Andy Cass Discover the power of slowing down and embracing meekness in a fast-paced world. Learn how trusting in God's timing can transform your life and passions, guiding you towards true strength and purpose. TEXT: Exodus 2:11-15; Colossians 3:12; Matthew 5:5; Numbers 12:3; James 3:13; Matthew 11:28 NOTES: "Sometimes you have to slow down in order to speed up." "Meekness is not weakness; it's the balance of power and control, speed and steering, seeing and leading." "Meekness is your passion domesticated." – Jamie Winship "Meekness is learning how to manage your pace, drive, and passions." "Unbridled passion is like riding a bike without a handlebar. "Drive your passions instead of your passion driving you." "Opposite of meek is exasperation—all gas and no control.

Sunday Service // DUE NORTH: Humility & Hummus // August 04, 2024 Aug 04, 2024

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Pastor Andy Cass Delve into Colossians 3, exploring themes of humility and humiliation with a surprising twist: hummus. In this message, Pastor Andy shares personal stories, biblical insights, and practical applications to help you understand the importance of humility in your life. TEXT: Colossians 3:12; Daniel 5:28-34; 1 Peter 3:8-9; 1 Peter 5:5-7; Philippians 2:3; Colossians 2:23 NOTES: Big Idea: "Pride will drive you crazy, but humility is like a balm that can bring healing. It has restorative properties for your sanity." Definition of Humility: "Greek- humble opinion of one’s self, a deep sense of one’s littleness, modesty. To lower oneself to raise the other up." Humble doesn't mean broken, humble doesn't mean unable, worthless, or not good enough. 4 Key ingredients to Kingdom Like Humility: a. Gives blessings rather than repayment b. Submits to authority and wisdom c. Considers others better than oneself d. Blends in rather than seeking attention

Sunday Service // DUE NORTH: Kingdom Kindness // July 28, 2024 Jul 28, 2024

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Pastor Andy Cass Explore the transformative power of kindness. Through personal anecdotes and practical applications, Andy challenges listeners to embrace intentional acts of kindness as a daily spiritual practice, emphasizing how it can break shame and reflect God's love in a complex world. TEXT: Colossians 3:1-4,12; Romans 2:4; 2 Samuel 9:1, 7-8,11; Titus 3:4-6; Galatians 5:22 NOTES: -Kindness is meant to Lead you -Kindness has the ability to break shame, for the giver and the recipient. -Random acts of kindness are cool, but intentional acts of kindness are the true work of the kingdom. -Kindness was never meant to be practiced in a perfect, sanitary petri dish, but rather in a dirty, ever-changing, and inconvenient world. -The effects of Kindness are eternal -Kindness is something we are meant to practice. It's never meant to be put on the shelf as a trophy, past achievement, fond memory, or pat on the back. -Kindness will cost you Mother Teresa: "Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless." Henri Nouwen: "Kindness is the language we all understand. Even the blind can see it and the deaf can hear it." St. Francis of Assisi: "Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received... but only what you have given: a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage."

Sunday Service // DUE NORTH: Compassion // July 21, 2024 Jul 21, 2024

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Pastor Andy Cass explores Colossians 3, challenging us to "Look up and Live up" by clothing ourselves with compassion and mercy. Through personal anecdotes, biblical insights, and practical applications, he illustrates how embracing God's compassion can transform our lives and relationships, urging us to let go of anger and resentment to fully live out our purpose in Christ. TEXT: Colossians 3:1-4, 12; Matthew 18:21-35; Lamentations 3:22-23; Romans 12:1 NOTES: "Compassion is never passive; it's always an active heart-to-hand act of worship" A.W. Tozer: "Mercy is not something God has, but something God is. His mercy is everlasting, and it calls us to reflect His compassionate heart in our actions toward others." C.S. Lewis: "To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you." "God's mercy is meant to be a mirror, his compassion is our calling." "You cannot be possessed by anger and fully live out the purpose God has for you." "The overflow of Jesus's heart was not anger, but forgiveness, compassion, mercy, pity, and love."

Sunday Service // DUE NORTH: Chosen // July 14, 2024 Jul 14, 2024

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Pastor Andy Cass In this powerful installment of the "Due North" series, Pastor Andy delves into the transformative truth that we are chosen, holy, and dearly loved by God, challenging us to embrace this identity and live it out. Through personal anecdotes, biblical insights, and practical applications, he inspires us to look up, live up, and extend God's love to others, reminding us that our heavenly calling has profound earthly implications. TEXT: Colossians 3:1-4; Colossians 3:12; Deuteronomy 7:5-9; Acts 4:13; Psalm 139:14; 1 Peter 5:7; 1 John 3:1 NOTES: Main Points- 1. You are Chosen, Holy, and Loved by God 2. God chooses us not because we're perfect, but because He loves us 3. As God's chosen people, we choose to love others into His Kingdom BIG IDEA: As God's chosen people, we choose to love others into His holy kingdom. "Jesus' definition of holiness is not moral perfection but confession. Allowing God to see you" - John Staton "We're free to be loved for who we are, but yet loved into who we are not yet." - John Marc Comer "THIS IS WHO I AM: CHOSEN, HOLY, LOVED" "God loves the underdog!" "What people can't see, God does, his vision is perfect!" "Love is not a moment, not an expectation, no ill motive, but just a fact."

Sunday Service // DUE NORTH: Kill'in it // July 07, 2024 Jul 07, 2024

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Pastor Andy Cass Join Pastor Andy in our Due North series as we recount a challenging 222-mile tandem bike ride for a cause. Learn how to confront and "kill" earthly desires, discovering your true potential and the power of living with purpose. TEXT: Colossians 3:1-4, Colossians 3:5-10, Romans 4:19, Hebrews 11:12, Exodus 34:14 NOTES: Cadence of Heaven- Raised Up / Seek Up / Think Up "Your almost-dead things can grow bigger than you think and quicker than you can imagine." "Your Preferences can become a prison." BIG IDEA: Let the Bible determine what you carry, and let the Bible determine what you bury. Due South: Body // Desire for what’s not yours Motive // Unseen selfish Desire. Mind and Emotion // Desire driven by feeling Lust/Covet // Desire for more Greed // Desire to Keep "Able to flourish with the most exuberant, lush, beautiful, life-giving fruits. The heart can also cultivate noxious weeds that crowd out eternal life. The heart is the soil from which our desire grows. When the heart is cultivated, good desires grow...We will grow whatever we water in our gardens." -AJ Swoboda

Sunday Service // Joe Anderson: The Tension of Redemption // June 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024

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Joe Anderson In this powerful message, Joe Anderson takes us on a journey through pivotal moments in his life, weaving together personal anecdotes with the transformative power of faith. Through his captivating storytelling, Joe illustrates how Jesus' redemptive work has shaped his experiences, offering listeners a relatable and inspiring perspective on the intersections of life and faith.

Sunday Service // DUE NORTH: Raise, Seek, Think // June 23, 2024 Jun 23, 2024

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Pastor Andy Kicking off a new series called "Due North," focusing on raising our perspectives, seeking higher things, and thinking about what's above. He encourages the congregation to elevate their faith by standing firm in Christ, looking towards heavenly treasures, and aligning their thoughts with God's purposes, all while sharing personal anecdotes and introducing an exciting charity bike ride challenge. TEXT: Colossians 3:1-4; Matthew 7:24-25; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Genesis 19 NOTES: RAISED UP: You have been raised in Christ, saved, rescued, redeemed, forgiven, adopted, and called. Your foundation is in Christ. SEEK UP: Direct your attention upward, focusing on heavenly things rather than earthly concerns. THINK UP: Focus your mind on things above, taking every thought captive for Christ. Cadence of Heaven: Raised Seek Think "Where you Stand will Determine your Perspective." "You can't keep looking up when you look down, You can't move forward when keep looking back" "Some of us ride the elevator and never get out. With our faith, we go up to the 100th floor but never step out, God has more for your!"

Sunday Service // Bold Vibes: Pastor Isiah // June 16, 2024 Jun 16, 2024

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Pastor Isiah Pastor Isiah delivered a powerful sermon urging the congregation to boldly live out their faith and share the gospel message without fear or hesitation. Drawing from biblical examples while emphasizing that true boldness comes from being firmly rooted in Christ and the Holy Spirit's empowerment.

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