Echo Life Church: Recent Episodes
Echo Life Church
Echo Life Church is a life-giving church located along the Emerald Coast in Pensacola Florida led by Pastor Joe Driver. We are a proud member of the Association of Related Churches (ARC) and are Chuch plant number 621.
Following the recommendation by the CDC to suspend gatherings of 250+ people we have made the difficult decision to suspend our services this Sunday. In the midst of this difficult time, Echo Life is committed to helping people wherever we can. Right now, the best way we can do that is to join with people across the world and fight to βflatten the curve.β We love our church family, and weβll see you for worship online.
In the last installment of this series we're looking at the later years of the reign of King David.
Wedding vows are more than just words - they hold the keys to a strong, lasting marriage. Let's discover the secret to tying a knot that won't come undone in this series.
In this message Pastor Joe strives to empower you to leverage every opportunity to make this a meaningful holiday season. Our challenge in this series is to look at the Christmas story with fresh eyes and experience Christmas again.
Here in part two of this Series we begin to focus on the many decisions we are faced with during the holiday season. we want to intentionally focus on those decisions that can draws closer to Christ this time of year.
Kicking off this series Pastor Joe discusses how the Church is still very much involved in Christmas. We start looking at the Christmas story, and we begin with John the Baptist.
LifeAtTheTable - Meals can help us remember. Pastor Joe wraps up this series with Biblical feasts and their significance in how they relate to us today.
LifeAtTheTable - The table is Life-giving. We learn that the table brings with it good health, good relationships, and it's good for the soul. God designed us to find Fellowship around the table.
LifeAtTheTable - In this series Pastor Joe talks about how we can reclaim the table. We were created in such a way that we could come together and eat together.
As we wrap up this series pastor Joe touches on some of the identifiers and markers that let us know what we should be doing if we are followers of Jesus Christ.
This series is titled 'this is what we do' because these are the marks of somebody that has faith, the signs of our beliefs. Simply put: we pray, we give, we go. Today pastor Joe touches on giving; giving up our time, giving of our abilities, or giving of our finances.
In week 1 of this series Pastor Joe tackles prayer. How the importance of prayer really moves the needle in your faith, and really shows others what your faith is all about.
Celebrating Vision Sunday we look at where we're headed as a Church and celebrate some "God Moves" that have happened in and around Echo Life over the last 20 months.
Vision Sunday: Pastor Joe casts a vision for the church. This week we focus on where we are... without vision people feel hopeless.
Pastor Joe teaches from the book of Jonah and tackles the very tough topic of depression and suicide. It's okay to not be okay.
If you're suffering from depression and having thoughts of suicide please don't suffer in silence!
Call The National Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Or Visit: http://anthemofhope.org/
Often we find that storms in real life parallel the storms in our lives. Today pastor Joe teaches from Acts 27 ... Real peace doesn't come from the absence of the storm, it's from the presence of God.
Sometimes in life, we encounter storms, these times in our lives we may be battered and beaten. However, there is hope! Pastor Joe talks about biblical ways we can overcome storms in our lives and how we can learn to bend and not break.
John 16:33 βIn this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.β As we start this new series Pastor Joe looks at different story's in the Bible and relates them to real-world situations that we all deal with.
Vickery Center is unavailable so will be having Church online. Pastor Joe discusses as Christians how do we deal with difficult people? We'll look at how the Bible says we should handle this topic.
In the fourth installment of you asked for it series pastor Joe tackles the question of "how do I share my faith" with practical real-world answers.
Pastor Suzannah teaches us some biblical principles on raising kids and how to apply them in today's world and shares some stories of her own experiences raising three children.
As our series continues we tackle some of the tough decisions we make in our lives. Pastor Joe guides us on a Biblical approach to making decisions that better align with God's will.
Pastor Joe tackles the topic of stress through a Biblical lens. We are reminded that in this world we will have trouble, but through Jesus we have rest.
The Vickery Center is unavailable on this day so we're having Church Online, Call your friends, cook some food and host a watch party at your house!
Pastor Joe recaps Serve Day. There is a desire and all of us for joy, and happiness so many times we try to find a substitute. Far too often we look two things of this world to satisfy us, but they never do for very long.
We learn that God has a huge heart for those outside the fold, outside the fence, and outside the family. As of church, we exist for those not here yet.
Because of Jesus, we have a reason to celebrate. We learn that bad assumptions about people lead to bad assessments, and bad assumptions about God have led to terrible assessments.
Sometimes we find that we have a bad view of God. For many of us, we find that we have Sunday school answers for grown-up questions. Too often, we are least aware of what's most constant in our lives.
Joe takes on a four-week series studying in the book of Hebrews. One last look at Hebrews chapter 11 and the stories that motivate us to live our own story. When we see these stories of faith they encourage us to live out our own.
Fathers Day 2018 Joe takes on a four-week series studying in the book of Hebrews. Happy Father's Day! We continue to take an in-depth look at Hebrews chapter 11. When we can build on the faith that's been given to us, we're going to be able to stand taller and see further.
Joe takes on a four-week series studying in the book of Hebrews. We should be encouraged by other people's faith. Other people's faith can help us stand taller and see further. This can help us get a clear line of sight for what God wants in our lives. God removes our past so he can redeem our future.
Joe takes on a four-week series studying in the book of Hebrews. Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.
Hebrews 11:1 NLT Faith allows us to live expectantly knowing the outcome is in the hands of God. The emphasis on this faith is an expression of our confidence in God's promises.
"We is better than me... Don't do life alone" Two are better than one because there's a return on that investment. Being together with others is going to set you up to fulfill the God-given purpose inside of you.
Special Guest: Pastor Greg Surratt, founder of Seacoast Church and Co-founder and President of the Association of Related Churches (ARC)
Ever feel like you were made for more? Well, you were! You were fearfully and wonderfully made by a loving God who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.
As we look at the Book of Judges Pastor Joe discusses the story of Deborah. Sometimes life can feel like a Battlefield, but there's hope for you. You need to know that in the midst of your battle God is faithful to hear you and God is faithful to rescue you.
Pastor Joe finishes up his series and YOU are invited! Do you have the guts to live a fixer-upper life? An in-depth look at the book of Nehemiah. Your life is an invitation. What kind of Life are we inviting others to? You were made to make a difference. The renovation is it just for you, it's for other people to see & experience.
It's never too late to start and it's always too late to quit. We have to take a look at our lives and let God identify the areas that need renovation. It's never too late to start and it's always too early to quit. Never settle for less than what God has for you.
We've all got issues, we've all got stuff in our life that we wish wasn't there. Sometimes we find parts of our life that desperately need breath from God.
Before the new can come in the old must come out. If we are truthful, there are things in our lives that need renovation. God knows who you are right now, where you are right now... but he also knows who you can become. God has not only counted the cost but paid the cost for you to live full lives.
Joe challenges us to inspect our lives and see where we can make changes in how we are living. You can't defeat what you don't Define. In order to fix up our lives, we have to start with inspection and work towards health and wholeness that we can all experience. Our prayer today is that we will give God the flashlight of our Lives and he will look in the attic and the basement and the crawl spaces and look into our heart and show us where we need to find some healing.
We've all experienced bad news and we struggle with how to reconcile it. Often we look for the right answers in the wrong places. However, there is good news. The Gospel is good news.
On palm Sunday we continue to explore the last week of Jesus life. Jesus is for our city and so are we. We have a part to play, we need to be for the things that Jesus is for. If we're going to leverage everything God's given us, our city should reflect that. We learn that there is no greater symbol of the Gospel than serving other people.
If we're truthful and look at our lives we see that we've fallen short and scripture lets us know that. God's word lets us know that we're all on level ground, we're all equal in the sense that we've messed up. Romans 3:23 NIV "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God". The good news: that's not the final word, Jesus had something else to say about this.
At some point in our lives, we've all felt like an outsider. In this series, we're going to take a look at the last week of Jesus's life, and we're going to see in a more heightened and highlighted way what Jesus is all about. Jesus is for Outsiders.
Pastor Joe wraps up this series on love, dating, and marriage. (This message is PG-13) Too many people associate the word "No" with God's view of us and with God's view of sex. Today we dive into romance and intimacy and see what God has to say about the lies that we hear and the truth that he has for us.
As we continue our series on love, dating, and marriage we understand that relationships take work. Any of us have an advanced in the areas that it takes to have a lasting relationship. We learn that our highest potential reach and our greatest satisfaction is when the creation is used in accordance with its design.
As we continue our series on love, dating, and marriage Pastor Joe asserts that many of us haven't matured past High School when it comes to the way we view relationships. Too often we look at relationships and try to see what we can take from them. When we can't find our significance in Christ we start searching for it in someone else.
Pastor Joe begins a series on love, dating, and marriage. We are reminded that God designed relationships. We've developed myths about relationships because culture has been the loudest voice in the room. Stop looking for an outside answer to an inside problem.
As pastor Joe wraps up this will series continue to look at Luke 2:52 - have you ever been in a season of life that you wish you could just skip past? Small steps now will lead to big change later.
As we continue to unpack Luke 2:52 we learn that we are better together. Proverbs 3:3 "Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart." Outwardly, inwardly, you need kindness and truth. It needs to be outwardly shown and inwardly sewn into our lives.
Echo Life Church turns 1 year old. Psalm 115:1 "Not to us, Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness." Grow: to progress, to advance, to move forward. That's the call for this church to move forward, because those that stay in the past never have much of a future.
As pastor Joe continues to unpack Luke 2:52 we look at every area, how to better ourselves as Jesus did. Today pastor Joe focuses on favor with God. Define: Favor is unearned Grace.
As we begin 2018 Pastor Joe reminds us if there's always an opportunity for a new start. Over the next 5 weeks Pastor Joe will unpack Luke 2:52 "And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man."
Looking at Luke Chapter 2 pastor Joe talks about how we can look at biblical principles to move forward into the new year.
Pastor Joe invites us to celebrate this Christmas Eve with a message of Hope, Joy, and Love. We are reminded that Jesus brings light to the world.
Our world needs the best of what Jesus brought to it. We need more joy, we need more hope, we need more love, and we need more peace.
This Christmas season pastor Joe asks the question "what are you hoping for?"
Romans 15:13 NIV May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Pastor Joe kicks off a new series to start the Christmas season. Our hope is that looking at the Christmas story with new eyes we'll see God's plan for this season to be Amazing!
Pastor Joe wraps up his Imagine If series by looking at the last two chapters of Galatians. If Believers really captured what Paul was saying in this "Manifesto" imagine what the world would look like.
As we continue this series, we see the central theme of this message in Ephesians 3:20-21 "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."
Pastor Joe continues the series as we study Galatians chapter 5 & 6. God wants us to trade in all our "only if's" for all his "imagine if's".
Sometimes we find ourselves in a season of busyness, sometimes we need to take a step back, look back at God's word and do some dreaming again. Pastor Joe poses the question "imagine if money wasn't a problem and failure wasn't an option, what would you do?"
Pastor Joe wraps up this series on looking back to move forward. We are commanded to be witnesses to all the world.
As we look back we discover that our call is to be a witness. Good gifts aren't meant to be buried. We need to understand that there is a great gift in the Holy Spirit.
Pastor Joe continues his series looking back to move forward. It's crucial for us to look back in God's word see what he prescribes for us today.
Pastor Joe Begins the series on looking back in order to move forward. We are reminded that the church is a movement, and movements move.
Pastor Joe kicks off a new series based on topics you picked. Pastor Joe tackles the question "why are we so stressed?"
Wrapping up this series on rest, Pastor Joe explains how in our lives we need moments of rest. Jesus teaches that we need to be deliberately planning moments of rest.
As we wind down the craziness of Summer Pastor Joe start a quick two-part series on rest.
Pastor Suzannah share some stories about growing up on a farm and we learn that God often wants to use our flaws and our failures towards a greater future for us.
Everyone is on a spiritual journey, Pastor Joe discusses the next steps we must take to Aid us in our journey.
Wrapping up our party series we learn that Jesus came to seek and save the Lost. That Jesus came for everybody, that we all might know him.
The party continues here at Echo Life Church, when you look at God's word we realize that God is a Party throwing God... and you're invited!
Echo Life Church turns 6 months old, Pastor Joe recaps Serve Day. Jesus came to throw a party. Jesus cares about the big things in your life, but Jesus also cares about the small things in your life.
The heartbeat of this message it's the power of serving. Matthew 20:28 NIV "just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.β
As we wrap up the series on prayer, Pastor Joe discusses bad prayer patterns and how we can activate a prayer life that we enjoy.
Pastor Joe continues the conversation on prayer by dissecting The Lord's Prayer. Jesus came to bridge the gap so we could have a close personal relationship with a powerful, personal God.
On Father's Day we celebrate all men and pastor Joe continues his series on prayer. Joe discusses the relationship that we have with God as our Father.
Continuing our series on prayer. Have you ever felt like God is not listening? Pastor Joe explores what the Bible has to say about unanswered prayers.
A series on prayer; incorporating prayer into our lives. God wants to be so much more than a Sunday God. Apart from Him we can do nothing!
Finishing up our series from the Book of Proverbs. Pastor Joe touches on relationships from a biblical aspect. We have to stick to God's standards.
Practical wisdom from The Book of Proverbs. In our lives, we need to put wisdom to work. Pastor Joe discusses biblical concepts of money.
Joe continues his study on the Book of Proverbs and talks about wisdom in families. Pastor Joe focuses on relationships in families. Suzannah has a special message for all women. (No video available for this service )
In this series, we study the Book of Proverbs. In our Modern Age, we have the world of knowledge at our fingertips but we still struggle to make wise decisions. If we let God Infuse in us and we learn how to be wise people it will make a difference now and for all eternity.
We all have negative behaviors that keep us from our very best. There are things in our life that we need to stop doing. Complaining tries to put limits on a limitless God.
In this series Pastor Joe focuses on Jeremiah 35 - when we grow closer to Jesus things change for the better. Don't sleepwalk through life. Pastor Joe explains the importance of being baptized.
Pastor Joe takes on Truth vs Facts. We live in a generation where so much information is at our fingertips, yet we have so little objective truth. We bust through the lies to reveal the truth with one word: Grace. Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith---and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--- not by works so that no one can boast.
A three-part series studying the book of Jonah. God is grace. You are valuable to God, where you see a bad story God sees a backstory.
A three-part series studying the book of Jonah. Jonah cries out to God. We learn that prayer must be our first response, not our last resort.
A three-part series studying the book of Jonah. Jonah runs from God, what are you running from? What's your Nineveh? We need to change our perspective.