Announcements

If you'd like more information or wish to sign up for any of the events listed below, we'd love to hear from you! You can email us at .

Community Group Sign-ups

Consider joining a Community Group to help navigate life's ups and downs and grow together spiritually. CG's are a space to hang out, pray, grow together, and do life with one another. We currently have 4 groups for the Fall. If you're interested, sign up on the back table or email .

Online Group - Mondays 7:30pm

Scripps Ranch/Mira Mesa Group - Wednesdays 7pm @ John's

Family Group - Once a month in UTC area

UTC Group - Tuesdays (once a month for now)

10/26 - Parent Workshop
Join us for our upcoming Parent Workshop right after service on October 26th at the Bread of Life church office on Miramar Rd. We will watch a powerful talk from the Orange Conference by Pastor Roy Grant titled “Parents as Team Captains.” This session will emphasize a straightforward and practical approach to parent-led discipleship. Lunch will be provided. If you have any questions, please reach out to Pastor Mariah after the service.

11/23 - Thanksgiving Celebration

Our Annual Thanksgiving Celebration is coming up on Sunday, November 23rd! We'll have our 10 service, followed by a potluck lunch at 12pm, and then a jigsaw puzzle contest at 1pm. It'll all take place at Doyle Elementary. Think of a dish you'll be bringing to share as well as people you plan to invite! This is a great way for our community to come together and express thankfulness to God and one another.

Amor Trip Interest
The youth group is discussing a potential Amor Mission Trip next year to build a house for a family in Mexico. Pastor Mariah is gauging interest to see if there are enough participants. If you're curious or want to learn more, send us an email or you can speak to Pastor Mariah after service.

Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting
Join us before service at 9 a.m. for our Sunday Morning Prayer Meetings. We'll gather outdoors in front of Doyle to pray for our church community and its leaders. Take this time to connect and listen to God. Everyone is welcome! 

Ethnos Parents - New webpage to reduce paper waste! We're thrilled to introduce our Weekly Parent Cue webpage, where you can find resources to support your child's spiritual growth. This webpage is accessible with the passcode EthnosKids92122. It features weekly devotionals and guides that connect to what your kid/s learned in Sunday class! Check it out.

Community Groups (CG) - Community Groups are our way of connecting with one another throughout the week. Our hope is to foster friendships where we can be seen and heard in our authentic selves, and experience God's goodness with one another. The current CG schedule is listed below. If you're interested in checking one out, let us know by sending an email to 

Online Group - 7:30pm Mondays

UTC Group - 7pm Tuesdays @ UTC

Mira Mesa/Scripps Ranch Group - 7pm Wednesdays @ John's

Family Group - 4pm Saturdays (monthly) @ Nobel Lucera

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Journey With The Spirit

When were you glad to go out of your comfort zone?

Acts 16:12-15
12 From there we traveled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district[a] of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days.
13 On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. 14 One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message. 15 When she and the members of her household were baptized, she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.

Acts 16:16-18
16 Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.” 18 She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her.

Acts 16:25-34

25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone’s chains came loose. 27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33 At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. 34 The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.

Jesus encounters those on the outskirts.

• Gentile God-worshipping businesswoman
• Slave girl with an evil spirit
• Jailer assigned to guard the prisoners

How might the Spirit lead you to those on the margins?

Acts of faith multiply.

Who is in your influence?

Faith gives the strength to face the uncomfortable.

 
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Community Prayer

Pray For Community Groups

• Pray that every person at Ethnos would experience meaningful community where they feel seen and heard.
• Pray for groups to grow in support and trust with one another, as honesty and vulnerability play an important role in spiritual journeys.
• Pray for groups that have specific needs: one for a long-term meeting location, and one for new leaders next year.

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