The journey of genuine transformation to emotionally healthy spirituality begins with a commitment to allow yourself to feel. Feelings are an essential part of our humanity and unique personhood as men and women created in God's image. Scripture reveals Jesus as an emotional being who feels as a person. Having been created in his image, we also are created with the gift to feel and experience emotions. Some of us may have learned that feelings are not to be trusted; that they are dangerous and can lead us away from God's will for our lives. While it is true that we are not to be led by our emotions, they do serve a critical function in our emotional health and ultimately in our relationship with God. “Dear friend, I hope all is well with you and that you are as healthy in body as you are strong in spirit.” -3 John 2- Ethos is a life-giving community committed to keeping Jesus at its Center. We are on a mission to love all people in Jesus' name so that we may all Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, & Make a Difference. EthosOH.com Small Groups: EthosOH.com/Community ServeColumbus.org

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Emotionally Healthy Church // Permission To Feel Pain | Pastor Jordan Smucker | 10.17.21

We hear the language “follower of Jesus” all the time, but what does it really mean? Put simply, it means we reorganize our life around three goals; be with Jesus, become like Jesus, and do what Jesus did. That’s it. But that is an entire life’s pursuit, it does not happen overnight. It is not about trying, it is about training, and it is not just an event on a Sunday, but a “way” of life in community around the teachings of Jesus. To live this way means we need to be transformed, from the inside out. Through teaching, practice, community, and the Holy Spirit, we learn what it means to be a follower of Jesus, not simply a Christian. “The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heart-breaking needs, is whether those who are identified as Christians will become disciples – students, apprentices, practitioners – of Jesus Christ. Steadily learning from Him how to live the life of the Kingdom of Heaven into every corner of human existence.” -Dallas Willard- Ethos is a life-giving community committed to keeping Jesus at its Center. We are on a mission to love all people in Jesus' name so that we may all Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, & Make a Difference. EthosOH.com Small Groups: EthosOH.com/Community ServeColumbus.org

Vision Sunday | Pastor Jordan Smucker | 09.26.21

As we move forward together as followers of Jesus, we need partners for this journey, a community to help us along the way. Jesus invites all who follow him to be a part of a new family. This family of God is not a social club or a group of friends who look, think, and talk similarly. But rather a community of people committed to following Jesus’ way of life. And despite the work it takes, the fights we will endure, and the learning we will do along the way; together we are figuring out how to be with Jesus, become like him, and do what he did. “And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.” -Ephesians 3:18-19- Ethos is a life-giving community committed to keeping Jesus at its Center. We are on a mission to love all people in Jesus' name so that we may all Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, & Make a Difference. EthosOH.com Small Groups: EthosOH.com/Community ServeColumbus.org

Brick By Brick // Building Church Like A Family Together Part 2 | Pastor Jordan Smucker | 09.19.21

Jesus likened his community to a family. At first this sounds nice and even sentimental, but actually this was one of Jesus’ most radical ideas, one that got him killed. It was radical in the first century, and it’s just as radical in the 21st century. In this teaching we will discover and learn why. “Jesus replied, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” Then He looked at those around him and said, “Look, these are my mothers and brothers. Anyone who does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.” -Mark 3:33-35- Ethos is a life-giving community committed to keeping Jesus at its Center. We are on a mission to love all people in Jesus' name so that we may all Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, & Make a Difference. EthosOH.com Small Groups: EthosOH.com/Community ServeColumbus.org

Brick By Brick // Building Church Like a Family Together | Pastor Jordan Smucker | 09.12.21

Ethos is a life-giving community committed to keeping Jesus at its Center. We are on a mission to love all people in Jesus' name so that we may all Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, & Make a Difference. EthosOH.com Small Groups: EthosOH.com/Community ServeColumbus.org

Brick By Brick // Building In The Gap Together | Pastor Vinnie Posteraro | 09.05.21

Much has been said and written about the differences between each generation in our nation. Unfortunately, there is a generational divide that inhibits God’s people from working together on God’s agenda, but it doesn’t have to be that way. In this teaching, we are exploring what it would take and what it could look like for a community of Jesus followers to be so committed to passing the baton of faith from one generation to the next. That even our very differences would lead us to God’s plan for us, for the future. We all play a part in helping the next generation win so let’s build together. “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful.” -2 Timothy 4:7- Ethos is a life-giving community committed to keeping Jesus at its Center. We are on a mission to love all people in Jesus' name so that we may all Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, & Make a Difference. EthosOH.com Small Groups: EthosOH.com/Community ServeColumbus.org

Brick By Brick // Building The Next Generation Together | Pastor Jordan Smucker | 08.29.21

You may not realize this, but God desires to speak directly to you, and He wants to be in constant and continual conversation with us. We must let the simple understanding that God wants real communication with us, sink in and grab hold of our hearts. Once we do that, understanding and recognizing His voice becomes natural and easy. And we begin to see that communication with God is just as much of us recognizing and hearing His voice as much as it is God desperately wanting to talk to us. That is healthy communication. Think about what that means in your life to have constant communication with God. He wants to be with us and help us in every aspect; from relationships, to work, to finances, to your family. Hear God’s voice and watch how it transforms your life. “But Jesus told him, “No! The scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” -Matthew 4:4- Ethos is a life-giving community committed to keeping Jesus at its Center. We are on a mission to love all people in Jesus' name so that we may all Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, & Make a Difference. EthosOH.com Small Groups: EthosOH.com/Community ServeColumbus.org

Prayer For Normal People // How To Hear God Speak | Pastor Jordan Smucker | 08.22.21

Archbishop William Temple was famously quoted as saying, “When I pray, coincidences happen, when I stop praying, the coincidences stop happening.” When we reflect on our lives and the times when we have prayed or neglected prayer, many of us would say the same thing. Prayer means many things to many people, but at its simplest and most immediate, it means asking God for help. In fact, God not only permits us to ask for His help, but He also encourages us to do so. As our heavenly Father, He loves to show off His love and power by responding to our prayers that are according to His will. “You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!” -John 14:13-14- Ethos is a life-giving community committed to keeping Jesus at its Center. We are on a mission to love all people in Jesus' name so that we may all Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, & Make a Difference. EthosOH.com Small Groups: EthosOH.com/Community ServeColumbus.org

Prayer For Normal People // Practical Petition, Loving Intercession, & Unanswered Prayer | Pastor Jordan Smucker | 08.15.21

Have you ever felt like prayer is for everyone, except for you, a normal person? Often when we pray, we expect God’s voice to boom like thunder...but mostly, He whispers. We expect Him to wear tap dancing shoes that we can hear coming down the hall, but He tiptoes and hides from the crowd. We expect Him to be strange, but He comes to us disguised as our life. Prayer is far more normal than we realize. But the best way to start praying is to stop praying. To pause. To be still. To breathe easy and remember that God is God and we are not. “Some boast in chariots and some in horse, but we will boast in the name of the Lord, our God” -Psalm 20:7- Ethos is a life-giving community committed to keeping Jesus at its Center. We are on a mission to love all people in Jesus' name so that we may all Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, & Make a Difference. EthosOH.com Small Groups: EthosOH.com/Community ServeColumbus.org

Prayer For Normal People // To Start We Must Stop Part 2 | Pastor Jordan Smucker | 08.08.21

Prayer is a vast subject, of which there are no experts (besides Jesus, of course). As a community, we are spending the next four weeks on prayer while recognizing that we could easily spend forty weeks on this subject. Therefore, we want to narrow this down a bit. This series is aimed at new Christians and ordinary followers of Jesus who may not have studied theology and do not consider themselves Jedi prayer warriors but would like to still grow and go a bit deeper in their relationship with God. In the words of Abraham Heschel, “Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.” Our English term for prayer comes from the Latin word; precarious. We pray because life is precarious. So, the question is not so much why we pray, but rather how and to whom. Let’s begin there. “When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.” -Matthew 6:6- Ethos is a life-giving community committed to keeping Jesus at its Center. We are on a mission to love all people in Jesus' name so that we may all Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, & Make a Difference. EthosOH.com Small Groups: EthosOH.com/Community ServeColumbus.org

Prayer For Normal People // To Start We Must Stop | Pastor Jordan Smucker | 08.01.21

Summer With Ethos // 4 For 7 | Maddie Rinaldi / Brian Johnson / Lane Yerrick / Khandice Baertsche | 07.18.21

“but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth” - Acts 1:8 NASB Ethos is a life-giving community committed to keeping Jesus at its Center. We are on a mission to love all people in Jesus' name so that we may all Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, & Make a Difference. EthosOH.com Small Groups: EthosOH.com/Community ServeColumbus.org

Summer With Ethos // The Essential Worker | Pastor Seth Humphries | 07.18.21

When thinking on purpose in life, we tend to immediately think on, “my purpose.” When truly, pursuing purpose in life is all in pursuing God’s purpose for our lives, not our own. We tend to want to know the big grandiose picture of what our purpose is supposed to be while we are here on this earth. And all God asks of us is to say yes to His daily instructions and to trust Him, and He will be faithful to reveal His purpose to us in His timing. All the while understanding that whatever His purpose for us each individually is, it all comes back to one central point; bringing glory to God while we are here on this earth. “It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone.” -Ephesians 1:11-12- Ethos is a life-giving community committed to keeping Jesus at its Center. We are on a mission to love all people in Jesus' name so that we may all Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, & Make a Difference. EthosOH.com Small Groups: EthosOH.com/Community ServeColumbus.org

Summer With Ethos // Pursuit of Purpose | Andrea Plummer | 07.11.21

Ethos Church || Columbus, Ohio Ethos is a place where people are given an opportunity and a platform to step into the things that God has gifted them to do. A church that is a team and a family. One that lives life together. One that wins together and loses together. A church that loves all people. A church big enough to reach the world and small enough to feel like home.

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