During the COVID-19 crisis, Northside Church has suspended gatherings in the congregation and community for the near future. However, we continue to offer online worship services Sundays at 9:45 and 11:00 on Facebook and www.Northsideumc.org. The church website also features videos of the services and sermons.

Some churches are calling their online services “Virtual Worship.” Dictionary entries for the word “virtual” include:

• Almost but not exactly in every way a thing or quality
• Seen, heard, or experienced on a computer

At Northside, we reject the first definition and embrace the second. Online worship is NOT “almost but not exactly” worship. Whether worship occurs in person or online, we are the body of Christ praising God.

Join us in worship each Sunday as an online community of faith.

Sam the Yorkshire Terrier watching Northside’s online service last Sunday with me. 

Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner taught me some valuable life lessons as a child. The cartoon characters’ Saturday morning antics revealed:

• When you run off a cliff, keep moving your feet and don’t look down.
• Gravity is a real DELETED BY CENSOR.
• Parasols are poor protection against falling boulders.
• The Acme Corporation sells all the gear necessary to catch a fast adversary.
• Coyotes have more lives than cats.
• Cannon balls sting but cause no permanent harm.

Most of all, the Coyote taught me to keep trying no matter how many times I failed.

Beep, beep!