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Good morning…

I am grateful to be the Women’s Ministry Director at Northside Church. My spiritual gifts have grown deep roots and fresh fruits in the rich nurturing soil of our family of faith. My True Self comes alive in collaboration with the diverse, creative people in our loving community.

As we move toward the Lenten season, check out the life-giving opportunities available. Our six-week class and our annual Women’s Lenten Communion Service welcome women within driving distance, our Ash Wednesday service is open to everyone in the area, and our online Lenten devotional invites anyone to sign up, nearby or faraway. Wherever your feet are, come alive in community as God threads the winter with spring.

Self to Lose—Self to Find

A Six-Week Series Using the Enneagram

Thursdays 11:30AM–1:00PM | March 14–April 18 | Room 308
Facilitators: Emily Wingfield and Sue Allen

Lent is a soulful season of self-reflection, and the Enneagram is a fascinating tool giving us words to describe our thoughts, our values, and our inner motivations.

March 14 | Overview of the Enneagram

March 21 | What Number Best Describes Who I Truly Am?

March 28 | The Influence of My Wings and My Arrows

March 4 | The Roots of My True Self

March 11 | The Layers of My False Self

March 18 | Surrendering All of Me to All Of God

“The Enneagram is more than an entertaining game for learning about oneself,” writes Christian mystic Betty Skinner. “It is about change and making a turnaround…a turnaround in how we deal with the compulsions we have developed without even being aware of them. It invites us to go beyond… to take steps into the domain of freedom. It points to specific directions for individual growth and for improving relationships with family, friends, and co-workers. Studied carefully and without judgement, it is a powerful tool for reconciliation and self discovery.”

This Lenten season, why not commit 90 minutes each Thursday to explore the difference between your adapted self (that you have developed to make it through the world) and your authentic self (who God created you to be)? Join Emily and Sue in exploring the wisdom of the Enneagram.

Please register using the link below. There is a $20 fee for materials.

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Other Lenten Opportunities
“My Love Story…What’s Yours?
March 12 | 6:30PM | Chapel


Lent is a time when God’s uncanny love story crescendos beyond the cross to pursue us personally. Northside member Lou Winship shares with us God’s unique invitation into deeper intimacy birthed through what she lovingly calls her “Coming Apart/Spiritual Awakening.”
Ash Wednesday Worship
March 6 | 6:30PM | Sanctuary


During this service, we are reminded of God’s faithfulness and our sinfulness and recommit our lives to serving Christ. There will be an imposition of ashes. The sermon will be given by Rev. Catherine Boothe Olson and James Johnson. You can also pick up your Lenten Devotionals at this time.

They were continually filled with praises to God, enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord kept adding to their number daily those who were coming to life (Acts 2:47, TPT).

…Sue…