Northside Church

A United Methodist Congregation

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Did You Know?

Here is a glimpse of some of the ministries that shape lives in the name of Jesus Christ:

 

Adult Ministries

Did you know Travels With Northside has made over 200 day trips and more than 40 overnight trips in its 19 year history?

Children’s Ministries

Did you know the Children’s Ministries Weekdays Within the Ark program has 173 participants and counting?  57% are community participants and 43% are Northside members.

Adult Education

Did you know every Sunday there are approximately 180 adults in Sunday Schools at both the 9:50 & 11:00 hours?

Missions & Outreach

Did you know Northside’s Missions and Outreach Ministries fights homelessness, provides ministry to at-risk youth, gives hope to those recovering from addiction, honors the elderly, and enables us to go into the world loving God’s people? We have partnered with 26 organizations that you can request information about on our website at www.missions.northsideumc.org.

Pastoral Care

Did you know volunteers deliver altar flowers each Sunday to our church members who are in the hospital or those who are homebound?

Did you know during each Communion service, Dr. Gil consecrates Communion elements for volunteers to take to our homebound members?

Did you know we have over 100 volunteers who serve as Sunday Servants?

Did you know we have 65 volunteers who prep, serve or clean-up for Communion?

Did you know we have about 30 prayer warriors who pray over the prayer request list each week?

Did you know a volunteer provides an average of 100 baptismal banners each year to honor and remember the sacrament of Holy Baptism?

Did you know Northside Church offers a Pastor On Call Service for our members who have after hours emergencies?

Preschool

Did you know there are 265 children enrolled in Northside Methodist Preschool, age 18 months to 5 years?

Sports and Recreation Ministries

Did you know Northside Sports & Rec. Ministries mission is “Playing Together for God?”

Did you know Northside Sports & Recreation Ministries reaches out to nearly 3,000 people annually and almost 70% are not members of Northside Church?

Did you know Northside Sports & Rec. Ministries is the only church recreation league in Atlanta that offers a girls lacrosse program?

Did you know Northside Sports & Rec. Ministries is one of the few churches in the country that offers roller hockey?

Stephen Ministry

Did you know Northside Church has trained 97 people to become Stephen Ministers and sent 25 of those to the National Stephen Ministry Leadership Training Course—all since 1993?

Women’s Ministry

Did you know 203 women currently are enrolled in various Bible Studies that Women’s Ministry offers each week?

Student Ministries

Did you know our middle school students eat 1,536 slices of pizza on Sunday nights each semester?

Did you know our students represent 36 schools?

Did you know the average parent has 3,000 hours in a given year to influence a life?

Did you know the average church only has 40 hours in a given year to influence a life?

Cooking Ministry

Did you know Northside Church has a Cooking Ministry Team who gets together once a month, in the church kitchen, to prepare and cook casseroles, soups and pound cakes for people in our church who need a little TLC? This group prepares more than 150 casseroles each year.

Metro Atlanta Project

Did you know M.A.P:

  • is 13 years old
  • has roofed 126 homes
  • has 1,900 student & adult volunteers
  • consists of 28 churches & organizations
  • has 77.3 miles of shingles laid
  • has used 6,700 lbs. of roofing nails.

Contact Us

Northside Church

2799 Northside Dr NW
Atlanta, GA 30305

Phone: (404) 355-6475
Fax: (404) 355-6478

E-mail: info@northsideumc.org

Pastor on Call

If an emergency occurs after office hours, please call the church office main phone number and listen for the prompts, or press "8" to leave a message. The pastor on call will contact you.

Staff

  • Ministers

  • Ministers' Assistants

    • Ellen Griewahn
      Executive Assistant to Senior Pastor
      ext. 1123 Ministers' Assistants
    • Stacey Connell
      Executive Assistant to Senior Associate Pastor & Adult Ministries
      ext. 1128 Ministers' Assistants
    • Gayle Boland
      Administrative Assistant to Pastoral Care
      ext. 1181 Ministers' Assistants
  • Administration

    • Ernest Coleman
      Executive Director
      ext. 1121 Administration
    • Carolyn Scott
      Financial Manager
      ext. 1146 Administration
    • Debbie Jett
      Financial Assistant - Accounts Payable
      ext. 1125 Administration
    • Leslie Bell
      Membership/Administrative
      ext. 1172 Administration
    • Maragaret Sale
      Receptionist
      ext. 1002 Administration
    • Tim Miltner
      Director of Facilities
      ext. 1164 Administration
    • Trisha Kirsch
      Administration Assistant/Office Staff
      ext. 1100 Administration
    • Randy White
      I.T. Coordinator
      ext. 1124 Administration
  • Adult Ministries

    • Anne Parr
      Director
      ext. 1127 Adult Ministries
  • Catering

  • Children's Ministries

    • Rev. Catherine Boothe
      Director
      ext. 1170 Children's Ministries
    • Estee Lassiter
      Director of Childcare
      ext. 1139 Children's Ministries
    • Dana Moore
      Preschool Ministries Coordinator
      ext. 1135 Children's Ministries
    • Jana Parks
      Administrative Coordinator
      ext. 1104 Children's Ministries
    • Marie Smith
      Administrative Assistant
      ext. 1144 Children's Ministries
    • Taylor Driskill
      Elementary Coordinator
      ext. 1138 Children's Ministries
  • Contemporary Worship

    • Chuck Bell
      Director
      ext. 1114 Contemporary Worship
  • Creative Services

  • Drama

  • Facilities

  • Lay Academy

  • MAP

  • Missions

  • Music

    • Michael Moffit
      Director
      ext. 1130 Music
    • Gwyn Bacon
      Organist -- Associate Director, Music Ministries & Worship Arts
      ext. 1187 Music
    • Meredith Baker
      Director of Children's and Youth Choirs
      ext. 1101 Music
    • Jeanette Simpson
      Music Ministry Coordinator and Program Assistant
      ext. 1163 Music
    • Ann Edwards
      Administrative Volunteer
      ext. 1185 Music
  • Preschool

  • Production

  • Sports and Recreation

    • Kelley Stonis
      Director
      ext. 1122 Sports and Recreation
    • Clayton Schmitt
      Assistant Director, Sports League
      ext. 1174 Sports and Recreation
    • Katie Grady
      Camp Evergreen Director
      ext. Sports and Recreation
    • Edie Lvov
      Programs & Administrative Assistant
      ext. 1190 Sports and Recreation
    • Jim Horesco
      Sports Leagues Coordinator
      ext. 1167 Sports and Recreation
    • Jerod Kazemba
      Sports Leagues & Summer Camps Assistant
      ext. 1115 Sports and Recreation
    • Todd Massar
      Roller Hockey Coordinator
      ext. Sports and Recreation
  • Student Ministries

    • Rand Eberhard
      Director & Minister to Students
      ext. 1185 Student Ministries
    • Ellie Walker
      Middle School Coordinator
      ext. 1157 Student Ministries
    • Linda Joy
      MAP Logistics Manager
      ext. 1175 Student Ministries
  • Women's Ministry

    • Sue Allen
      Director
      ext. 1188 Women's Ministry
    • Christa Groves
      Women's Ministry Associate
      ext. 1191 Women's Ministry
  • Young Adults