Westside Podcast

Send us Fan Mail How do you keep loving someone when it costs you time, comfort, or more than you expected? This week on Midweek Motivation, Jess sits down with Evan and Tamara for an honest conversation about grace and love in action. They share how Jesus has changed the way they see people, what it takes to keep showing up, and how caring for a parent became an unexpected part of healing old bit...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Westside! Engage in the chat and Follow along with message notes at https://www.westsidecommunitychurch.com/notes-resources Join us as Pastor Gabe Kolstad shares a message on how love is a verb. #loveisaverb #thepeopleexperiment #Jesus #fullservice #fullchurchservice #christian #sermon #worship #westside #church #2026sermon #churchonline #gabekolstad Westside is a place...

Send us Fan Mail When his high school locked phones away during class, some students literally sobbed. Then something changed: they started talking, laughing, and actually listening again. This week on Midweek Motivation, Jess sits down with Matt, a high school principal, husband, and dad, to take an honest inventory of what's pulling us away from what matters most. Building on Pastor Ken&apo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Westside! Engage in the chat and Follow along with message notes at https://www.westsidecommunitychurch.com/notes-resources Join us as Pastor Ken Wooten shares a message on how what we love shapes how we live. #loveshapesourliving #thepeopleexperiment #Jesus #fullservice #fullchurchservice #christian #sermon #worship #westside #church #2026sermon #churchonline #kenwoote...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone has that one person who's hard to love. But what if part of the problem is how we show up? This week on Midweek Motivation, Jess sits down with Nancy, a psychologist and coach, to unpack the question from the weekend message that hit a lot of us hard. Nancy shares five words that change how you handle difficult people, why the thing underneath anger is usually fear,...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Westside! Engage in the chat and Follow along with message notes at https://www.westsidecommunitychurch.com/notes-resources Join us as Stephen Radie shares a message on loving difficult people. #lovingdifficultpeople #thepeopleexperiment #Jesus #fullservice #fullchurchservice #christian #sermon #worship #westside #church #2026sermon #churchonline #stephenradie Westside...

Send us Fan Mail How many people have told you "call me anytime"? And how many times have you actually called? This week on Midweek Motivation, Jess sits down with Rachel to talk about hiding, being seen, and why confession might be one of the best gifts God ever gave us. Rachel shares how she went from wanting to be invisible to making friends at the grocery store, what clown classes ta...

Send us Fan Mail Follow along with message notes at https://www.westsidecommunitychurch.com/notes-resources Join us as Gabe Kolstad delivers a message titled Drop The Act: The Authenticity Experiment. #droptheact #theauthenticityexperiment #thepeopleexperiment #Jesus #fullservice #fullchurchservice #christian #sermon #worship #westside #church #2026sermon #churchonline #gabekolstad Westside is a p...

Send us Fan Mail Half of American adults are measurably lonely, and the research says it's hurting our bodies as much as our hearts. This week on Midweek Motivation, Jess gets honest about why real connection feels so risky, especially if you're shy or introverted like she was. She walks through Acts 4 and what the early church called koinonia, and shares how two walks a week at work tur...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Westside! Engage in the chat and Follow along with message notes at https://www.westsidecommunitychurch.com/notes-resources Join us as Gabe Kolstad brings a message about The Joy Experiment.  #thejoyexperiment #thepeopleexperiment #Jesus #fullservice #fullchurchservice #christian #sermon #worship #westside #church #2026sermon #churchonline #gabekolstad Westside is a pla...

Send us Fan Mail His car battery got stolen at a ski lodge. He called a friend he hadn't talked to in a while. That friend showed up, took one look at him, and said, "You need to follow Jesus." That was November 1976, and Tony still has the Bible he took from the nightstand that day. This week on Midweek Motivation, Jess wraps up the BLESS series with the final step: Share Your Stor...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Westside! Engage in the chat and Follow along with message notes at https://www.westsidecommunitychurch.com/notes-resources Join us as Gabe Kolstad shares a message titled Unleashed: You Matter More Than You Think. #unleashed #youmatter #wildworkofgod #godswork #Jesus #fullservice #fullchurchservice #christian #sermon #worship #westside #church #2026sermon #churchonline...

Send us Fan Mail "No, but I will." That's what Jess said to her grandma when she was asked to wash the dishes as a kid. Snotty, ungrateful, and she still cringes thinking about it. This week on Midweek Motivation, Jess unpacks why that attitude is the exact one most of us bring to service without realizing it, and what happens when we flip it. She walks through John 13, where Jesus...

Send us Fan Mail What if the most powerful thing you could do for someone spiritually was just eat with them? This week on Midweek Motivation, Gabe and Melissa Kolstad sit down together to unpack why sharing a meal is one of the most underrated tools in the Christian life. Gabe shares the story of meeting a homeless man at a shelter and getting coffee with him every Friday for a year, a simple hab...

Send us Fan Mail Follow along with message notes at https://www.westsidecommunitychurch.com/notes-resources Join us as Stephen Radie shares a message on being Unshakable: Finding Strength When Life Gets Hard.  #unshakable #wildworkofgod #godswork #Jesus #fullservice #fullchurchservice #christian #sermon #worship #westside #church #2026sermon #churchonline #stephenradie Westside is a place made up...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Westside! Engage in the chat and follow along with message notes at https://www.westsidecommunitychurch.com/notes-resources Join us as Gabe Kolstad shares a message on being undiscourageable. #undiscourageable #wildworkofgod #godswork #Jesus #fullservice #fullchurchservice #christian #sermon #worship #westside #church #2026sermon #churchonline #gabekolstad Westside is a...

Send us Fan Mail You're 30 seconds into a conversation, and you can already see their eyes glazing over. Or worse, you're the one glazing. This week on Midweek Motivation, Jess gets honest about three ways we fake listen without meaning to, and what it actually looks like to hear someone well. If you've ever caught yourself mentally composing your response before the other person fi...

Send us Fan Mail Follow along with message notes at https://www.westsidecommunitychurch.com/notes-resources Join us as Gabe Kolstad shares a message on How to Help When You Don't Know How. #helpingwhenuncertain #wildworkofgod #godswork #Jesus #fullservice #fullchurchservice #christian #sermon #worship #westside #church #2026sermon #churchonline #gabekolstad Westside is a place made up of real...

Send us Fan Mail What if trying harder to share your faith is actually getting in the way? This week on Midweek Motivation, Jess unpacks the first step in the BLESS framework: Begin with Prayer. But this isn't a lecture about praying more. It's about why surrendering control is the thing that actually opens doors, changes your heart, and takes the weight off your shoulders. If you'v...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Westside! Engage in the chat and Follow along with message notes at https://www.westsidecommunitychurch.com/notes-resources Join us as Gabe Kolstad brings us a message about being in the Middle of a Move of God. #ingodsmove #wildworkofgod #godswork #Jesus #fullservice #fullchurchservice #christian #sermon #worship #westside #church #2026sermon #churchonline #gabekolstad...

Send us Fan Mail What if everything you thought about evangelism is actually getting in the way? This week on Midweek Motivation, Jess and Pastor Gabe have an honest conversation about the baggage Christians carry around sharing their faith, why the "spiritual salesperson" approach backfires, and a simple five-step framework called BLESS that changes the whole game. Gabe confesses how he...

Send us Fan Mail Follow along with message notes at https://www.westsidecommunitychurch.com/notes-resources Join us as Gabe Kolstad brings us a message about how God Isn’t Finished With You Yet.  #godsnotdone #yourenotdone #godswork #Jesus #fullservice #fullchurchservice #christian #sermon #worship #westside #church #2026sermon #churchonline #gabekolstad Westside is a place made up of real people...

Send us Fan Mail What if the cure for your anxiety, your loneliness, or that loop of negative thoughts isn't more self-care, but stepping outside of yourself entirely? This week on Midweek Motivation, Jess sits down with Nancy, a psychologist and coach, to unpack what the research actually says about what happens in your brain when you serve others. Turns out, the science lines up perfectly w...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a man who was homeless and planning to end his life gets stopped by a stranger at a bus stop? This week on Midweek Motivation, Jess sits down with Ben and Monica Morrow, a married couple at Westside who carry two very different stories of pain, transformation, and the kind of change that only God can produce. If you've ever wondered whether people can actual...

Send us Fan Mail Follow along with message notes at https://www.westsidecommunitychurch.com/notes-resources Join us as Gabe Kolstad brings us a message about our Lord who heals.  #peace #godcanyouhelpme #thegodwhoseesme #Jesus #fullservice #fullchurchservice #christian #sermon #worship #westside #church #2026sermon #churchonline #gabekolstad Westside is a place made up of real people from all walk...