Backstage With The Simple Church

Today co-hosts Scott Odom and Evan Semanco talk to Kenyon Ackeberg, a care pastor at the Simple Church and someone who started working in music for the church in the 1970’s. Kenyon shares his stories from his years in music, how we got where we are today, and leading massive productions.   We’d love to hear from you, e-mail Scott@thesimplechurch.tv  to talk to Scott! 

Today co-hosts Scott Odom and Evan Semanco talk with producer Jordan Phillips about Jordan’s work with bands and running sound, as well as Scotts experiences being a runner at the Centurytel/ Centurylink/ Brookshire Grocery arena and his best stories with some of the biggest names in music.   We’d love to hear from you, e-mail Scott@thesimplechurch.tv  to talk to Scott! 

WE'RE BACK! Our first new episode of 2022 closes the book on 2021 by looking back at some of the most interesting and strange headlines you might have missed or are still processing.  Hosts Evan Semanco and Scott Odom reflect back on the strangest stories of 2021 as well as major world events with producer Jordan Phillips before we leave 2021 behind. Check out the stories for yourselves below:  10...

Happy New Year! We're back with a new episode NEXT WEDNESDAY, January 19th, but we wanted to go back in the archives and share some of our most popular episodes that you might have missed. Here is a look at the Caddo Courthouse and stories about it being haunted from Episode 96 in October 2021.   If you have feedback for the show, have a guest suggestion, or just want to talk to Scott, e-mail Scot...

Happy New Year! We're back with a new episode on Wednesday, January 19th but we wanted to go back in the archives and share some of our most popular episodes that you might have missed! Here is a great episode from July 2020:   This is a special podcast, as we listen to Brandon Lacey, Senior pastor of New Life Full Gospel House of Worship, and Brian Wilson, Pastor of Galilee Baptist Church, talk a...

Merry Christmas from the Backstage Podcast!  We hope you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, we'll be back in a few weeks but wanted to say thank you for being a part of the podcast this year.  We're excited about 2022 and hope you'll subscribe to continue to go Backstage with the Simple Church! E-Mail host Scott@thesimplechurch.tv  if you have ideas for 2022!

It's the most wonderful time of the year! We brought on some of the Simple Church Staff to talk about what's coming up and play Family Feud: Christmas Edition. In Part 2 this week Life Group Coordinator Amber McDonnold faced off against Media Director Caleb Kwok and our own host Scott Odom went head to head with producer Jordan Phillips. Play along at home and see how many you could get, it's our...

It's the most wonderful time of the year! We brought on some of the Simple Church Staff to talk about what's coming up and play Family Feud: Christmas Edition! In Part 1 this week Do Good Coordinator Robyn Horton faced off against Care Pastor Bryan Reed (and talked about all the good that has been done in the last month) and Executive Pastor John Haigler played against Administrative Assistant / B...

This past Sunday, December 5th, we had a Do Good Day & closed the doors to go out and be the church in the community. We had hundreds of volunteers help us accomplish 5 different projects (and a bonus 6th thanks to our Dallas Campus!) and raise thousands of dollars in supplies and toys to be given away this Christmas. We talked to some of the amazing volunteers who came out, the people who work at...

Three members of our incredible Simple Church Band (Daniel, Greg, and Christi) joined the podcast this week to talk about Worship Night THIS SUNDAY (December 5th), all the fun stuff we're doing at Beaujax  that night to get in the Christmas Spirit, their favorite and least favorite Christmas Songs (there are some 🔥 takes!) and more. You can livestream the worship night this Sunday on the Simple C...

This November we're sharing Do Good Stories with people who are doing good that we are thankful for! This week we talked to Micah Harold, tattoo artist & owner of Red Handed Tattoo Parlor in Shreveport. We talked to Micah because his shop was voted "The Nicest Place in Louisiana" by Readers Digest after helping to collect over $10,000 worth of supplies during the pandemic. But not long after that,...

This November we're sharing Do Good Stories with people who are doing good that we are thankful for! This week we talked to Jackie Brock who was part of a band called the American Tragedy, a Shreveport band that was active from 2000-2012 and recorded 4 albums while touring the country. The band got back together for a one night only benefit concert to help with Hurricane Ida Relief, and Jackie sha...

This November we're sharing Do Good Stories with people who are doing good that we are thankful for! This week Justin jumped on the podcast to talk to Pastor Brian Wilson from Galilee Baptist Church to talk to about the Urban Tee Ball League he started with the goal to help kids play together because it's hard to hate someone you know.  We would love for you to get involved helping the Urban Tee B...

Today we're looking back on ONE HUNDRED EPISODES of Backstage with the Simple Church. We brought on John Haigler to reminisce, talk about our favorite episodes, and look back at the most downloaded episodes ever.  We're giving away a $100 gift card to a listener of this podcast! Subscribe to Backstage with the Simple Church, leave us a 5 Star Review wherever you listen to podcasts, and then e-mail...

Happy Halloween!  Hosts Scott Odom & Evan Semanco spent a night at the (supposedly) Haunted Municipal Auditorium looking for ghosts, sharing some scary stories, and laughing a lot. Check out this special edition of the podcast today to get in the Halloween Spirit! Want to find out more fun stuff coming up at the Simple Church? Make sure to download the Simple Church App here: https://subsplash.com...

It's Halloween week & we're playing a game today on Backstage with the Simple Church. Host Scott Odom faces off against producer Jordan Phillips to try to decide which horror movie has a higher Rotten Tomatoes score and you can play along at home! If you have an urban legend / ghost story / piece of history to share, we'd love to hear from you! E-mail Scott@thesimplechurch.tv and follow us on Inst...

For the next few week's we're doing something a little different on Backstage with the Simple Church, and today we set up the series of podcasts we'll be doing to go along with the new series at the Simple Church, 7 Deadly Sins. It's all about the history of the Municipal & the stories about it being haunted! If you have an urban legend / ghost story / piece of history to share, we'd love to hear...

For the next few week's we're doing something a little different on Backstage with the Simple Church, and today we set up the series of podcasts we'll be doing to go along with the new series at the Simple Church, 7 Deadly Sins.  If you have an urban legend / ghost story / piece of history to share, we'd love to hear from you! E-mail Scott@thesimplechurch.tv and follow us on Instagram @thesimplech...

For the next few week's we're doing something a little different on Backstage with the Simple Church, and today we set up the series of podcasts we'll be doing to go along with the new series at the Simple Church, 7 Deadly Sins.    If you have an urban legend / ghost story / piece of history to share, we'd love to hear from you!   E-mail Scott@thesimplechurch.tv and follow us on Instagram @thesimp...

For the next few week's we're doing something a little different on Backstage with the Simple Church, and today we set up the series of podcasts we'll be doing to go along with the new series at the Simple Church, 7 Deadly Sins.  If you have an urban legend / ghost story / piece of history to share, we'd love to hear from you! E-mail Scott@thesimplechurch.tv and follow us on Instagram @thesimplech...

We've had some serious topics lately on the Backstage with the Simple Church, so for a change of pace today we're trying a game show episode! Hosts Evan and Scott face-off in a game of Trivial pursuit, see if you can beat their scores and play along!   If you have feedback for the show, have a guest suggestion, or just want to talk to Scott, e-mail Scott@thesimplechurch.tv and follow us on Instagr...

Today's podcast was recorded at the Simple Church Life Group kickoff at the Shreveport Convention Center on Sunday, August 29th. Life Group are small groups that meet all over Shreveport / Bossier, and are the best way to make a large church seem small.  It's not too late to signup for a Life Group, if any of the Life Groups' mentioned here interest you, or you want to find another one, check out...

This week one of our previous guests, Dr. Michelle Yetman, (Clinical Psychologist, Associate Professor Clinical at SAHP/CHILDREN'S CENTER) reached out to come back and talk this week about the suicide and depression rate in the pandemic as we enter Suicide Awareness Week. This episode does contain talk about suicide and self harm,  but is not graphic.    Find more resources to help you or a loved...

On August 14th, 2021 a mass evacuation began in Afghanistan, leading to the withdrawal of all American citizens and tens of thousands of Afghans. One of our very own Simple Church members, Gage Nichols, is a marine and was deployed to the airport in Kabul during this evacuation.  Co-Host Evan Semanco had been in contact with Gage, who grew up in the Simple Church, and shared a conversation with hi...

This week on the Backstage with the Simple Church podcast we wrap up our summer Beginnings series with the pastor's kids: Hannah, Ian, and Emma Haigler. Our lead pastor Justin Haigler started the Simple Church in 2007 and his kids reflect on growing up during that process, what it's like being PK's (pastors kids) and funny stories from their experiences in the church.   If you have feedback for th...