Backstage With The Simple Church

Host Evan Semanco is joined today by fill in co-host Blake Lawson to say goodbye :( Blake is continuing is education at the University of Oregon and is leaving after 5 years serving at The Simple Church, and we reflect on his time here, share some stories and laugh, and throw in some Oregon Duck trivia. We will miss Blake, but are excited for his next chapter and what God's going to do in his life...

Host Evan Semanco is joined today by fill in co-host Blake Lawson to talk to one of our favorite guests, Spud the Ice Cream Man.  There is no one else like Spud, and in today's conversation Spud shares why he drives an ice cream truck and serves schools in retirement, what the Snackbag program means to the schools we partner with, and how you can help #DoGood on Sunday, August 11th at the Boardwal...

Host Evan Semanco is joined today by Simple Church Band Co-Leader Christi Rhodes to talk about the Worship Night and Walk Through at the new buildings Sunday July 28th.  Christi shares some stories from what the last 7 months have been like without live music, what the band is planning in the new building, and some funny stories about attending camp for the first time as an adult and people's comm...

Co-Hosts Scott Odom and Evan Semanco are joined today by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler for Part 2 of the building project update as we talk about our July 28th Worship Night and Walk Through at the new buildings! We catchup with Justin on stories of generosity and people who have worked their tails off to make the progress that has already happened, and Justin explains what is going to happen and eve...

Co-Hosts Scott Odom and Evan Semanco are joined today by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler to give the first podcast building project update since January 2024, and a lot has happened as we move closer to our new home at the Louisiana Boardwalk. We catchup with Justin on stories of generosity and people who have worked their tails off to make the progress that has already happened, and Justin explains wh...

Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Scott Odom are joined by Dr. Troy White as our first fan joins the podcast! Troy visited The Simple Church for the first time in 2020, and through COVID became one of our most active online participants as well as a podcast completionist going back and listening to every single episode.  We talk to Troy about working in higher education, planning two simultaneous weddings...

Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined today by Robyn Horton, Do Good Pastor at The Simple Church, as well as Doug Warner, who you might know from his time as an anchor on KSLA in Shreveport / Bossier. Doug is an Emmy winning reporter whose segment, "The Good Stuff", lines up with a lot of what we try to do at Simple Church, and Doug has graciously helped Simple Church with videos for years and lending hi...

This week host Evan Semanco is joined again by Middle School Pastor Blake Lawson to talk more about how technolgy is rapidly changing the world. On June 11th Apple announced that their operating system is integrating Ai technology including CHATGPT, and if you haven't been using Ai yet it's about to be forced on iPhone users.  It might not be the world you swim in, but if you have kids or grandkid...

This week in honor of Father's Day we're reposting one of our most downloaded episodes ever, Justin and John's episode with their dad, Pops. Recorded in 2021, everyone loved hearing Pops stories and laughing together, which makes this all the more special since Pops passed away last year. Enjoy this episode and Happy Father's Day, we'll be back next week with a new episode.    On this episode, we...

Co-hosts Scott Odom and Evan Semanco are joined by Executive Pastor John Haigler to talk Man Day 2024! Man Day is what we call Father's Day at The Simple Church, and on June 16th we're celebrating dads with the first ever Simple Church Car Show, golf games setup around he boardwalk, a TV, Grill, and Do Good box giveaway, and the chance to hit a riding lawn mower with a golf club and #DoGood! Join...

Summer is here and the Backstage with The Simple Church Podcast is ready for a great summer! Co-Host Scott Odom is finally back with Evan Semanco and Producer Jordan Phillips and we talk about what's coming up this summer, exciting news for the Odom family, and then do some Ai generated Summer Would You Rather Questions.   LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Would You Rather Questions: Would you rather have su...

Simple Church's long time friend Cassie Hammett from The Hub Urban Ministries, Purchased, and Rise Up and Roast Coffee (what can't she do?) returned to the podcast with host Evan Semanco with two new friends, Tiffany and Jerry, who are Rise Up and Roast employees to talk about the first two years of Rise Up and Roast Coffee, the impact it's had on everyone involved, and how you can get some great...

This week the moms at Simple Church who have Been There, Done That took over the podcast fresh off of Mother's Day to share some advice, resources, and mistakes they've made that we can learn from. Robyn Horton, Mallory Semanco, Christy Aguillard, and Julie Mitchell have Been There and Done That, enjoy this conversation with a great group of moms.    LINKS FROM THE EPISODE The Worry Free Parent by...

This week host Evan Semanco was joined by High School Pastor Jonah Boaz to interview two of the class of 2024. Emma Haigler, a graduate from Benton (and Justin's Daughter) and Chase White, a graduate from Airline High School, talk with Evan and Jonah about growing up at Simple Church, the biggest struggle Gen Z faces, and their experiences going through the COVID-19 Pandemic.     LINKS FROM THE EP...

This week host Evan Semanco was joined by Middle School Pastor Blake Lawson to talk about technology, Gen Z, Ai music beefs with dead rappers, free song generating apps, and more.  It might not be the world you swim in, but if you have kids or grandkids they're being affected by the technology changes happening faster than ever, and we hope this leads you to have some good discussions!    LINKS FR...

This week's podcast has the return of host Scott Odom joining co-host Evan Semanco and producer Jordan Phillips to talk about Senior Sunday at The Simple Church on May 5th, 2024. Send in pictures with the link below to be featured on Senior Sunday and join us in person at the Louisiana Boardwalk for a gift for seniors and photo opps for families. Then we play a trivia game all about 2006, the year...

This week's podcast features host Evan Semanco talking with Bryan Reed and Steve Watkins about the loss of their children as well as the good that has been done since. Steve is a father, local business owner, and member of Asbury Methodist church in Bossier and he shares how homes started being built in honor of his late daughter Katy. He and Bryan discuss how they were able to get through such a...

This week host Evan Semanco was joined by fill in host Robyn Horton, Do Good Pastor at The Simple Church to talk with Angela Pfanner about the Katy Build Tennis Tournament and building houses in our community. Angela is the Director of Growth and Outreach at Asbury United Methodist Church in Bossier as well as the owner of Birdwell's. Angela shares the story of how she got started honoring the leg...

This week post Easter Sunday host Evan Semanco sat down with podcast producer Jordan Phillips who also happens to the audio director at the Simple Church and helped design the setup at Easter. If you were able to attend the service or watch online you saw the LED screens and experienced the band, but on today's episode we take a peek behind the curtain of how a relatively small team of staff and v...

This week hosts Scott Odom and Evan Semanco are joined by Angie Haigler again for Part Two of Angie's AMA! This week there is less animal talk, more parenting advice, real talk about being married to a pastor, and more as we continue to ask Angie your questions. If you didn't listen to Part 1 last week, go back and check it out before you listen today.    P.S. Easter Sunday is March 31st, and you'...

This week hosts Scott Odom and Evan Semanco are joined by Angie Haigler and producer Jordan Phillips to answer your questions about being a pastors wife, fighting animals, and donkey names. Over the last few weeks we've gotten questions for Angie, and she knocks it out of the park on today's episode. There were so many in fact, there will be a Part 2 next week with even more questions answered so...

This week host Evan Semanco is joined by fill-in host Blake Lawson, Middle School Pastor, to talk all  with producer Jordan Phillips about everything going on this March! Easter is just a few weeks away, we're bringing in special guests, we're Doing Good for Talented Arts, there's a worship night  and more! Plus we'll test your knowledge of all things Easter in an Easter trivia game you can use to...

This week co-hosts Scott Odom & Evan Semanco and producer Jordan Phillips are joined by the First Lady of The Simple Church, Angie Haigler. Angie is part of the team that leads and manages the Do Good Store, and today's episode explains why The Simple Church helped start the store, how the store Does Good all over the world, and why you should shop at www. DoGoodStore.net or come in person at...

This week host Evan Semanco is joined by fill-in host Blake Lawson, Middle School Pastor, to talk all  with producer Jordan Phillips about the Power of Love Series and a longer conversation about the He Gets Us ad campaign from the Superbowl and beyond. If you haven't seen the ads, click the link below, and we'd love to hear from you what you thought about the ads. E-Mail Evan@thesimplechurch.tv o...

This week host host Evan Semanco talked with fill in co-host Blake Lawson and band leader / accountant extraordinaire Christi Rhodes about the upcoming worship nights, the music at The Simple Church, and why music has such a powerful effect on people.  We'd love for you to join us in person on Sunday, February 25th (RSVP with the events link below) at the Regal 14 or another upcoming worship night...