Episodes
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What is the Scariest Thing God Has Asked You?
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco are joined by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler to recap Justin's message from Sunday, talk Halloween and the excellent costumes on the Simple Church Preshow this week, and why we don't like when God asks us scary questions. Join us live each Monday on Facebook at...
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Express Yourself with Special Guest Angie Haigler
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco are joined by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler and special guest Angie Haigler, Justin's wife. Angie shares a great resource to help have better conversations, and the couple discuss expressing gratitude and the value words can have. Join us live each Monday on...
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Staff Retreat - Back Next Week
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco give a quick update on what's happening this week, we'll be back next week with a full episode! Join us live each Monday on Facebook at 3:30 pm via The Simple Church Facebook Page to ask your questions in real time, or email us [email protected]....
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Faith is Louder than Fear (Plus Open Eyes at the Revel Friday)
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco are joined by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler and producer Jordan Phillips to recap Justin's message from Sunday, the significance Open Eyes has had in Justin's life and the founding of The Simple Church, and why the voice of fear is often louder than the voice…
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Artificial Intelligence and Why Online Church is Not The Answer
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco are joined by Producer Jordan Phillips to discuss Evan's message from Sunday and talk Ai, trans-humanism, and why the human experience is becoming more rare. They discuss parenting in 2026, why we as Christians even need to talk about this stuff, and...
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If You Don't Find a Place to Belong, You Won't Be Here Long with Amber McDonnold
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco are joined by Life Group Coordinator Amber McDonnold and Producer Jordan Phillips to talk all things Life Groups! Life Groups are small groups that meet during the week, and are the best way to make a big church feel small. Amber shares about all the Life...
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19 Years of Moving at The Simple Church
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco are joined by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler and producer Jordan Phillips to discuss 19 years of The Simple Church, recap Justin's message from Sunday and why we have to keep moving or we'll die, as well as the instructions from Justin on what every single…
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How Do We Cope with Grief with Care Pastor Bryan Reed
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco are joined by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler AND Care Pastor Bryan Reed today to recap the message this week and discuss the seminar Bryan led with his wife Peri on Grief. We discuss the 25th anniversary of 9/11, why so many people attended the grief seminar…
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A Short Boardwalk Update Podcast
Host Evan Semanco is joined by Producer Jordan Phillips for a quick podcast update on why Justin and Josh are absent, a big update for the Louisiana Boardwalk, and some parenting talk about moving kids out of cribs. We'll be back with a full episode next week on TUESDAY because of Labor Day....
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John Haigler Joins to Talk Spiritual Growth and Parenting
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco are joined by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler AND Producer Jordan Phillips AND Executive Pastor (and Justin's Brother) John Haigler for the first 5 person podcast in a very long time to discuss John and his wife Theresa's seminar from Sunday, talk about…
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How Do I Talk to God?
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco are joined by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler AND Producer Jordan Phillips finally returns to discuss Justin's message from Sunday about habits. They discuss how we can create good habits, what bad habits drive us nuts, and respond to a listener question about…
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How is Technology Changing our Brains with Justin Haigler
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco are joined by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler to discuss Justin's message from Sunday about parenting and technology. They discuss how we can work through unprecedented times and how fast the world is changing, Josh and Evan discuss being in the trenches as...
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Action Kills Fear with Justin Haigler
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco are joined by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler to discuss Justin's message from Sunday about worry. They discuss how we can work through worry and why it never really goes away, our Family Fun Night on Friday August 7th at the Boardwalk, and recap Evan's vacation...
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Chillin Ain't Easy
Host Josh Mitchell is joined by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler to talk about the Chill series, why it is so difficult to Chill, recap the Juarez Mission Trip, and more. Join us each Monday on Facebook Live at 3:30 pm via The Simple Church Facebook Page to ask your questions in real time, or email us...
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How Do You Reduce Stress and Working Through Grief with Bryan Reed
Host Evan Semanco is joined today by Care Pastor Bryan Reed to discuss Evan's message from Sunday in the Chill series, about stress. Evan and Bryan talk about parenting stress with school projects, how they relieve stress in their own lives, and answer a listener question about grief and stress…
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Why Justin's Not Good at Chilling & Tales from Middle School Camp
Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler to talk about the new series, Chill, recap Josh's week at Middle School Camp, Justin's visit to David Wade Correctional Center, and more. Join us each Monday on Facebook Live at 3:30 pm via The Simple Church Facebook...
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Quick Boom at the Boardwalk Recap and Family Fun Night
In a short episode this week Host Evan Semanco is joined by producer Jordan Phillips to talk about the 4th of July weekend, go off on some tangents about soccer and parenting, and discuss our next big event, Family Fun Night on August 7th at 6 pm at the Louisiana Boardwalk. Family Fun Night is…
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Artificial Friends, Being Salty, and Penny Loafers with Justin Haigler
Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler to talk about Evan's message from Sunday, Boom at the Boardwalk July 4th, the impacts of Ai Chatbots as the Church, and we go down a rabbit hole about why Penny Loafers are called Penny Loafers. Join us each Monday…
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What is Healthy Masculinity? Plus a Man Day Recap
Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler to talk about Man Day, the message from Sunday about the God of Acceleration, how to know when to go and when to wait, and answer a listener question about what healthy masculinity actually looks like to us. Join us…
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What to Do When Difficult Things Happen
Host Evan Semanco is joined by Producer Jordan Phillips and Lead Pastor Justin Haigler to talk about the message from Sunday, give some updates on Justin's latest health updates, and talks about how we can walk through difficult circumstances and grow in our faith. Join us each Monday on Facebook...
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Jura Health CEO Chris Moore on Doing Good in Health Care
Host Evan Semanco is solo hosting today with two special guests, Do Good Pastor Robyn Horton and Jura Health CEO and Co-Founder Chris Moore for a different kind of episode on ways to Do Good you probably have never thought about. Chris explains Jura Health's mission, the incredible technology...
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Angie Haigler's Backstage Take on Justin's Health
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco are joined by Justin Haigler and special guest Angie Haigler to discuss how their family is handling health issues, why we need community, and the ways to find purpose in serving. Join us each Monday on Facebook Live at 3:30 pm via The Simple Church…
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Why Simple Church is Different (and Exotic Animal Races)
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco are all by themselves today to talk about the message from Sunday, give some updates on Do Good projects around The Simple Church, and reflect on parenting as well as local exotic animal races you might not know about. Join us each Monday on Facebook Live…
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David Wade Correctional Center Warden Michele Dauzat
In a special episode this week we had guests on Backstage with the Simple Church, co-host Evan Semanco was joined by Do Good Pastor Robyn Horton after her message "Love Does", and the Warden of the David Wade Correctional Center in Claiborne Parish, Michele Dauzat. Robyn takes a deeper dive into...
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Backstage from Mother's Day & Chickfila Trivia
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler to recap the message from Mother's Day, a backstage look at what it takes to pull off special days, Chickfila trivia, stories about Justin's mom, and reflecting on the incredible story of Naomi and Ruth. “When god can’t...
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No Fear Parenting and Australian Geography
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler to recap the message from Sunday on parenting. They guys discuss how to be a less anxious parent, what to do when you can't control everything, and an Australian Geography lesson as we chat with a listener in Australia...
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How Do You Pray Plus Ways to Combat Fear and Anxiety
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler this week about the continuing No Fear series and how to really practically combat fear and anxiety on a day to day basis, plus a great question from a listener about prayer and of course some fun rabbit trails about...
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What if You Didn't Fear Failure Anymore? (and More Animal Stories)
Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler this week with a health update from Justin, a deeper dive into the No Fear series, how to fight the fear of failure / not knowing what do to next, and more weird animal stories after the videos Justin showed in the…
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Communion, Baptism, and What We Believe
Host Evan Semanco and Producer Jordan Phillips are with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler this week sans Josh to talk about practicing what you preach, what is next for Justin, and some great actual theological questions from a listener about communion and baptism. Plus we celebrate the unbelievable…
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Easter 2026 Behind the Scenes (Plus Attack Giraffes)
Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined by Josh Mitchell to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about the Easter weekend and #DoingGood forgiving medical debt, some fun behind the scenes stories about what it takes to pull of 6 services in 2 days, a whole lot of nonsense about attack giraffes, snakes…
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Easter Weekend, Why We Take Communion, and Shopping for Mustard
Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined by Josh Mitchell to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about our Playlist series, with a few detours on Monster energy drinks and shopping for mustard (you're just going to have to listen). We also answer a listener question about communion and talk about…
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Listener Questions and More Be Like Bobby Stories
Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined by Josh Mitchell to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about our Playlist series, and we answer listener questions about reaching out to someone who has been hurt by the church and the difficulty of waiting. Plus we share some great book recommendations in the...
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How to Walk Through Difficult Circumstances (Plus Camels, Golden Corral, and Pocket Shrimp)
Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined by Josh Mitchell to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about our Playlist series, and Josh asks a great question on how to walk through difficult situations as Christians. Plus some tangents on a camel disaster, why Justin played "dirty Jesus", and of all things…
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Why an Invite Can Change Everything with Justin Haigler
Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined by Josh Mitchell to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about the new series Playlist, time change, the one genre of music Justin doesn't like, and some stories about an invite that changed peoples lives. If you are ready to put love into action, signup to…
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Shallow is Knowing; Deep is Doing It with Justin Haigler
Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined by Josh Mitchell to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about the message from this past Sunday with a surprising amount of research about doing versus talking in the state of Louisiana. Then we cover ways you can do good, and a tease of this coming Sunday's new...
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The Worst Athlete's Foot Outbreak Justin Has Ever Seen (and more)
Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined by Josh Mitchell to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about the message from this past Sunday, why the Lovers series is resonating and challenging so many people, a pretty gross story about foot washing gone wrong, Josh getting licensed as a minister, and more!…
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The Proof is in The Puddin with Justin Haigler
Host Evan Semanco is joined by Producer Jordan Phillips to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about the message from Sunday, talk about Ai, Song of Solomon, loading the dishwasher, and more. We also discuss the upcoming Worship Night on February 22nd, a first tease about Easter 2026, and more....
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Open Eyes: The Podcast with Justin Haigler, Allen Smith, and Greg Walker
Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined by 3/5th of Open Eyes this week; Justin Haigler, Allen Smith, and Greg "The Wolf" Walker to talk about their mini reunion last Sunday, how the band got started, and why the reunion fit perfectly into this weeks message, Week 1 of the new series...
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Why I Don't Like Being Called a Pastor with Justin Haigler
Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined with Pastor Justin Haigler to discuss the last week of Haters, but right out of the gate go in another direction about the title of "Pastor", what it means to be a Pastor, and why Justin struggles with the title. We also discuss our sneak preview...
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All Those Haters Do is Talk (and Snake Discussion)
Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined with Pastor Justin Haigler to discuss the Haters message from this week, why Justin is so adamant about being known for more than just talking, and a lot of talk about snakes and how strongly we as a podcast are anti-snake. Join us each Monday on...
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Why Visit a Prison?!
Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined with Pastor Justin Haigler to discuss the message from this week, why the entire Simple Church Staff visited David Wade Correctional Center this week, the Concert for Stroope that raised money for musicians in our area fighting cancer, Chasing…
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Have the Grace for Others That You Hope You Never Need
Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined with Pastor Justin Haigler for the first podcast of 2026 recapping the new series Haters! Justin's message from Sunday hit on how we deal with haters in the church, and what all of us can do to work on dealing with negativity in our life. We also...
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2025's Most Popular: The First Ever All Women's Honduras Trip
We hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year! Backstage with The Simple Church will be back on Tuesday, January 6th, but we wanted to share our most downloaded episode from this year today from February 2025! If you are intersted in going to Honduras, a trip for 2026 is singing up...
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Will McGinnis from Audio Adrenaline
Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined with Pastor Justin Haigler and special guest Will McGinnis from Audio Adrenaline, Hands and Feet Project, and most recently, our food packing event where Simple Church came together to pack 147,000 meals for Haiti. Will and Justin reflect back on...
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Counting Down to Christmas with The Wolf
Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell talk with Pastor Justin Haigler after the message from Sunday, share stories from the Christmas Countdown Advent Challenge, AND are joined by surprise special guest Greg "The Wolf" Walker for some Christmas Cheer. Join us each Monday on Facebook Live at…
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A Whole Lotta Good Being Done with Justin Haigler
Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler after the message from Sunday, recap the Christmas Countdown Advent Challenge, discuss Laugh for Good and Jingle Jam, and more. We get Josh's review after seeing Christmas Vacation for the first time ever, discuss…
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So What Exactly is Advent? with Justin Haigler
Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler after the message from Sunday November and our new series, Christmas Countdown. Justin talks about not growing up practicing Advent, his research into the meaning and history of this season, and why we are challenging...
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RE-AIR First Ever All Women's Honduras Trip
We hope you have a great Thanksgiving week! There is no new podcast this week, but check out our most downloaded episode this year from February, and you can go to Honduras with The Simple Church in 2026! Find out more at https://www.thesimplechurch.tv/events FROM FEBRUARY 2025: On today's…
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What You Will Actually Remember with Justin Haigler
Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler after the message from Sunday November 16th all about having an attitude of gratitude. Justin talks about why he sang "Where I Find God" by Larry Fleet and Morgan Wallen, looks back on experiences with his family and...
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Don't Get Too Busy to Be Thankful with Justin Haigler
Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about the message from this Sunday starting with Josh's apologies and corrections from last week's controversial Thanksgiving food takes. Justin reflects on Matthew 8:14-17 with the 10 lepers being healed, how noisy…
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