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This is the concluding message for our series titled, “The Broken Made Whole.” In this concluding message, Pastor Jeff challenges us with the thought that in order for our own Wholeness to be complete we have to go all the way and pass on our good news to others. It’s a message about “Evangelism,” but it’s probably unlike any message you’ve heard on evangelism ever before, and it’s most certainly unlike your previous notions of what “evangelism” is all about. Listen for yourself.
Southside Church is looking for motivated individuals to apply for the position of Director of Children’s Programming. If we hire you, we’ll give you a great deal of freedom to be creative in the implementation of a program for our KidZone ministry on Sunday mornings. You’ll receive support, encouragement, and leeway to make Sundays the most exciting time in the week for the 30 or so kids who come. Here are the details of the job:
Our First Annual Fashion Show is just around the corner, and there is a lot of work left to do. If you can spare some time to volunteer, there are many small jobs that need to be done and there are also many opportunities for you to promote your business or otherwise be part of this great event. All proceeds will be going to support the Trinity Mission’s Women’s Shelter. Watch the video for more details.

In this incredible message, Chip Neuenschwander quotes for us the entire Sermon on the Mount as Jesus might have delivered it and then reflects on its significance for us today as well as the general power of committing passages of the Bible to memory.
Today, May 16, 2008, I signed a one-year lease agreement with the Long Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Lafayette! Southside Church is moving northward one more block to finally and officially take us out of “southside” Lafayette.
What an incredible journey it has been! From the start, we seriously thought that God’s will for us was to be on the southside of the county, and we chose our name accordingly, but I have to admit, even before I moved to Lafayette, I drove around downtown and thought to myself, “Wouldn’t it be great to have a church right here!” I basically thought that someone else should do that because we were going to be on the Southside!
Well, just one short year after our Grand Opening Sunday, we were meeting in the Long Center for our Easter Service, and it hit me. “This place is perfect!”
I’m incredibly excited that year two of our church will be in a place like the Long Center. I seriously believe God has some big plans for us and he wanted us to be in a big venue like that, so we’re making the move this summer.
I’m still in negotiations with the Holiday Inn regarding our departure, but we will definitely be holding services in the Long Center by July 6, the first Sunday in July!
Meeting at The Long Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Lafayette on the corner of 6th and Columbia every Sunday at 10:30 am.
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Dear Pastor Jeff,
I loved your post on fear of public speaking! I am a coach who specializes in stage fright and fear of public speaking. I have written a few posts to say that love is the answer to stage fright. You have identified the issue exactly as too much focus on whether the audience will like you rather than focusing on loving and caring for the audience.
I would have left a comment on your page but did not know how to login to your blog. If you are interested in one of my posts on the subject, you can find it at http://www.self-expression.com/speaking-freely/why-i-say-love-is-the-answer-to-stage-fright-fear-of-public-speaking/.
It is lovely to see a Biblical context for understanding the issue! I often think of Jesus as the one who was most inclusive, most open to love everyone, and now I can think of him as the world’s greatest teacher for transforming stage fright.