Welcome to Southside Church!
Southside Church is a community of Christians in the Winter Garden area whose collective purpose is to make disciples of Jesus Christ who glorify God by following Christ daily. Everything we do, from children’s ministry to outreach, from small groups to missions, centers around making disciples of Jesus who will follow Him in every aspect of their lives. We are committed to growing in Christ through the gospel (discipleship) and to living our lives as a mission for Him (missional living). We gather for worship on Sunday mornings, so come as you are, all are welcome! Our worship strives to be welcoming and comfortable while maintaining reverence and power. We are committed to expository, Christ-centered preaching, and compelling worship. We are a local ministry of the global Church of God of Prophecy. For more information on what we believe, click here.
Our Weekly Ministry Events:
Sunday
9:30 am Coffee and Fellowship
10 am Morning Worship and the Word with Pastor Shel Sullivan
1 pm Generation Project (Young Adult Group @ The Den)
Tuesday
7 pm Online Prayer Meeting with Pastor Rejust Campbell
Wednesday
6:30 pm Mid-Week Ministries:
Men's Group led by Charlie Harris
Women's Group led by Karen Mullins
Middle/High School Group led by Joshua Metz & Jared Miller
Children's Group led by Karen Sorenson
Community Connections
Seniors JOY Group
Ladies Night Out
Small Groups
Partners with Matthew's Hope
FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions):
- What should I expect to happen when I arrive?
When you arrive at our Southside Church Campus, you can expect self-directed parking in our main parking lot. As you drive in, you will pass by our Main Church Building. When you walk into the Main Church Building, you will find an array of greeters at our front door (Greeting Ministry Director - Lee Zinn) who are eager to welcome you into our building, which opens up to our Lobby. Our Lobby has multiple tables, seating, couches, and TV's. From there, our Ushers will be looking forward to welcoming you into our sanctuary and helping to assist to seating in the event of any additional assitance needed.
- Where do I park?
You can park in our main church parking lot. No member of our church possesses an "assigned parking spot", so feel free to park wherever you like!
- What are your worship services like?
We begin each church service at 10AM each Sunday Morning. At 10AM, we begin with our worship service led by our Worship Leaders: Tim Givens, Alicia Caley, and Anna Logan. Our worship set usually lasts approximately one hour, followed by a traditional taking of the Offering and Scripture Reading. Afterwards, our Lead Pastor Shel Sullivan leads us in sermon. We study primarily out of either the New Kings James Version or New Living Translation Bible Translations. Our services usually run from 10AM-12PM.
- What is the typical attire?
We work to present ourselves appropriately when we enter the House of the Lord. By no means do we enforce any sort of dress code when you enter the church, and we certainly welcome anybody in any sort of decent attire to join us for worship. However, upon arrival at the church, you will find that the majority of our church body dressed in business-casual attire at the very least.
- Is childcare available?
After our worship service, at 11 AM, our Children's Ministry Director (Karen Sorenson) leads the children out of the Sanctuary and into our break-out children's classroom down at the other end of the hallway. Ms. Sorenson holds the classes each Sunday and we break out at the end of our main service.
Meet our team!
It is our purpose to meet you where you are; here is our team who is equipped to care for you!
Shel Sullivan
Lead Pastor
Judeen Parkes
Executive Pastor
Jared Miller & Joshua Metz
Southside NEXT Pastors
Justin Henselin
Young Adult Pastor
Karen Sorenson
Children's Ministries Director
Rejust Campbell
Associate Pastor
Lee Zinn
Seniors Pastor
Alice Parkes
Connections Ministries
