The Coffee Hour from KFUO Radio

Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Pastor Cleland to talk about understanding different types of therapy, what is happens in a typical session, and how they may be useful. Hear Mental Health Mondays each Monday at 9am CT! Find all episode with the tag "Mental Health Monday." View Deaconess Heidi's Mental Health Playlist on Youtube, listen to the Life in Relationship Podcast, and find all of her writings and resources at heidigoehmann.com.

Rev. David Federwitz — Regional Director for Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, and Cameroon for Lutheran Bible Translators (LBT), joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the daily life for the people groups served by LBT, the role of technology and digital communications in these cultures, and how the recent social media outage affected these cultures in a very different way than for residents of the United States. Learn more about the work of Lutheran Bible Translators at lbt.org, and listen to the Bible at lbt.org/livingwater.Read more about this in an article from The Atlantic at theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2021/10/whatsapp-outage-hit-global-south-hardest/620312.

Rev. Ted Krey — Regional Director for the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region of the LCMS, and Deaconess Cheryl Naumann — Director of the VDMA Project and Coordinator of the Dominican Republic Mercy Center, join Andy and Sarah to talk about the translation work being done through the VDMA Project in Spanish-speaking regions, how these resources are distributed, why these Spanish resources are so important for the Lutheran churches in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the upcoming releases including the new Spanish Hymnal Hymnario Luterano. Follow the LAC region on Facebook at facebook.com/LCMSLAC and learn more about the VDMA Project at international.lcms.org/vdma-project.

The Rev. Dr. Cory Rajek, who serves the Lord in Latvia with the LCMS Office of International Mission, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what led him and his family to the mission field, the preparations they've been doing in order to deploy to the field, the amazing theological education work being done in Latvia and the Eurasia region, the history of Lutheranism in Latvia, and what they're looking forward to doing when they arrives in Latvia. Read their story and how to support their work at lcms.org/rajek.

Rev. Dr. James Baneck, LCMS Executive Director of Pastoral Education, joins Andy and Sarah during Church Worker Appreciation Month to talk about why church workers are important, ideas for appreciating your church workers, and the Church Worker Recruitment Initiative: Set Apart to Serve. Find ideas for church worker appreciation at resources.lcms.org/general/ways-to-show-your-gratitude-and-support-for-church-workers. Read more about Church Worker Appreciation at reporter.lcms.org/2021/celebrate-church-worker-appreciation-month-in-october.

Rehema Kavugha, manager of Synod Relations for Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF), joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the upcoming webinar series on Creativity, including why this is a relevant topic for everyone, the interesting speakers and topics, and how to find these webinars. Visit lcef.org/webinars and sign up to get an invitation or call LCEF at 800-843-5233.

Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the role psychologists play in mental health care, how the variety of mental health professionals interact in our lives, and how to seek care. Read the full list with explanations at resources.lcms.org/reading-study/commentaries/life-transitions-church-work-marriage.Hear Mental Health Mondays each Monday at 9am CT! Find all episode with the tag "Mental Health Monday." View Deaconess Heidi's Mental Health Playlist on Youtube, listen to the Life in Relationship Podcast, and find all of her writings and resources at heidigoehmann.com.

Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the October 2021 issue of the Lutheran Witness titled “The holy Christian church, the communion of saints” about the this phrase of the Third Article of the Apostles’ Creed. Follow along and search the Scriptures and Apostles’ Creed with us!Find online exclusives of the Lutheran Witness at witness.lcms.org and subscribe to the Lutheran Witness at cph.org/witness.

Rev. Dr. Karl Heimer, Pastor and CEO of Ysleta Lutheran Mission in El Paso, Texas, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the community of El Paso, the uniqueness of life in a border city, the needs of the people in the community, and how Ysleta Lutheran Mission works to meet those needs. Learn more about Ysleta Lutheran Mission at ylm.org.

Hayden Rensner, serving the Lord in the Czech Republic with the LCMS Office of International Mission, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what led her to the mission field, the preparations she's been doing in order to deploy to the field, and what she's looking forward to doing when she arrives in the Czech Republic. Read her story and how to support her work at lcms.org/rensner.