The Coffee Hour from KFUO Radio

Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the value and purpose of emotions, the role emotions play in our daily life, and the relationship between emotions and knowledge. 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 and find all of her writings at heidigoehmann.com.

Dr. Jim Marriott, Kreft Chair for Music Arts and Director of Musical Arts at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, and Erica Mertz, associate conductor for Laudamus at Concordia Seminary, join Sarah to talk about the Laudamus choir and tour, why music groups and tours are an important part of seminary life, and the After Chapel concert Erica will be performing in February. Find Laudamus tour details and all of Concordia Seminary’s concert offerings at csl.edu/music.

Phillip Magness, Music Specialist serving the Lord in West & Central Africa, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about his journey into his music vocations, stories about his initial work in Francophone Africa, the legacy of church music in Africa, and how local African churches make Lutheran church music their own. Read more about Phillip and how to support his work at lcms.org/magness. The hymns in today’s program, “Avant que l’abue n’ait paru” and “C’est un rempart que notre Dieu” and the first recording of Psalm 27 were recorded by students of Cantor Phillip Magness at Christ Le Roi Lutheran Church in Brazzaville, Congo. The second excerpt of Psalm 27 was recorded by St. Augustine Lutheran Church in Brazzaville, Congo. Permission for use granted by the Comité liturgique francophone of the Lutheran Church-Canada. View the music featured in this episode on YouTube. “A Mighty Fortress”: youtube.com/watch?v=-0umIJ6onAM Psalm 27: Students of mine at Christ the King Parish (Christ le Roi) in Brazzaville, Congo, learning a setting of Psalm 27. youtube.com/watch?v=NMHPigN0ups Psalm 27 – The same song inculturated: Here it is being sung two years later at a different parish (St. Augustine). youtube.com/watch?v=4TjFW2CFOrU “Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds” (en français): youtube.com/watch?v=21-pruFLrbo&t=19s

David Riley, supported by Bethesda Lutheran Communities, and Lanessa Stutz, David’s Bethesda job coach, join Andy to talk about National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and how Bethesda Lutheran Communities is changing the narrative from what can’t be done to what can. Bethesda helps empower individuals to be wonderful, loyal employees. Learn more at bethesdalc.org.

Rev. Dr. Jason Wagner, pastor of Hope Lutheran Church in High Ridge, Missouri, and the Missouri District Life Coordinator, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what a Life Coordinator does, what 40 Days for Life is all about, and how people across the country (and world!) can participate. If you’re in Missouri, sign up to participate on October 31, 2019, at lflofmo.org. To learn more about 40 Days for Life or to find more participation information outside of Missouri, visit 40daysforlife.com.

Rev. Dr. Arthur Just, Chairman and Professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and also Associate Executive Director for the Latin America and the Caribbean region with the LCMS Office of International Mission, joins Andy and Sarah to share stories from his journey to (and from, and to) the mission field, the incredible growth of the mission field in the Latin American region, and the impact of this growth on both pastors and people in this region. Find Dr. Just’s missionary prayer card at lcms.org/just. Learn more about the Latin American region at international.lcms.org/latin-america-caribbean.

Lauren Awe, Short-term Volunteer with LCMS International Mission serving in Community Health Education in Burundi, along with Anne Gonzalez, Manager of Short-term Mission Training & Engagement for the LCMS Office of International Mission, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how she became interested in serving as a short-term volunteer, the community in which she served in Burundi, and why this training makes a difference for the people she serves. Opportunities to serve on Short-Term mission trips, including Community Health Education and Mercy Medical Teams, are available at lcms.org/mercyteams and servenow.lcms.org..

Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, joins Andy to talk about breaking down obstacles to getting the help we need, what contextual obstacles exist, and how we can overcome them. 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 and find all of her writings at heidigoehmann.com.

Dale and Lisa Wehmeyer, volunteers with LCMS International Mission serving with Agricultural Consultancy in East Africa, join Andy and Sarah in Part 3 of our conversation about agricultural consultancy. The Wehmeyers talk about their interest and experience with agriculture, the ways they taught people to farm more efficiently, and the impact this work makes on the people they met and worked with. Gwen Zagore, a new volunteer serving in 2020, joins in the second half to share her background and what she hopes to be able to do while she serves in 2020. Learn more about the LCMS Africa Region at international.lcms.org/africa and find all of the agricultural consultancy conversations at kfuo.org/tag/agricultural-consultancy. To support this continuing project, funding is routed to the LCMS through Mission Central. Please address your check to Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and designate it for Project #61007 Agricultural Consultancy in East Africa. Mail check to: Mission Central Gary Thies, Mission Development Counselor 40718 Hwy. E-16 Mapleton, IA 51034-7105

Delano and Linda Meyers, volunteers with LCMS International Mission serving with Agricultural Consultancy in East Africa, join Andy and Sarah in Part 2 of our conversation about agricultural consultancy. They Meyers talk about their experience with agriculture, the cultural differences they learned about in their time doing agricultural consultancy, and the people they met and worked with. Learn more about the LCMS Africa Region at international.lcms.org/africa and find all of the agricultural consultancy conversations at kfuo.org/tag/agricultural-consultancy. To support this continuing project, funding is routed to the LCMS through Mission Central. Please address your check to Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and designate it for Project #61007 Agricultural Consultancy in East Africa. Mail check to: Mission Central Gary Thies, Mission Development Counselor 40718 Hwy. E-16 Mapleton, IA 51034-7105