The Coffee Hour from KFUO Radio

How can a family culture encourage children to consider church work vocations? Cheryl, Phillip, and Evan Magness join Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart to Serve series to talk about their family culture. Evan, junior at Concordia University Chicago, shares where he is in his formational journey, when he decided to consider studying to become a pastor, the experiences in high school and college that helped form him as a young adult, and the family culture which shaped him as a Christian. Cheryl and Phillip share what has been important in raising their children to help them consider future vocations, how spiritual formation happens in their home, and how worship and congregational life have been a significant part of that spiritual and vocational formation.Christ’s church will continue until He returns, and that church will continue to need church workers.Set Apart to Serve (SAS) is an initiative of the LCMS to recruit church workers. Together, we pray for workers for the Kingdom of God and encourage children to consider church work vocations.Here are three easy ways you can participate in SAS:1. Pray with your children for God to provide church workers.2. Talk to your children about becoming church workers.3. Thank God for the people who work in your congregation.To learn more about Set Apart to Serve, visit lcms.org/set-apart-to-serve.

We’re celebrating 100 years of God’s blessings on KFUO Radio with a special series featuring guests from KFUO’s long history! In Episode 9, Rev. Dr. Stanish Stanley (Executive Director of Christian Friends of New Americans) joins Andy, Sarah, and guest co-host Joanie Harwell to talk about how he came to St. Louis, his experience listening to KFUO, his first time as a guest on KFUO, how KFUO and CFNA have partnered together for the sake of the Gospel, and how KFUO supports him and those he serves.Learn more about KFUO’s 100th Anniversary Celebration at kfuo.org/100.

How can you have fun golfing while supporting the important work of Christian Friends of New Americans (CFNA)? Mike Albers (CFNA volunteer) and Kerry Pozaric (CFNA Business Manager) join Andy and Sarah to talk about how they've seen CFNA showing love and mercy in the name of Jesus to refugees and immigrants in St. Louis this year, why they are personally involved with this Gospel-driven work, the responses they've received or heard from those who have benefited from the support of CFNA, and how everyone can support the work of CFNA during the Annual Golf Tournament. Learn more and register at cfna-stl.org/golf.CFNA Golf Tournament Please join us at Greenbriar Hills Country Club for a day of fun and fellowship while supporting refugees in the St. Louis area.Monday, October 14, 202411:00 am — Check-In and Box Lunch 12:00 pm — 18-Hole Scramble 5:30 pm — Dinner and Prizes

It's almost time for Advent and Christmas! Elizabeth Pittman (Director of Public Relations for Concordia Publishing House) joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the exciting offerings from CPH for this Advent and Christmas season, including the beautiful Enduring Grace: A Church Year Journal, the Enduring Grace journal for kids, and this year's Advent and Christmas package for congregations titled "His Name Shall Be Called" which includes Daily Devotions, a Children's Book, a Christmas Program, and other resources.Find these resources at:cph.org/enduring-grace-a-church-year-journal-year-c cph.org/enduring-grace-a-church-year-journal-for-kids-year-c cph.org/advent

What makes a hymn a hymn? Dr. John Behnke (Organist at Trinity Lutheran Church of Southwest Florida, Composer, and Professor Emeritus of Concordia University Wisconsin) and Rev. Stephen Starke (published hymnwriter and retired Pastor of St. John Amelith Lutheran Church in Bay City, MI) join Andy and Sarah to talk about the upcoming "A Day with Hymnwriter, Rev. Stephen Starke" happening on January 24, 2025 at Trinity Lutheran Church of Southwest Florida in Port Charlotte, Florida. Hear a conversation about what makes a hymn different from other types of music we sing, what makes a hymn a good hymn, how hymns from hundreds of years ago are still relevant today, and how hymns create community among God’s people. Learn more about this event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1142207233541604 and about Trinity Lutheran Church at trinitylutheranchurchswfl.org.

Concordia University students studying to become church workers had the chance to share about church work vocations at Higher Things Conferences this summer. In Part 2 of 2, Young Adult Representatives (YARs) Hannah Weaver, Jakob Nath, and James Pape join Andy and Sarah to talk about why they wanted to serve as YARs, stories about their experiences talking with Higher Things participants at all three conferences, what they loved about this experience, and their advice for anyone considering church work vocations. Learn more about Higher Things at higherthings.org.Christ’s church will continue until He returns, and that church will continue to need church workers.Set Apart to Serve (SAS) is an initiative of the LCMS to recruit church workers. Together, we pray for workers for the Kingdom of God and encourage children to consider church work vocations.Here are three easy ways you can participate in SAS:1. Pray with your children for God to provide church workers.2. Talk to your children about becoming church workers.3. Thank God for the people who work in your congregation.To learn more about Set Apart to Serve, visit lcms.org/set-apart-to-serve.

We’re celebrating 100 years of God’s blessings on KFUO Radio with a special series featuring guests from KFUO’s long history! In Episode 8, Rev. "Jolly" John Lukomski, co-host of Wrestling with the Basics on KFUO Radio, joins Andy, Sarah, and guest co-host Joanie Harwell to talk about how he began working with KFUO Radio, how Wrestling with the Basics began, the impact he has seen while sharing the Gospel over the radio, and what he loves about talking about Jesus to listeners worldwide.Learn more about KFUO’s 100th Anniversary Celebration at kfuo.org/100.

Most of Peter’s First Epistle is straightforward in meaning, but this month’s reading contains two difficult passages: 1 Peter 3:18–20 and 4:6. Consulting a faithful and reliable resource such as The Lutheran Study Bible is advisable when you are faced with challenging texts. For the first difficult passage, one should ask, “What else could this refer to other than Christ’s victorious descent into hell to proclaim defeat over sin, Satan and the enemies of God?” This is the proper meaning, as we confess in the Apostles’ Creed: Christ “descended into hell.” With the second difficult passage, other Scriptures clarify the meaning: “It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment” (Hebrews 9:27; see also Luke 16:19–31). “Those who are dead” (1 Peter 4:6) to whom the Gospel has been preached must be those dead in sin (Ephesians 2:1) in this life who need to hear and believe the life-giving Word of Christ. In the verses for this month, Peter makes it perfectly clear that Baptism is a saving bath that unites us with Christ’s resurrection and gives us power for a new life. As a baptized community made alive “through the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (1 Peter 3:21), we now “walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4).Rev. Carl Roth, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church in Elgin, TX, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching Scripture” feature in the September 2024 issue of the Lutheran Witness titled “A Baptized Community” on 1 Peter 3:18–4:6. This year, “Searching Scripture” is themed “Elect Exiles” and will walk through the First Epistle of St. Peter. Follow along every month and search Scripture with us!Find online exclusives of the Lutheran Witness at witness.lcms.org and subscribe to the Lutheran Witness at cph.org/witness.

What makes teaching 5th grade at a Classical Lutheran School a unique experience? Mrs. Brittany Wilber, Fifth Grade Teacher at Faith Lutheran School in Plano, TX, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what she loves about being a teacher at Faith Lutheran School, what is unique about teaching 5th grade, how catechesis is included in the curriculum, how classical education forms young adults in the Lutheran faith and prepares them for future vocations, and the relationship between teachers, parents, and pastors at Faith Plano.Learn more about Faith Plano, including the upcoming Golf Tournament to support the school, at flsplano.org.

Josh Douglas, Gift Planning Advocate with LCMS Mission Advancement, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about why he joined LCMS Mission Advancement, what a Gift Planning Advocate does, how he builds relationships with people across Synod as he helps them plan their giving, why joyful giving matters, and how to start the process of a long-term gift for the LCMS. Learn more at giftplanning.lcms.org.This program originally aired on October 2, 2023.