The Coffee Hour from KFUO Radio

Rev. Kevin Robson, Chief Mission Officer for the LCMS, joins Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart to Serve Series to talk about discerning vocation especially as a second-career church worker, including the unique challenges and opportunities second-career church workers face, the process for discerning whether church work is the right path, the critical need for church workers, and the hopeful future we have in the Church.Learn more about the Set Apart to Serve Initiative at lcms.org/setaparttoserve.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.

Dr. Maurice Boyer, Music Director of the American Kantorei, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the music of J.S. Bach and the American Kantorei's upcoming concert on Sunday, November 20, 2022, at 3:oo pm at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Des Peres, MO, including the theme of the concert of Jesus as our Prince of Peace, how J.S. Bach's cantatas teach us beautiful theology, and some highlights from each of the cantatas for the concert. Listen to the cantatas mentioned at the links below! Find American Kantorei online at americankantorei.org.BWV 116 "Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ" (You Prince of Peace, Lord Jesus Christ) - 25th Sunday after Trinity - youtu.be/-EwuuvsSMS0BWV 77 "Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben" (You shall love the Lord your God) - 13th Sunday after Trinity - youtu.be/5674HbEJQaQBWV 67 "Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ" (Keep in mind Jesus Christ) - Quasimodogeniti (the 1st Sunday after Easter) - youtu.be/YsTYtlpRVkQ

Kristine "Sparrow" Regalado — NLOMA summer staffer and current Concordia University Texas student, and Bruce Wall — Executive Director at Camp Luther in Nebraska, join Andy and Sarah to talk about how serving on summer staff is a hugely formational experience for young people, how Kristine grew as a young adult and leader during her time, what young people learn during their time at camp, and the need for camp staffers. Learn more and apply at nloma.org/employment/summer/serviceprofile.

Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the November 2022 issue of the Lutheran Witness titled "A Profound Mystery" on Ephesians 5:22-33. This year, "Searching the Scriptures" will study the book of Ephesians, so stay tuned each month for the next Bible study. Follow along and search the Scriptures with us!Find online exclusives of the Lutheran Witness at witness.lcms.org and subscribe to the Lutheran Witness at cph.org/witness.Ephesians 5:22-33Wives and Husbands22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish.[a] 28 In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church. 33 However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.Read full chapterFootnotesEphesians 5:27 Or holy and blamelessEnglish Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. esv.org

Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, MSW, joins Andy and Sarah in our series on "Emotions and the Gospel" to talk about Emotional Process, including what processing emotions has to do with health and well-being, what happens when we avoid processing emotions, how building a toolbox for processing emotions is helpful, some common defense mechanisms we use to avoid processing emotions, and how the Psalms are useful in understanding healthy emotional processing.Find your copy of Emotions and the Gospel: Created for Connection at books.cph.org/emotions-and-the-gospel. Listen to all episodes in this series at kfuo.org/tag/emotions-and-the-gospel.Hear Mental Health Mondays each Monday at 9am CT, or listen to all episodes at kfuo.org/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. Matthew Wietfeldt, Vice President of Admission and Director of Christ Academy at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (CTSFW), joins Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart to Serve Series to talk about the seminary's role in forming future church workers, including his own journey to the seminary as a student and then to the Admission office, how Christ Academy serves young people, and why an immerse experience like this at a seminary can be very important to future vocations. Learn more about Christ Academy at ctsfw.edu/ctsfw-events/christ-academy.Learn more about the Set Apart to Serve Initiative at lcms.org/setaparttoserve.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.

Rev. Dr. Stanish Stanley — Executive Director of Christian Friends of New Americans, Rev. Dr. Allan Buckman — Chairperson for Christian Friends of New Americans, and Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison — President of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, join Andy and Sarah to talk about how Christian Friends of New Americans began, the early years of ministry and how that ministry has changed over the years, the partnerships CFNA formed in order to carry out this work, how CFNA is serving neighbors today, and why mercy ministry like this is critically important today. Learn more about the work of CFNA, how you can get involved, and how you can support the ministry at cfna-stl.org.

Dr. David Schmitt — Professor of Practical Theology, Chairman of the Department of Practical Theology, and Gregg H. Benidt Memorial Professor of Homiletics and Literature at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, joins Sarah to talk about the new stained glass windows in the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus on the Seminary's campus, including the history of the Chapel's windows prior to these stained glass windows, how the concept and art for the new windows were planned, the theme for the entire chapel, and a few descriptions of the beautiful windows.Learn more about these stained glass windows, including detailed descriptions, pictures, and a video, at csl.edu/campus-life/chapel/chapel-stained-glass. Watch the virtual tour at youtu.be/4E-yK6_NXRM.

Rev. Warren Woerth, pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Arnold, Missouri, which is KFUO Radio's Church of the Week for November 6-12, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the history of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, how the saints at Good Shepherd receive God's gifts every week, how these gifts equip the saints to serve in their daily vocations, upcoming special events, and how to connect with Good Shepherd. Hear "Moments in Creation" with Pastor Woerth weekdays at around 12:30pm CT or find them on demand at kfuo.org/category/moments-with-kfuo-radio/a-moment-in-creation. Find Good Shepherd Lutheran Church online at goodshepherdarnold.org.

Deaconess Heidi Goehmann, LCSW, MSW, joins Andy and Sarah in our series on "Emotions and the Gospel" to talk about regulation, including the difference between the noticeable emotions we recognize and the ones don't notice, how emotional regulation can be like nutritional regulation, why we need emotional regulation, the difference between control and modulation, what dysregulation might look like or feel like, and how we develop emotional regulation.Find your copy of Emotions and the Gospel: Created for Connection at books.cph.org/emotions-and-the-gospel. Listen to all episodes in this series at kfuo.org/tag/emotions-and-the-gospel.Hear Mental Health Mondays each Monday at 9am CT, or listen to all episodes at kfuo.org/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.