The Coffee Hour from KFUO Radio
Grab your morning coffee (and pastry, let’s be honest) and join hosts Andy Bates and Sarah Gulseth as they bring you all the stories you want to hear from around the LCMS. Catch the inside scoop from your favorite Lutheran-famous people, updates from missionaries across the ocean, and practical talk about how to live confidently and counter-culturally Lutheran in a secular world. You won’t find these stories anywhere else!
The Coffee Hour is underwritten by the Concordia University System. Learn more at cus.edu.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 289 minutes
- Episodes
- 2198
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Set Apart To Serve: Liturgy and Hymnody for Youth
How do cantors use church music to teach children the faith and form future church workers? Jonathan Rudy, Cantor at Grace Lutheran Church in Clarksville, TN, joins Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart t…
Yes, You Can Work at Summer Camp!
Summer camp provides unique opportunities for campers and staff alike! Keith Peters — Director of Summer and Youth Ministry at Camp Lutherhaven in Albion, Indiana, and Derrick "Rocky" Minnick — Minis…
History of the LCMS #1: The Prussian Union, Rationalism, Unionism, and Immigration
We embark on the epic story that is the creation of The Lutheran Church—Missouri. In this episode, we begin in mid-1800s Saxony and Prussia, focusing on the Prussian Union. What prompted the immigrat…
Serving Military Families through Operation Barnabas
How can Lutheran congregations support military service members and veterans through Operation Barnabas? Jill Tendler — Operation Barnabas volunteer at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Eureka, MO, and L…
"A Community of Exiles" LW Searching Scripture, January 2024: 1 Peter 1:1–12
Every four years in the USA, the presidential campaign preoccupies our populace, culminating in the November election of the next “president elect.” But for Christians, whose “kingdom is not of this …
Christmas in Puerto Rico with the Neuendorfs
Rev. James and Deaconess Christel Neuendorf, who serve the Lord in Puerto Rico, join Andy and Sarah to talk about some history and trivia about where they live and serve in Puerto Rico, how Advent an…
Lutheran Women's Groups and Christmas in Ghana
Joyce Erber, who serves the Lord in Accra, Ghana, with her husband Rev. David Erber, joins Sarah to talk about the Lutheran Women's group she serves with in Ghana, how this group serves the community…
Looking Forward to the Fourth Sunday in Advent
Rev. Dr. Matthew Richard, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Minot, ND, and author of Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? available from Concordia Publishing House, joins Andy and Sarah in our …
Luther's First Christmas Hymn
Rev. Brian Hamer, active duty Navy Chaplain and author of the Lifted Voice column in Around the Word: Theology for the Curious Christian, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about Luther's first Christmas h…
Weihnachten in Deutschland
Deaconess Kim Bueltmann, serving the Lord in Germany, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about Weihnachten (Christmas) in Deutschland (Germany), including some history about Leipzig and Chemnitz where she …
Set Apart To Serve: Chaplains During Deployment at Christmas
Chaplain Steven Hokana — Assistant Director of LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces, and Lee Hinton — Administrative Coordinator for LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces, join Andy and Sarah for our Set Ap…
LIVE Christmas Caroling!
Let's sing Christmas Carols! Friends from the International Center Rev. Doug Griebenaw, Katie Rickords, Prince Solomon, Rev. Sean Daenzer, Deaconess Cara Patton, Anne Gonzalez, Courtney Zalmonoff, Pe…
Prophecy and Languages
Rev. Peter Ill, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Millstadt, IL, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study 1 Corinthians 14:1-25.
Keeping in mind the most excellent way that is love, St. Paul instruct…
Looking Forward to the Third Sunday in Advent
Rev. Dr. Matthew Richard, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Minot, ND, and author of Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? available from Concordia Publishing House, joins Andy and Sarah in our …
KFUO Radio in Daily Vocations
Steven Wolters, KFUO Radio listener and donor, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about when he first began listening to KFUO Radio, how it became a regular practice for him and his son, how our programs h…
Sharing Jesus' Love in Hong Kong
Deaconess Carol Halter, serving the Lord as an evangelistic missionary among the Chinese people in Hong Kong since 1981, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about what she's experienced over her many years …
Set Apart To Serve: Deaconess Ministry
Deaconess Amy Rast — Associate Director of Deaconess Formation at Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne, Deaconess Dr. Gillian M. Bond — Director of Deaconess Studies at Concordia Seminary St. Lo…
Navidad: A Journey to Bethlehem at Concordia University Irvine
Dr. Jeff Held, Assistant Dean of Music and Artistic Director of the Concordia PBS Broadcast at Concordia University Irvine (CUI), joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the annual Christmas festivities w…
Christmas Celebrations with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Jennifer Nitchman, flutist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the upcoming Christmas celebrations happening with the St. Louis Symphony, including the Gospel Ch…
Looking Forward to the Second Sunday in Advent
Rev. Dr. Matthew Richard, pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Minot, ND, and author of Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? available from Concordia Publishing House, joins Andy and Sarah in our …