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
- 330 minutes
- Episodes
- 2199
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Back-to-School Meal Planning
Sara Correnti, MS RD LD, Manager of Health and Wellness with Concordia Plan Services, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about back to school meal ideas, how to plan for success with meals, and some of her…
Vocation In Our Daily Lives
Rev. Dr. James Gimbel, President of Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how we understand “vocation” from a Biblical perspective, the differen…
Making Disciples for Life: Let Us Keep Awake
Rev. Dr. Mark Wood, Director of LCMS Witness and Outreach, and Revitalization, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the Making Disciples for Life Conferences, how errant worldviews have impacted our li…
Caring for Pregnancy Resource Center Workers
Kim Laube — Executive Director of Life Ministries at Lutheran Family Service in Urbandale, Iowa, and Wendy Solawetz, LMFT — Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist with Lutheran Family Service, join And…
Set Apart To Serve: Culture of Church Worker Formation
Rev. Dr. Bill Harmon, President of the LCMS Southeastern District, joins Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart to Serve Series to talk about his path to becoming a pastor, how the encouragement of others …
In Service to the Gospel through Word & Music
Benjamin Kolodziej — member of Faith Lutheran Church in Plano, Texas, highly active church organist and composer, and author of Joyful Singing: A Story of Texas Lutheran Music (available on Amazon.co…
St. Martin Lutheran School for the Deaf
Rev. Tyler Walworth — pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and School in Dearborn, Michigan, and Our Savior Lutheran Church of the Deaf in Birmingham, Michigan, and Administrator of St. Martin Lutheran…
Fellowship at the Men's Gathering
David Vandercar, Men's Gathering planner and Executive Director of Lakeview Ministries in Seymour, Indiana, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about why it's valuable for men to gather for prayer and fello…
Homeschool Zoo Days
Scott Jarus, Project Chairman—MAC Homeschool Zoo Days with the Missouri Association for Creation, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the work of the Missouri Association for Creation, how a visit to …
Learning Greek and Latin as an Adult
Rev. Charles Henrickson — Instructor of Online Greek and Latin Courses for Consortium for Classical Lutheran Education (CCLE) and Pastor of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Bonne Terre and Grace Luther…
Set Apart To Serve: Radiating Joy in the Classroom
Ruthann Gieseke, Teacher at Green Park Lutheran School in St. Louis, Missouri, joins Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart to Serve Series to talk about her path to becoming a teacher, the influence of te…
Four Accounts: One Truth, The Baptism of Jesus
The Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz, pastor and evangelist of Trinity Lutheran Church in Denver, Colorado, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about his article in the August 2022 issue of The Lutheran Witness titled …
LW Searching the Scriptures, August 2022: Ephesians 4:1-16
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the August 2022 issue of the Lutheran Witness titled "United in the Bond o…
National Disaster Response Conference: Day by Day We Magnify Thee
Rev. Dr. Ross Johnson, Director of LCMS Disaster Response, and Rev. Michael Meyer, Director of Training with LCMS Disaster Response, join Andy to talk about how LERT and Disaster Response become a pa…
Forged by Fire: Mercy through Food
Rev. Paul Ernewein, Founder and Director of Forged by Fire, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about how the idea for Forged by Fire began, how this organization has been able to serve those in need, the v…
Set Apart To Serve: Serving as a Director of Christian Education
Jolene Siebarth, DCE at Immanuel Lutheran Church & School in St. Charles, Missouri, joins Andy for our Set Apart to Serve Series to talk about when she first learned about Directors of Christian Educ…
Boards and Commissions Nominations for Synod Convention
Rev. Dr. John Sias, Secretary of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about nominations for boards and commissions for the Synod, where these volunteers come from and the …
Lea Verslues, Summer Intern
Lea Verslues, KFUO Radio Summer Intern, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about her time as the summer intern, what she's learned about radio and media, how this experience has changed her perspective on …
LCMS Youth Gathering Recap!
Rev. Mark Kiessling, Director of LCMS Youth Ministry, joins Andy and Sarah to recap the 2022 LCMS Youth Gathering, including what made this a unique Gathering, the servant events that youth participa…
Commemorating Joanna, Mary, and Salome — Myrrhbearers
Rev. Sean Daenzer, LCMS Director of Worship and Chaplain of the LCMS International Center, joins Sarah on the commemoration day of Joanna, Mary, and Salome — Myrrhbearers to talk about who these wome…