The Coffee Hour — Set Apart To Serve: Standing Partnership and Pilot Program

Andy and Sarah talk with Nick Sargent, Vice President of Standing Partnership.

A Moment for the Family: Christmas Customs and Trends

Dr. Mary Manz Simon discusses with Gary Duncan customs and current trends of the Christmas season.

The Coffee Hour — Set Apart To Serve: Family Life Ministry in the Parish and the Home

Andy and Sarah talk with Rev. Dr. Theodore Hopkins — Associate Professor of Theology, and Program Director for Pre-Seminary and Family Life Ministry at Concordia University Ann Arbor.

A Moment for the Family: Seasonal Stress

Gary Duncan and Dr. Mary Manz Simon talk about seasonal stress and the holidays.

The Coffee Hour — Set Apart To Serve: Pastoral Formation in Vicarage and Beyond

Andy and Sarah talk with Joseph Greenmyer, Vicar at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mitchell, South Dakota.

A Moment for the Family: Christmas Toys

On this week’s podcast Dr. Mary Manz Simon and Gary Duncan talk about Christmas toy giving along with how technology is driving the toy industry.

Cross Defense — No Kids for Sunday School and the Prom Phenomenon

What should we do when there aren’t enough kids to have Sunday School?

A Moment for the Family: Your Family Story

Dr. Mary Manz Simon shares with Gary Duncan on this week’s program information about telling family stories. What are the benefits of sharing stories about your family?

The Coffee Hour — Set Apart To Serve: Discerning Vocation as First or Second Career Church Worker

Andy and Sarah talk with Rev. Kevin Robson, Chief Mission Officer for the LCMS.

A Moment for the Family: Mental Health Days

Gary Duncan and Dr. Mary Manz Simon talk about mental health days for school children. What are the benefits of allowing extra days out of school for mental health?  Are states adopting this as policy?