Kids Health & Bike Safety

Guests Rev. Glen Thomas, Lynn McCain, Libby Anvender, and Debbie Esker talk about kids health and bike safety. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church located at 12345 Manchester Rd. in Des Peres, MO, is holding a Health Fair on Saturday, October 22, 10:00am-2:00pm. Activities for adults and children will include My First Duathlon, Helmet Check by Children’s Hospital, Flu Shots, a wide variety of health screens, Jazzercise Demo, Blood Drive, a variety of health and fitness vendors, snacks, and more. Pastors will be available for conversation and private prayer with any who desire. To register for the Duathlon, call 314-822-0447 or stpaulsdesperes.org. See the event flyer here. To register for the helmet checks, call 314-454-KIDS. See the event flyer here.

Learn more about the health fair at stpaulsdesperes.org/#/events/community-health-fair.

Rev. Glen Thomas is Pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and School, Des Peres.
Lynn McCain is a teacher at St. Paul’s Lutheran School, Des Peres
Libby Anvender is Community Education Instructor for St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Debbie Esker is an Advanced Practice Nurse and Chair of the St. Paul Des Peres Health Fair Task Force
Special Guest Sarah Haskins, Olympic triathlete, will be handing out medals for the kids at the Duathlon.

Listen to the first segment here:

Nutrition, Exercise, and Life in Christ after Cancer

Karen Tripp, MS LMFT, President of Cancer Companions, and Keith Whittemore, Cancer Survivor serving on the Board for Cancer Companions and Emcee for the Cancer Companions Retreat, talk about how nutrition and exercise play a role in life after cancer. Cancer Companions trains volunteers at churches how to run Christian cancer support groups. Learn more about the ministry at cancer-companions.org.

The Cancer Survivorship Retreat: Building a New Life with Fitness, Food and Faith will be Friday- Saturday, November 4th – 5th, at the Mercy Conference and Retreat Center located at 2039 N. Geyer Road in St. Louis. Register for the retreat at cancer-companions.org/survivorship-retreat.

Listen to the second segment here:

Send in your family questions to Family@kfuo.org or call host Andy Bates at (314) 996-1519 .

Andy Bates, DCE

If you haven’t had Associate Executive Director's Andy Bates’s smoked mac and cheese from scratch (yes, including the noodles), you’re missing out on a magical food experience. Although he’ll gladly go venturing through the woods in his Vivobarefoot Trail Freaks (those are shoes), he’ll also stay happily busy automating every possible thing in his home while eating cherry cheesecake brownies made by his wife, Lauren. As a Theatre major, don’t ask him to pick a favorite play, but you may find him hanging out with his adorable son watching Trolls or listening to bluegrass or the latest audiobook on biomechanics.