LCMS Youth Ministry End Goals – Youth Gathering Resource: Rev. Michael Salemink and Life Issues

Mark and Julianna talk with Rev. Michael Salemink about how young people can be drawn into important discussions around the sanctity of life.

{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Christmas Poetry Slam!

In this “super special” holiday episode, Sarah, Erin, Bri, and Rachel each share their own original unpublished Christmas poems.

JOY — Joy to the World!

Hear an hour of the finest carols, the most meaningful, most enduring Christmas music you’ll never hear at the mall!

{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Rachel’s Trivia Challenge: The Best Christmas Pageant (Quiz) Ever

‘Tis the season … for Christmas pageants! Join Sarah, Erin, Bri, and Rachel as they embark on a riotous romp through the past, present and (hypothetical) future of nativity theatricals.

LCMS Youth Ministry End Goals – 7 Practices of Healthy Youth Ministry: Warmth, Challenge and Grace

Mark and Julianna discuss how Warmth, Challenge and Grace best describe what young people told us helped keep them attached to the church community.

JOY — The Song of Mary

Hear a major portion of John Rutter’s “Magnificat,” one of the most exuberant settings of that song from the gospel of Luke.

The Coffee Hour – Teaching Hymnody in Africa

Andy and Sarah talk with Phil Magness, Music Specialist for West and Central Africa with the LCMS Office of International Mission.

Sharper Iron — Christ is Surely Coming: Comfort in Affliction

Rev. Dr. Adam Filipek, pastor at Holy Cross Lutheran Church and Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lidgerwood, ND, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12.

{The Lutheran Ladies’ Lounge} Hymn Sing with Sarah: The Quempas Carol

Sarah invites Erin, Bri and Rachel to share their favorite Christmas carols and caroling memories, including her own with “The Quempas Carol.”

JOY — Messiah

Hear a major portion of “Messiah,” and also Advent carols sung by the National Lutheran Choir, the Bach Society of Saint Louis, and others.