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Welcome back Family Shield Ministries folks with this Part 2 conversation with a precious part of the church, Julianna Schults. She is part of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Youth Ministry Department, and she is sharing her time with us about a book that she has just put together with a coworker of hers, Doctor Mark Kiesling. The reason why ...

Welcome back lovely listeners to Family Shield Ministries podcast and radio show. This is Mark Femmel, the pastor in St Louis and cohost. I'm excited to have this conversation because almost every church I have ever met has a problem-a youth problem, and that is, when we just kind of do business as normal, our kids grow up and graduate ...

November 13, 2024 Faith Family Reunion - Prodigal Parent Ministry Training Report FAITH FAMILY REUNION--PRODIGAL PARENT MINISTRY TRAINING Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Lemay, MO Saturday, October 27, 2024 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Thirty-one (31) people registered to attend the Faith Family Reunion-Parents of Prodigal Ministry Training on Saturday, October 27th featuring Paula Isakson. Paula was a prodigal child for 25 ...

November 5, 2024 Meet Our New Business & Ministry Coordinator We are excited to announce that we have hired a new Business & Ministry Coordinator, Shirley Durrwachter. Prior to the Pandemic, she was a Project Manager for Maritz Motivation. She currently works part-time for Family Shield Ministries and Visiting Angels. Shirley is married to Jerry. They have 4 grown children and live in ...

Welcome back to Family Shield Ministries folks. I’m Mark Femmel, pastor in St Louis, and with Family Feud Ministries. I got an exciting opportunity. I got an opportunity to get my hands on a book by Dennis Allen called The Disciple Dilemma, and it is the answer to prayers and all the things that the church can do better; it's ...

My name is Mark Femmel in St. Louis and I am blessed to have a conversation with somebody who has written the book that I wish I could give to myself as a kid. This is from Concordia publishing house and it is a journey through church history. Christa Petzold has written this book and is a tremendous gift of ...

October 10, 2024 A Little of This and That! My brother-in-law, Pat, passed away recently. He remained my brother-in-law even after my sister and he divorced. They remarried once, but again divorced. My husband thought of Pat as the brother he never had. My husband is an only child. Jill and Pat remained great friends through the years. A few ...

Welcome to all of our listeners to Family Shield Ministries. My name is Mark Femmel and I'm a pastor and I'm co-host of Family Shield Ministries. The big question we have today is how can you have the right words to help people, not hurt more? Sometimes at funerals and terrible tragedies or events or something that's bad news has ...

September 20, 2024 A Family Shield Prodigal Parent Training for LCMS Church Workers & Parents of Prodigals Gethsemane Lutheran Church765 Lemay Ferry Rd.Lemay, Missouri 63125 Saturday, October 26, 20249 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is no cost to attend. Lunch is included. Register Here Parents of Prodigals Parents of Prodigals suffer the burden of children & grandchildren who have stopped participating ...

Hello Family Shield Ministries folks. This is Mark Femmel coming to you with a very unique book, The Men We Need. it's a very unique book because often times the church is for women, and women feel at home in the church, and women often times have a major struggle to bring their guys to church, and if you’ve got ...