The Coffee Hour — Set Apart to Serve: Church Worker Formation at Concordia University, Nebraska

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How are music and theology students formed at Concordia University, Nebraska (CUNE)? Dr. Jeffrey Blersch (Professor of Music, Concordia University Nebraska) and the Rev. Dr. John Genter (Assistant Professor of Theology, Concordia University Nebraska) join Andy and Sarah for our Set Apart to Serve series to talk about what drew them to their areas of expertise in music and theology, the church work programs each of them interact with, how they see their individual areas of expertise as important in forming future church workers, what students at CUNE experience academically and socially, how students are fed spiritually, and their encouragement for parents and students to consider CUNE or another Concordia for church worker formation.

Christ’s church will continue until He returns, and that church will continue to need church workers.

Set Apart to Serve (SAS) is an initiative of the LCMS to recruit church workers. Together, we pray for workers for the Kingdom of God and encourage children to consider church work vocations.

Here are three easy ways you can participate in SAS:
1. Pray with your children for God to provide church workers.
2. Talk to your children about becoming church workers.
3. Thank God for the people who work in your congregation.

To learn more about Set Apart to Serve, visit lcms.org/set-apart-to-serve.

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Today’s episode of The Coffee Hour is underwritten in part by Concordia University, Irvine. You can learn more about Concordia University, Irvine at cui.edu.