Family Shield

Life constantly changes! That alone can cause anxiety and stress, even if we knew the changes were coming, let alone those changes that we did not expect. To build you up and bless the people depending on you, here is our chat with Chrissy Stergos, a professional therapist and counselor, so we can keep trucking on, but with joy, hope, and certainty.

How can we get those kids to listen!? What if learning could be fun? Could it be fun for both the teacher and parent as well as for the children? To help us inspire and reach the next generation, we have BOTH world-famous family psychologist and author Dr. Kevin Leman AND Kristin Leman O’Reilly to inspire and reach us with their new book, Be A Great Teacher By Friday! Click to listen to part two of our interview - for you and for the people we are called to protect and inspire.

How can we get those kids to listen!? What if learning could be fun? Could it be fun for both the teacher and parent as well as for the children? To help us inspire and reach the next generation, we have BOTH world-famous family psychologist and author Dr. Kevin Leman AND Kristin Leman O’Reilly to inspire and reach us with their new book, Be A Great Teacher By Friday! Click to listen for you and for the people we are called to protect and inspire.

Anxiety… we all feel it, we struggle with it, we know people who struggle with it… here is our chat with Julie Williamson, a professional therapist and counselor, who specializes in helping people recognize it, work through it, and help others feel AND ENJOY the freedom of a heart at peace. Click to listen for you and for the people we are called to protect and inspire.

We are celebrating 249 years of the United States of America because so many have risked, given, and offered so much to keep us safe and moving forward. This week, in honor of all our brothers and sisters in the US Military, we are sharing a chat with Lt. Ross Engel, a Chaplain in the US Navy. As a weightlifter and a pastor, he’s not afraid of serving our toughest. Click to listen for you and for the people we are called to protect and inspire.

Your little buddy grew up and is now, somehow, a high schooler! Are they done with you? Do your words make any difference anymore? To help you still have hope and meaningful impact, we asked Laura Arndt to join us again to help us help those who are probably more vulnerable than they have ever been. Click and listen for you and for the people we are called to protect and inspire.

Middle schoolers are so easily hijacked by the craving to fit in and to not stand out, so it is a hard time for them and for their parents. To make sure they have the ability to recognize good influences AND bad influences, we asked Laura Arndt to join us again to give us tips, strategies, and tactics to share the “words of eternal life” with our kiddos so that God’s Word can be a treasure for them as well. Because children are so important and at so much risk, now more than ever, come, listen in for you and for the people we are called to protect and inspire.

Families are either growing closer to God and each other or they are growing farther apart... there is no coast or pause button. For this chat, Pastor Brandon Larson of Faith Community Church in Las Vegas, Nevada, returns to the mic. As a Discipleship Pastor, he shares practices and habits that help families prosper, grow together, and grow closer to God, forever! These ideas are fun, easy, and powerful. Come, listen, and help us hold the shield wall, together.

Families can easily fall apart, but we can avoid that catastrophe! This time, we chat Pastor Brandon Larson of Faith Community Church in Las Vegas, Nevada. His role as the Discipleship Pastor allows him to see what works for families to stay together... and what does not. It really is simple and not even all that hard. Come, hear how to keep the ones you love most, together.

Based on over 1,500 interviews of people who have had Near Death Experiences, Rev. John Burke has joined us for a conversation about what God is like by those who have met Him before they were bought back to life. Many of these individuals were not Christian, and yet they describe the same God to Whom the Bible introduces us. What is at His heart is so simple and exciting! Come, enjoy hearing more about Who is watching over us now and is waiting for us when our time comes.

Our young adults are the most vulnerable Christians because the world has so much access to them but they do not yet have enough experience to recognize harmful influences. To help them walk well with God, Rev. Dr. Mark Kiessling joins us for this conversation and how we can lead or be part of effective ministry to the Youth under our care, in our congregations and in our own families. Come, join the chat for you and for the people we are called to protect and inspire.

Because our children are so precious to us, we want to tell them everything we know, but that can easily overwhelm them. We asked Laura Arndt to join us again to help us share the “words of eternal life” with our littles so that God’s Word can be treasure for them as well. This is all about enjoying God together with elementary age children for parents, grandparents, teachers, Sunday School teachers, and all who serve our younger sisters and brothers in Christ. Come, join the chat for you and for the people we are called to protect and inspire.

Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, so taking care of these temples is part of our worship of God, especially as the people around us are better off if we are healthy, energized, and engaged. We also need to model healthy behaviors for the little people entrusted to our care. With this conversation, Dr. Robert Lufkin shares healthy nutritional strategies and a dozen diseases we can avoid or make much less likely for us to suffer. Come, join the chat for you and for the people we are called to protect and inspire.

How do you talk to people that are much younger than you, that are facing a world much different than you, but take eternal truths and put it on their level? It's so easy to talk over the heads of our smallest of brothers and sisters, the smallest of people live and are entrusted to our care. So by the end of this short conversation you are going to have a lot more ability to take the phenomenal truths that God has breathed into you, to breathe that into the smallest of people entrusted to our care. Welcome to Family Shield Ministries. I’m Mark Femmel, a pastor in St. Louis. And today we get to chat with childhood education expert extraordinaire, Laura Langhoff Arndt.

What would it be like to just die right now? A lot of people would be terrified. A lot of people are just not ready–too much to do, and it's scary, we haven't been there before. But some have and they have a wonderful story to share. So today we have a blessing and an opportunity to have an incredible conversation with a pastor named John Burke, who if you have not already heard anything about him you are going to love him and love his work because he started out not knowing the answers and God has graciously allowed him not just to be hungry for what's coming next, but how amazing it is. He's sharing his story. We are Family Shield Ministries. I am Mark Femmel and with me today is John Burke, author of Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences, God's Promises, and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You.

After being in broadcast ministry for about 40 years, Kay Meyer is about to take a step back, and we know what that means--she's gonna find something else to do. "I'm waiting on the Lord to open doors," answered Kay. That's right. But after 40 years, she has had an amazing track record with all sorts of guests and all sorts of topics and all sorts of opportunities that the Lord has opened up. So this is our part three of a showcase of Kay Meyer, the founder and minister behind and under Family Shield Ministries. She has washed our feet through broadcasting and ministry for 40 years, and that includes you, our listeners, and me, a podcast host, and Mark Frith, who's also a pastor and in the house to help us showcase the tremendous impact and to do the highlight reel of Kay Meyer's ministry, throughout all the ways God has blessed her to use her voice to speak His Word. So it's weird for me to say this as I'm looking at Kay Meyer, but welcome to Family Shield Ministries.

Family Shield Ministries is based on Ephesians 6 – the shield of faith, not just for us but in ancient times sometimes shields are so big that they would interlock with the shield of the person next to you or it’s a big shield where he could protect not just yourself but like God, the mighty fortress. And so Family Shield Ministries from the very beginning and all along the way, has been about shielding the family under your care as God shields all of us, including your people, as a part of his family. So welcome to Family Shield Ministries. Today we are on part 2 of a special series with Kay Meyer and Rev. Mark Frith, who are both here with us on the microphone and we are looking at the impact that Family Shield Ministries has had. We're going to give a little bit behind the scenes look from Family Shield Ministries to share with everybody who it is, why it's going, and why it needs to continue. So in studio is Kay Meyer. If you are a follower of Family Shield Ministries she is no stranger to you. I would en

Right now it is so easy to just get in your car in the garage, open the door, drive out, go about your life in your own cubicle, in your own little lane, and your own office, and then drive, home park in your garage, put the garage door down, and then then you just go inside and take care of your own family. But today we have an incredible opportunity to spend some time with somebody who refused to park in the garage and just keep her nose to herself and just keep her nose out of everybody else’s business. We have the gift of a woman who got involved in everybody's family, everybody's family business to bring them to be much more of a part of the family of God; not just to be themselves but to be in partnership. So today I have the incredible blessing to share a microphone with Mark Frith, who's also in studio, and the famous, the sacred, the precious Kay Meyer.

Welcome back to Family Shield Ministries listeners. It is a privilege and a delight to have a little bit of your time today. My name is Mark Femmel, Pastor here in St Louis and with Family Shield Ministries. I came across a book by somebody that I'm very excited to share with you today–Sheri Mueller. She is an incredible blessing because she put a book that addresses the pain that 30% of wives are silently struggling with. 30% of wives are critically unhappy in their relationship in their marriage because of the one thing we're going to talk about. Now that doesn't just mean the wives are upset; there are a lot of guys I don't have this decision for that; Sheri might. But a lot of guys are also unhappy with this. So this is an opportunity for guys, for gals, husbands and wives, to be able to figure out how to itch the itch they cannot seem to reach, and it’s so easy. Sheri makes it so easy. She gives us an action plan. So by the end of this conversation which is only 27 minutes right now, you’re going to have

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 we're doing this is most congregations have a problem and that problem is your kids don't wanna come back. Your kids don't wanna come back because it's irrelevant, it's disconnected. And so we are excited to share this book with you, Seven Practices of Healthy Youth Ministry. And we brought on one of the authors, Julianna Schults, as I mentioned and if you missed Part 1 of the conversation, she shared her absolute favorite out of the seven practices and it was a great conversation. Now you might be wondering, why did I come back? We already got the best one out of the way! Because there are six more so welcome back Julianna.