# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S799
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PROPOSED SYNODICAL HANDBOOK

The Board for Parish Education shall, therefore,

a. assist in planning an effective program of parish
education and especially seek to improve and extend
the system of parochial schools in all congregations;

b. watch for all movements and tendencies which
might endanger the program of parish education and
marshal all available resources to counteract such
tendencies and movements;

ce. plan and direct the production of ‘textbooks and
other printed materials necessary for the carrying out
of an effective program of parish education;

d. assist. in Co-ordinating and integrating the vari-
ous educational agencies and activities intended to
promote parish education;

e. assist in supervising and directing all formal
educational activities of the congregations of Synod,
such as the Lutheran elementary and secondary
schools, the Sunday school, summer school, vacation
Bible school, the part-time weekday religious school;

f. initiate and direct research activities necessary
to promote and improve parish education;

g. advise Synod, its Districts, and congregations
with respect to problems, needs, and Possibilities in
the field of parish education.

S. H. 91

515-A. Executive Secretary of the Board for Parish
Education

The Board for Parish Education shall select and
call from a list of candidates nominated by indi-
viduals, boards, conferences, or congregations, an ex-
ecutive secretary who shall, under the direction of the
Board, carry out the program of duties assigned to him
by the Board.

Proc., 1941, 345

515-B. Secretary of Schools

The Board for Parish Education shall be empowered
to call a full-time secretary of schools and an assistant.
They shall work in the interest of our parochial schools
and under the direction of the Board. ‘

515-C. Editor of Sunday School Literature

The Board for Parish Education shall be empowered
to call a full-time editor of Sunday school literature.

DISTRICT BOARD FOR PARISH EDUCATION

516-A. Membership of the District Board
for Parish Education

Each synodical District shall elect or otherwise pro-
vide for a committee for parish education. This com-
mittee shall consist of two pastors, two teachers, and
two laymen. —