# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S957
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

372 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

and Girls of America, and that Synod undertake and support this
project in a way that will benefit as many congregations of the
Synod as wish to obtain such benefits.

Lurueran Business Men’s Cius, CLEVELAND, OHIO .

A.B. Kunze, President B.P. Dorrney, Secretary
H. F. Happe, Chairman, Advisory Committee

[1014]
Re the “Lutheran Boys and Girls of America”

Wuenreas, Great losses occur to our Church of newly confirmed
members shortly after the confirmation; and

Wuereas, Such losses may be partly curtailed by giving greater
attention to the problems of boys and girls before the age of con-
firmation and before they are lost to the Church (need of associa-
tion with Lutherans, active participation in church life, lasting
affiliation with the Church, assistance in successfully withstanding
and overcoming the faith-destroying evils surrounding them); and

Wuereas, The boys and girls of preconfirmation age often as-
sociate with unprincipled boys and girls and are subject to the
same temptations that lead many boys and girls to juvenile de-
linquency and crime; and

Wuereas, It is possible to substitute wholesome companionship
and constructive activities for the evil companionship and the de-
structive activities that lead to juvenile delinquency; and

Wuereas, It is possible to counsel and lead boys and girls
aright in their leisure-time activities through the employment of
competent leaders working in close co-operation with parents,
school, and church; and

WuereEas, The objectives, the suggested methods, the materials,
and the leadership being supplied by the organization known as the’
Lutheran Boys and Girls of America are designed to aid congrega-
tions to curtail losses to the Church, to avoid juvenile delinquency,
and to encourage a God-pleasing use of leisure time; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri,
Ohio, and Other States, in convention assembled, give attention to.
the work being done by the Lutheran Boys and Girls of America
and that such work be undertaken and supported by the Synod in ©
order that the benefits of this work will be made available to all.
congregations of Synod.

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Trinity Ev. LuTHERAN CHurcH, CLEVELAND, Ouro
M. H. SomMERFELD, Pastor
HERBERT C. J. SCHILLINGER, Principal
Norman F. Luekens, Secretary