# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1060
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

862 PARISH EDUCATION

ful materials for use by individuals, families, and congregati
the first family life workshop was held at River Forest in
summer of 1949, with an attendance of 50. There was representati¢
from 22 of Synod’s Districts. The constructive suggestions wor
out by this group made it extremely practical, challenging, ;
useful, and opened new vistas of service for a family-centere
ministry. ’

The following materials were produced during the trienni
An Agency tract: A Family Life Program for the Parish, a 50-p:
digest of the first family workshop; a folder on family worship made,
available for free distribution to the churches; special articles
our church periodicals; a book of approximately 250 pages enti
Helping Families Through the Church. :

One of the largest tasks before the committee is the setting :
of an adequate list of materials for use in the local church. To:.the
end six subcommittees are helping with the screening of abo
100 audio-visual aids. These screening groups are locat
various parts of the country. Some 400 books and pamphlets..ag
now in the process of being evaluated to give us lists of the
literature available. Be,

Because the young married people (age 25 to 35) are a sty
tegic group, and because there is at present an increase of coup
clubs and young married people’s classes, the Family Life Con
mittee has invited our national organizations, the Walther Leagyeg
the Lutheran Wonjien’s Missionary League, and the Lutheran [ay
men’s League, to co-operatively produce, with the Board for Parif
Education, some guidance materials for such couples’ group:
classes.

A beginning has been made to inaugurate family life educa‘
throughout the Districts of Synod. Further action in that directid
has been curtailed by limitations imposed by the Fiscal Confereri

To undergird Christian family life, the committee see
following needs. Each parish should become much more cons¢iéi
of its families arid develop closer home-church co-operation thro
a family-centered approach to education. Pastors want and n
more guidance in marriage counseling and a more effective pastoi
approach to the family. This guidance should be supplied. P.
classes and organizations need to gear their planning more sp
cally to family needs and the development of wholesome
living. Congregations need help for a practical and simple appro
that will help each family set up family worship. Our chu:
should be encouraged to-use one month a year to emphasize”
building and maintaining of a Christian home. The resolution:¢
the Christian home of the Centennial Convention outlines a ec
structive program that is both preventive and remedial. This resgag;