# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1079
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. PARISH EDUCATION 881

. With a sound program of Lutheran elementary education. This
- means that congregations in the community should establish and
= Maintain an adequate number of Lutheran elementary schools
’ before a high school project is undertaken.

z 5. Sunday Schools
d 5.1. That the many congregations without a nursery depart-
ment be urged to introduce this department so as to assist parents
in the Christian training of their children and to enlist a growing
«number of small children for the educational program of the
;. Sunday school.
4 5.2. That every congregation be urged to develop an adequate
j program of evangelism on the basis of the suggestions given in the
. Lutheran Education Week booklet Evangelism Through the Sun-
g day School.
, 5.3. That the program of missionary education be intensified
with the regular observance of a monthly Mission Sunday by all
;. Sunday schools, and that the mission talks and other materials
_ prepared by Synod be used faithfully for the missionary educa-
tion of the young.
5.4. That all congregations be urged to examine their Sunday
; school facilities for all departments of the Sunday school from
; pre-school to adult and, where necessary, provide improved and
& © adequate facilities for Sunday schools and vacation Bible schools.
s 5.5. That Synod authorize the Board for Parish Education, in
consultation with the Hymnology Committee, to prepare a Sunday
school hymnal according to the specifications listed in the Sunday
school report.

6. Vacation Bible Schools, Saturday Schools, Released-Time
Classes.

6.1. That all congregations be urged to recognize the dire need
of a thorough Christian education for all children, provide ample
opportunity for such education, and make use of a variety of
agencies to reach the maximum number of children and to provide
the maximum amount of time for Christian education.

6.2. That Synod encourage congregations to continue the pro-
, gram of released-time classes which they have set up, and en-
* courage other congregations to introduce such classes wherever
&° possible.
= 6.3. That Synod urge all congregations that do not maintain
>. . @ parochial school to explore the possibility of beginning a Satur-
day school.

6.4. That Synod urge the more than fifty per cent of its con-