# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1090 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 892 PARISH EDUCATION program of released-time classes which they have set up; and b ‘ it furthermore - i Resolved, To encourage ‘all others to introduce such cla wherever legally Possible. , ' Resolution 20 (Re 6.3, Saturday Schools) F Wuergas, The Saturday school offers the benefits of Christi education to a wide age range of children for several hours | es week; and Wuereas, This agency has been a successful means of suppié menting the training of the Sunday school for a growing numbe of congregations; and waa Wuenreas, This agency is beginning to prove itself a valuabl medium for reaching the unchurched; be it therefore Resolved, That we urge all congregations, especially those: do not maintain a parochial school, to explore the possibilityod beginning a Saturday school; and be it furthermore Sgt Resolved, That the Board for Parish Education be encoy ‘ - to continue to explore the curricular needs of this agency. Resolution 21 (Re 84, Vacation Bible School) the most effective missionary agencies; and Wuerzas, It has also been a successful means of suppleme the training of the other part-time agencies of the Church; WHEREAS, The Board for Parish Education has provided’ excellent curricular material for the vacation Bible school’ ‘and si Wuereas, In spite of the unusual growth of the number.i¢ vacation Bible schools during the past triennium, some ‘fifty! cent of our congregations have not yet instituted this agenc it therefore Resolved, That congregations be urged to examine the possi! bilities of the vacation Bible school as a missionary agency as a means of supplementing the religious instruction of e