# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1950_S1100
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

402 YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORK

Ill. YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORK

Report of Board for Young People’s Work
, (Memorial 301) ‘

By the grace of God your Board for Young People’s Work. :#
has been permitted to serve the cause of youth during anothen..g
triennium, 1947—50, and herewith respectfully submits to Syn
a brief report of its activities.

Any thoughtful review of the youth work of your Church
today must be mindful of the tensions and pressures in our culture;
which are a constant peril to the Christian life and faith of our,
young people. They must make their Christian way in an environ
ment which is predominantly unfriendly and contrary. The climate
of the modern world is not conducive to the cultivation of Christi
growth. This fact places tremendous responsibility upon the youths
work of the Church. Both the young people whom the Chur
is not holding and those whom it is holding are a profound concern:
of the youth program. In addition, the activities of our youth grou
must be a means of Christian growth and development for. the
young people who faithfully participate in them. . os

In view of the urgency of these tasks, it is impossible to
sider the youth work of the Church with apathy or with pessimism:
The difficulty of youth work in our congregations today emphasizes
how crucially important it is to develop an effective youth prog

The Walther League 4

Synod has on a number of occasions recommended to cont
gregations and pastors that they seek to affiliate their young:
people with the Walther League, and it has declared the Walther
League program to be its youth program. That being the casé;
your Board for Young People’s Work feels it imperative that thé
closest working relationship exist between your Board and thé
Walther League. With this end in view the youth problems ha’
received mutual consideration. At least one of the members‘
your Board is present at the Walther League Executive Boat
meetings, and one of the members of the Walther League staff vii
present at the meetings of the Board for Young People’s Wor
Your Board also met jointly with the Walther League Executi
Board during the early part of the year. Members of the Boa:
for Young People’s Work also attend the International Walther
League conventions and are called upon to preach some of the
sermons and to assist in other ways. One of the members of your;
Board usually installs the officers of the Walther League in: the,
closing service of the convention. One of the papers presented -at: