# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S189
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PARISH EDUCATION 189

‘Board for Parish Education explored the need for pub-
-home-parent magazine that would help promote our -
‘of Christian education for the home and bring about the
mount of home co-operation with the educational pro-
e Church. Conferences were held with Pastor Martin
d with Mr. O. A. Dorn on this matter, but no new develop-
terialized. The Board has appointed a committee of con-~
work with Pastor Simon on the Christian Parent. Mem-
he staff who are thus active as consultants are: Rev. O. E.
y. A. C. Mueller, and Dr. A. C. Stellhorn.
booklets Parish Activities and Feeding on the Word, which
ere produced as items for free distribution, have been
‘as sales items on a cost basis. We are happy to report
jere. than 7,000 copies of Parish Activities have been pur-
: annually in the past several years and that the distribution
1g on the Word is approximately 200,000 copies a year.
oard for Parish Education has continued the production
h Education and mailed it free of charge to all active pastors
uéhers. In addition, there are approximately 2,000 paid sub-
sas of March 1, 1953. Most of the paid subscriptions go
bers of local Boards of Education, Sunday school super-
, or Sunday school teachers. The Board has also main-
regular mail contact with the District Boards of Education
the monthly “Board for Parish Education Bulletin” and
erly “Adult Education Bulletin.”

of these activities the Board for Parish Education has
to.enunciate the standards which God Himself sets up in
ord for Christian education, namely:

@hristian education is a lifelong process (2 Peter 3: 18).

Christian education requires a comprehensive program
(Matt. 28:19, 20).

iristian education must be thorough (Deut. 6: 9).

“congregations recognize that Christian education covers
€ age span from infancy through adulthood; as they
: that “teach them to observe all things whatsoever I have
ed you” is really an educational imperative to the Church;
they recognize that “teach them diligently” is God’s standard

education, all congregations will strive to expand and
their educational program.

B. Elementary Schools

ng-the past triennium the Lord has again prospered our
school system in a surprising manner, notably in so far
ner expansion is concerned.