# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S207
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PARISH EDUCATION 207

the vacation Bible school, in the youth and adult groups, the
lopment of an evangelism program in every congregation, call
h leadership education as a Bible institute can supply. The
e institute is distinguished from other church leadership ed-
on by the careful balance maintained between advanced study
thé: Word (the sine qua non of church leadership) and practical
es in every phase of church work.
amily Life Education.— The home is one of the most potent
ing agencies. Therefore our Church has a family life program
H embraces family worship, parent guidance, marriage coun-
‘guidance to young adults—-single and married, home-
co-operation, worthy Christian home standards, attention
aging family, and training children, youth, and adults for
home life. “If things go right in the home, they go right
where. But if things go wrong in the home, they go wrong
where.”
‘amily life education is the concern of all groups. Its chief
of focus is of necessity the adults who are the homemakers.
for close co-operation on the part of all who deal with
tnbers of the family. It is a continuing and major concern and
efore a vital part of adult education.
*The committee meets three to four times a year for a two-day
jon. In the past triennium it has continued its help to churches
th suggestions and materials for Christian Family Week (first
in May). The committee has also initiated a series of Parent
dance Booklets, each containing eight study topics.
‘The Family Life Committee has in preparation
1. A tract for the aging;
e'2. A booklet of suggestions and plans for married couples, of
which we have from 600 to 800 groups in Synod;
‘A booklet for pastors on premarital guidance;
A film on family worship showing how it may be conducted
t various stages of the growing family;
‘Materials for the 1954 emphasis on family worship.

Pastors and people are realizing more and more that parent
lication is one of the most important matters before the Church
e nation. The Family Life Committee is working with the
an Education Association in the matter of a national Lu-
parent-teacher organization.

Research on the Family

The synodical convention of 1947 asked that a study be made
-Tegard to marriage, divorce, remarriage, and related matters.
e Family Life Committee explored this matter it found that