# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S227
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORK - 427

ive interest in these gatherings and help in promoting
on ess. They also serve on the faculty of L.S. V. schools,
er. conference camp staffs in the districts and at Arcadia,
esentatives of the International Walther League at dis-
yentions.
e- effective, the youth program must at all times apply
lease the power of the Gospel, which alone is able to win
Jd. young people for Christ and His kingdom. The program
ague is truly Christ-centered, but it can be effective only
ry of it is carried over into practice. To make such
ntered program fully effective on a local level is still
chief concerns of your youth leaders.
materials which are produced concentrate attention on
ity of making every activity of the youth group a process
‘growth. These materials include the Walther League
r for Youth, the Workers Quarterly, and many pamphlets
ts. Your Board would emphasize that it is not the exist-
the materials, but the proper use of them which will help
@ functional youth program on a congregational level,

Survey Committee
sure that the youth program is serving the best possible
gf: the Church, the Walther League in co-operation with
r Young People’s Work has set up a Survey Committee
e whether the present procedures are the best in the
youth or whether changes should be made. Synod’s
Mirectors also decided to survey the youth programs in
ty likely these two surveys will be merged. All aspects
rk are to be studied down to the local congregational
-it will no ‘doubt take some time before the findings

Christian Youth Emergency Action
light of what is happening to our young people today
ati-is_ confronting them tomorrow, every congregation
eéply concerned about the effectiveness of its youth
future depends upon its holding and its winning of
aple. In recognition of this need, the Board for Young
ork, in consultation with Dr. J. W. Behnken and in
n° with the Walther League, endeavored to alert the
the crucial importance of youth work and to the urgent

d:the attention of these youth leaders to the resources
and ‘materials which the youth program needs, In co-