# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S287
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISSIONS 287

f the State School. May Synod remember to ask God’s richest
igs upon these congregations for their thoughtfulness toward
Three thousand dollars have been assigned from the
west for Christ” collection for furnishing the Devils Lake
Other allocations from CFC are: $3,000 for the rehabilita-
the St. Paul chapel, $20,000 each for St. Louis, Rochester,
Delavan, Wis., chapel-parsonages, and a $16,000 loan grant
New York congregation. In Indianapolis a dwelling was
ed in which the deaf worship on the first floor and the
s living quarters are on the second floor; the same was done
iumbus. This could be done by securing loans from the Gen-
Church Extension Fund.

Praise God for Our Consecrated and Faithful
Executive Secretary

1950 our Executive Secretary, the Rev. John Salvner, D. D.,
veral days with Pastor H. E. Bollow of Pascagoula, Miss.,
rmerly served in our Mission and then took care of the field

cy pastor. With him he visited the two schools of Louisiana
ton Rouge, one for white and the other for colored, also the
‘schools in Jackson, Miss. Many of the superintendents think
ily of our work and have only words of praise and appreciation
Mission. The same year he spent seven weeks with Pastor
ackensen in Delavan, Wis., training him for the work and
talling him. After attending the Northwest Regional Con-
he visited all stations of the Spokane field.

anuary, 1951, he went to Florida, stopping off in St. Louis
ting the sign classes at Concordia Seminary and speaking
of encouragement to them. After spending a few days with
‘Lennon in J ackson, Miss., and also with Vicar Stacy in Mem-
e journeyed on to Florida. Formerly a Methodist missionary
“deaf served all Florida cities, Upon his death his Church
ind no one to take his place. Then a former Methodist
among the deaf wrote the following to one of our men:
Lutheran Church has an able, consecrated man who can
pill, let him come in rather than to see the field deteriorate
devil take the field.” Services were held in St. Augustine
two schools, with the adult deaf of the city, in Tampa, and

ersburg. These deaf rejoiced over the fact that they again

Y., visited the Newark, the Boston, the Washington, D. C.,

w York fields. Then he went on to Florida, where two
‘were held in the St. Augustine schools and also with the

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