# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S433
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

PUBLICATION MATTERS 433

Programs

Rally Day Service Program
- Our Savior’s Birthday — Christmas Program
- Emmanuel A Children’s Christmas Program

Tracts

Our Family Worship, Tract No. 185, Rev. Daniel E. Poellot
God's Way of Salvation for You, Tract No. 186
Our Family, Tract No. 187, Prepared by Family Life Committee
The Lord’s Prayer, Tract No. 190, Rev. William Beck

Periodicals Published by Synod
(Twenty publications)

cceneeee neue enceceneneeee 19,000 Sunday School Literature:
Witness 320,650 Beginner ......... 135,000
y —— _ 70,000 Primary Leaflets 135,000
d's Companion -....- 50,000 Junior Lessons _...... _ 123,000
Tots _—_---—- _. 17,000 Intermediate Lessons 103,000
World _.......----- 57,000 Senior Lessons ................ 89,000
tories in Pictures 40,000 Teachers’ Quart’ly, Upper 40,000
an Education 2,500 Teachers’ Quart’ly, Lower 31,000
ducation 10,500 Bible Teacher 2. 4,000
al Monthly 3,000 Bible Student _... . 35,000
The Bible Student _........ 4,000
649,650 699,000

Total Subscriptions, 1,348,650

In view of an increasing demand and numerous requests for
mended books for general reading we developed the Con-
Book Club in 1952. It is gratifying to report that the club
yell received and at present has a membership of 2,273. The
yy fine reports received from members encourage us to suggest
re pastors recommend this book club to members of their
ation. ,
vacation Bible school material as prepared by the Board
sh Education continues to be in excellent demand. Because
terial is Bible-centered, it is used a great deal by other
tions also.

other gratifying development is the steady increase in the
{he Missouri Synod devotional booklets, Portals of Prayer,
‘writing the editions are printed in quantities of 650,000

are happy to report that during the last three-year period
al-Aids Department was developed further, and additional
id filmstrips were prepared. In keeping with a suggestion
Board of Directors of Synod, Concordia Publishing House
died all phases involved in the financing and distribution
visual materials. This has been in consultation with the
Audio-Visual Education. Substantial capital investments
en made by Concordia Publishing House in terms of new