# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S554
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554 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

Church, nor usurp their functions. To permit our agengf
mercy to die would be to rob our Church of its most “eff
testimony, the testimony of “faith that worketh by love
deny our members the opportunity to “do good unto
especially unto them who are of the household of faith.” _:;

The Board of Social Welfare is therefore planning an in
study of the whole problem of the relationship between publi
private welfare agencies, in the hope of eventually recommée
appropriate action to safeguard the work of our agencies of:y

9. The Office of Executive Secretary

The chairman of the Board of Social Welfare, the Re:
Glabe, has authorized the following announcement:

“We are happy to announce that the Rev. Henry F. Wind:
for the past 34 years Executive Secretary of the Lutheran
Society of New York and President of Associated Lutheran: ¢}
ties, who has served the Board as part-time executive ona
rary basis without compensation since November 1, 1951,
accepted the appointment as full-time Executive Secretary
Department of Social Welfare, with an office in the Lut
Building in St. Louis. He will enter upon his new duties
as satisfactory arrangements can be made for his remot
St. Louis.

“Now that the Department is fully staffed, we hope and b
that we will be enabled to fulfill our assigned tasks with ren
energy and zeal, to the glory of our Lord and the we

His children.” H. F. Winn, Executive See
Boarp or Socra, WEL!

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Report of Committee on Allocating C.T. 0.
for Scholarly Research

The Committee on Allocating C.T.O. Funds for...
Research has during the past triennium continued the. a¢
assigned to it by the Praesidium. Synod had set aside
mately $214,000 out of the Centennial Thankoffering for'r
Our committee was assigned the task of allocating these :
funds for specific projects. The scope of our committee'g
covers three matters:

1. Studying the suggestions made for research projects

2. Recommending allocations of funds to the Board of
on projects that have been approved by our committee.