# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1031
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ommittee 4 recommended, and Synod resolved:

SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS
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PARISH EDUCATION 271

olved, That the boards for parish education on the synod-
‘and local level be reminded of their responsibility

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gtinday schools; and be it

‘Resolved, That the congregations be urged to arrange for

“4 Weekly or at least biweekly teachers’ meetings in the

Aes parish, including devotional Bible reading, lesson prepara-
tion, discussion, and demonstration;

2. Regular use of the teacher-training courses offered by our

Synod. ;
Committee 4 also submitted the following resolution, which

was adopted:
Resolution 6

PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATIONS

Wuereas, The home is the most potent teaching agency which
the Church has; and
 -‘Waereas, Effective Christian education is a co-operative task
undertaken jointly by the home and the Church; and

Wuereas, There are nearly 1,000 congregations in our Synod
that have parents’ organizations or couples’ groups; and

Wuereas, The Lutheran Education Association is organizing
a parent-teacher organization to help supply a helpful service to
their parent-teacher groups; and

Wuereas, The Board for Parish Education through its Family
Life Committee is supplying annual study materials for such
groups; therefore be it

Resolved, That we encourage all of our congregations to give
some type of practical assistance to parents through parent guid-
ance groups and the use of our own materials, such as the Parent
Guidance Series; and be it , ;

Resolved, That they use Christian Family Week to help stim-
ulate parents toward the fulfillment of their teaching mission.

D. Other Part-Time Agencies

The part-time agencies of Christian education have continued
to play an important part toward fulfilling the twofold obligation
of the Church — finding lost sheep and strengthening those who
have been found through instruction in the Word of God.

But there is still much room for improvement. Too many
congregations fail to make use of any of the part-time agencies,
others use them insufficiently to serve the best interests of the
children under their care. Then, too, there are numerous con-
gregations that have neither adequate facilities for the housing