# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1076 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) 360 YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK Lutheran Service Volunteer Schools (dL. S.V.) An important area of outh leadershi ining ; ing of youth itself. This phase of leaden renee ic the trai * throughout Synod by means of L.S. V. schools. This effort of your Board and the Walther League. A ; 20 such schools have been conducted each year d mn tel triennium. These schools have developed hundreds of yore the Since many of these have now passed the “Walther Lea youth leaders they are now putting their experiences gained from th gue Stage” into excellent use in the eee tools amount each year to send several of their young people to their nearest L.§ y school. Youth Leadership Training Synod at its Centennial Convention “encoura for Young People’s Work and the International Walthe t= to continue the development and expansion of their pr _ professional leadership training schools” (Proceedings 947 wage This same resolution was reiterated at the synodica in Milwaukee with this addition: “That the Boar and the Fiscal Conference of The Lutheran Chu al convention d of Directors h Although the Fiscal Conference found it necessary to curtail the above resolution, your Board did everything possible to carry on an adequate program. For the past two years two leadership conferences were held each i year, one at Bowl i the other at Seward, Nebr. This 3 conferenee tina at Bowling Green, Ohio. It is . . our coastal areas. It is true that and counselors can attend these two-week pomuerences; however, each District could probably send a few, and : : , ese would in turn share their experiences at pastors’ and teachers’ ther groups. This area of leadershi i conlerences a . rship train- ing is still wide open for future expansion. ° not all pastors, teachers, YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORK 361 e getting some formal training in proper youth guidance. d feels that this is only a beginning, with more intensive ded in this area in the future. Youth Conferences ‘auth conferences have been held annually, to which all of Histrict Youth Committee chairmen were invited. These con- are carried out pursuant to a synodical resolution in in 1944. Since the last synodical convention this group t three times. In 1951 the conference was held in St. Louis. . fn 1952 it was held in Chicago in conjunction with the Presidents’ vigtinference of the Walther League. Again this year it was held in - §tEouis. All members present call these conferences a “must” if ‘gn effective and a co-ordinated effort is to be made in all Districts in, the interest of youth. Camps ‘More and more camps are becoming popular, as is attested by ‘the great number of our young people attending them. For this reason it is important that camps receive our full attention. ‘Camp Arcadia, owned and operated by the International Wal- ther League under the direction of “Chief’ Weiherman, served 1,638 Lutherans last year during its 30th anniversary season. These people came from 18 States, Washington, D.C., and Canada. Arcadia is self-supporting and should be debt free in the near future. At this writing it appears that some 30 district Walther League camps. will also be held this year. Wheat Ridge Foundation A practical demonstration of how God has richly blessed the work of our youth in a tangible way is the Wheat Ridge Founda- tion. Not only has God enabled the Walther League to improve the facilities at Wheat Ridge, but He has lovingly guided the efforts of the League to bring the help and healing of the latest develop- ments in medical science and Christian love to hundreds of Lu- therans who cannot come to the Sanatorium. This has been made possible through the Medical Social Work Program of the Founda- tion. During the past year approximately 1,748 patients were served through the Medical Social Service Program. Thus nearly 4,000 patients have been served since the establishment of the regional units in 1948. : It is heart-warming to note how our Christians have rallied to the cause of the Wheat Ridge Foundation by buying at Christ- mas time so many. of these little messengers of mercy known as the “Wheat Ridge Christmas Seals.”