# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1079
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

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YOUNG PEOPLE'S WORK
Resolution 6
FINANCIAL SUPPORT

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Resolution 7

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service and the God an enlarged synodical interest in student

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.mities and solicits the continued financial support of Synod’s
agents.
ile the colleges and universities experienced declining en-
ts by reason of the reduced birth rate two decades ago and
‘stubecause of the diminishing number of veterans of World
War'll, factors which also affected the total number of students of
gar‘Synod, the numerical response to our local student service
programs showed progressive improvement from year to year,
jally on the part of college freshmen. Well-located facilities
and well-publicized and attractive programs under competent pas-

‘guidance and spirited student leadership were, in the main,
responsible for this noteworthy improvement.

The attractive character of our current student service facili-
ties and program during the lean years of college enrollment, how-
ever, imposes the necessity of making provision now for adequate
campus facilities and manpower for the years that lie immediately
ahead, when the greatly increased birth rate of recent years will
manifest itself also in greatly increased college enrollments. Long-
term loans to synodical Districts from some synodical source, in
extension of the pattern set by such allocations from the “Conquest
for Christ” offering, are suggested as means of solving the student
service facilities problem.

New opportunities for Christian impact on the campus have
come to our Church through proffered chairs of religion at State
colleges and universities. Our Commission has experimented with
credit and non-credit courses in religion on a part-time basis and
is eager to expand its program in this area by sponsoring Synod-
subsidized full-time and part-time chairs of religion where oppor-
tunities present themselves voluntarily or through. negotiations.
No sacrifice of principle is involved through our expanded activity
in this area.

A religious feature which is proving increasingly popular at
State colleges and universities is the annual administration-
encouraged Religious Emphasis Week, or Religion-in-Life Week.
In recent years our Church has participated in the program, which
provides opvortunity for Christian testimony in classrooms, student
houses, convocations, seminars, inquirers’ hours, and scheduled
interviews. Several universities have invited representatives of
our Church as featured speakers. If our Church is to command

a position of respect, the Student Service Commission must be

enabled to make available experts who are qualified to take their
place alongside the skilled rabbis and Jesuits who represent their
respective religious groups with éclat.

Establishment of the National Lutheran Council’s division of
student service in Chicago and the retention of our own Commis-