# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S707
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

708 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

Governmental Relations 2S
The department conducts an information Service in behale oe:
the Missouri Synod for Government agencies in Washington, Dc.
It also offers information on Government operations, and Serves ag
liaison with Government agencies, for departments and con .
tions of Synod. These services are so extensive in number and go
varied in nature that it is impossible to describe them in this
brief report.

the Department of Public Relations.

The Director of Public Relations is a member of a five~-man
National Advisory Committee to the Civil Defense Administration,
In this capacity he helped to draw up plans for the Federal
Government under which churches wil]. be enabled to carry out
their spiritual ministry in accordance with their own Principles

The department was instrumental in working out arrangements
with other Lutheran bodies for the co-operative production of the
“Martin Luther” film, a project of such magnitude that it has not
been attempted in over a generation. Lutheran Church Produc-
tions, Inc., was formed to Produce and distribute the film. The

Secretary), and Dr. Oswald Hoffmann (secretary), Synod’s Direc-
tor of Public Relations helped to Supervise preparation of the final

Parish Public Relations.

A manual on parish public relations is now under preparation
for use by local congregations. The Proposed manual will offer,
in uncomplicated form, Suggestions for the planning and execution
of a program for good public relations in the local Parish. The
Possibilities and problems likely to be encountered in planning
such a program will be outlined in workable form.